Entrance fee

Registration before 03.01.2024	20€
Registration before 03.02.2024	25€
Registration after 03.02.2024	30€

DDK and under 18 y.o. players get 5€ discount
Payment options: cash or MobilePay on-site

Financial support
We offer free entry fee for few players who are at risk of not being able to participate due to financial troubles. Applicants can send free form application before tournament. First come first served.

Prizes: Listed below are minimum money prizes for top 5 EGF players, bonus points and seat to Grand Prix Finale. NGD vouchers and secondhand books for other good performances and possible money prizes depending on number of participants. Values might increase depending on number of participants. Best non-European who reaches to Top5 will get same minimum price as European's would.

1. place	Seat to Grand Prix Finale + 160€	8 Bonus points
2. place	120€	6 Bonus points
3. place	80€	4 Bonus points
4. place	40€	2 Bonus points
5. place	20€	1 Bonus points
Best SDK	NGD voucher
Best DDK	NGD voucher

Other outstanding results might be rewarded with NGD vouchers and/or secondhand books

Other info
We provide coffee, tea and cookies.

Please bring indoor shoes or warm socks.

The tournament venue is wheelchair accessible.

On Friday and Saturday we have a sauna-evening at tournament venue, free of charge.
Bring your towel. No swimsuit required, there will be sauna shifts for women and men separately.

Traditional and very casual Bonus Tournament happens at Sauna time (lightning games with handicaps)

How to get to venue

You can find public transport from reittiopas, or by using Google maps. Tram number 3 comes right next to tournament venue from the center of Tampere, and railway station in 10 minutes. Nearest tram stop is Kalevanrinne. You can pay your ticket in several ways, but cash isn’t one of them.

Grocery stores, nearest restaurants etc.

• S-market Kaleva, 200 m, nearest grocery store and ATM, open 06-24
• Kauppakeskus Kale, 450 m
  • Pancho Villa, Mexican food
  • Subway,
• Prisma, 600 m, a larger grocery store, open 24 h
  • Alko: liquor store, open on Fri 9-21, Sat 9-18, Sunday closed. In Finland only mild alcoholic beverages are sold in grocery stores (between 09:00-21:00).
  • Pizza & Buffa
  • Hesburger

• Kotipizza, 170 m
• Chitir Chicken, 400 m
• Public house Huurre, 700 m
• Chu Asian street food, 700 m
• McDonald's, 750 m, open 24 h
• Uma’s takeaway, Indian cuisine, 800 m
• Kasvisravintola Gopal, (nearest full vegan restaurant which is open also on Saturday), 2 km

The tram can reach several other restaurants in 5-10 minutes.

Time Table#

Friday:#

18:00 Doors open
19:00 Lecture - Connecting stones by Teemu Rovio 3dan (Target audience 10-4kuys)
20:00 Sauna and casual games
20:00-24:00 Rengo tournament (13x13, with handicaps, the tournament rules favors kyu-dan -pairs)

Saturday:#

09:30 Registration starts
10:30 Registration ends
10:45 Opening Ceremony
11:00 First round
Lunch
14:30 Second round
17:00 Third round
19:00 Sauna opens
20:00-24:00 Bonus Tournament (lightning games with handicaps)

Sunday:#

09:00 Fourth round
Lunch
13:00 Fifth round
16:00 Closing ceremony, prize-giving ceremony

17:00 Casual games at pub Olutravintola Konttori (Verkatehtaankatu 5)

Sponsors#

We warmly thank NGD for supporting this tournament!

Contact info#

ogeli89 at gmail.com