I am urging the Go community of New York (and the surrounding areas) to join us at the Earthquake Relief Tournament on April 23rd 2011.

All proceeds from the event will go towards relief efforts to help the victims of the recent earthquake/tsunami that devastated Japan.

Though all the details have not yet been worked out, we are announcing the tournament now. Mark your calendars.

So far what is known:

Location: Somewhere in NYC. The venue options are being explored now.

Date: April 23rd 2011

Time: round 1 at 10 am

Entry fee: $15+ students $20+ adults. (minimum price, up to you if you want to donate more. 100% of fees/donations we receive will be donated to relief organizations)

There will be 3 rounds. All games will be AGA rated.

Prizes: We will have book prizes, however there will not be any cash prizes. There will be some teaching games with pro's as prizes. More info as I know more.

If you would like to help, or if you have any questions/suggestions or if you want to register then please email the tournament director at Badukboris@gmail.com.

I am accepting pre-registrations NOW. So please pre-register.

I thinks that we have found a location!

The YMCA in long island city (15 min from Times Square) has agreed to lend us their 'multipurpose room"

I am finalizing this over next week.

Pre-register by emailing me at badukboris@gmail.com

Currently there are

~6 1dan players registered
~5 SDK
1 15k
1 25k

Players of all strengths are encouraged to come!

Well unfortunatly, the YMCA retracted its offer to let us use their space. However, we do have a different location that has been confirmed.

Meetup Headquarters
632 Broadway 3rd Floor, Suite 301
New York, NY 10012

Full details: http://nowgofly.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/tsunami-relief-tournament.

Who's Coming: [url]https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?hl=en&hl=en&key=0AoGWEilwijCWdHVNLVkzR0gxN1R2d3VNR3pkdVBfTlE&output=html
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Roughly 25 people are registered right now, but there are still some spots left.
If anyone else wants to join this AGA rated tournament, let wessanen know!

Looking forward to meeting participants on Saturday

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Is there any idea how late this event should run?

It should run till about 5-ish o'clock

Okay, that's what I thought. (I'm meeting up with a friend afterward).

Anyway, look forward to beatingmeeting you all soon!

Did you register? If you didn't register, you probably won't be beating anyone

Send an email to badukboris@gmail.com if you didnt do so already.