The 1st SportAccord World Mind Games in Beijing - Pair Go Competition -

The first edition of the SportAccord World Mind Games will take place from 8-16 December 2011 in Beijing, China. Pair Go：December 15(Thu) – 16(fri)
Chiaki Mukai 4-dan & Keigo Yamashita 9-dan Pair.

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OUTLINE

[ Date / Venue ]

December 8th（Thu）- 16th(Fri)
Beijing International Convention Center

[ Competition format ]

6 teams from China, Chinese Taipei, Japan, Korea, Europe and U.S.A in the competition. Each team can enter 5 players including 4 male players and 1 female player. 6 pairs with 1 male player and 1 female player for each will participate in Pair Go event.

Team :
One round each day for a total of five rounds. Time limit is 2 hours each, with five 1-minute byo-yomi periods.

Pair Go :
Two rounds each day for a total of three rounds. Time limit is 1 hour each side, with three 30-second byo-yomi periods.

[ Competition Schedule ]

Team : December 9th(Fri) – 14th(Wed)
Pair Go : December 15(Thu) – 16(fri)

[ Prize ]

*Team：170,000 USD total
*Pair Go： 30,000 USD total

Team :
Champion - 80,000 USD
Runner-up - 40,000 USD
Number 3 - 20,000 USD
Number 4 - 10,000 USD
Number 5 - 10,000 USD
Number 6 - 10,000 USD

Pair Go :
Champion - 12,000 USD
Runner-up - 6,000 USD
Number 3 - 4,000 USD
Number 4 - 4,000 USD
Number 5 - 2,000 USD
Number 6 - 2,000 USD