Results: here
Venue: Leksand Strand & Camping Resort, Siljansvägen 75, 79390 Leksand / Sweden
Date: 16-18 August 2023
Tournament Mode: 6 rounds McMahon
Ruleset: Japanese Pair Go Rules, 6.5 komi, even games (no handicap)
Time: Fischertime 40 minutes basic, 20 seconds additional per move
Schedule: 2 rounds per day
Opening: 16th at 10:15
16th: 10:30 and 15:00
16th: 10:30 and 15:00
17th: 10:00 and 14:30
18th: 10:00 and 14:15
Closing: 18th at 17:45
Special dinner on 18th at 18:30, everyone is invited to join the dinner !
Entry-fee: 20 Euro per person
Prizes: Champions € 400, Runner Up € 200, 3rd Place € 100
Pairs (male/female only) must have the same citizenship of a regular EGF-member country.
No limits on the number of participating pairs per country.
Registration: Via THIS LINK or by e-mail to martin.go.europe@gmail.com. LIST OF PRE-REGISTERED PAIRS
Registration deadline: 15th August, 22:00 CEST
Accomodation: At Leksand Resort (www.leksandstrand.se) I reserved a lot of cottages for a special prize, between € 25 and € 40 per person/per night. Therefore please inform me by a personal e-mail:
a) Planned arrival and departure day, and arrival time in Leksand
b) Which kind of cottage you prefer (up to 4/6/8 persons) - look at cottages named: Tallbacken#1 and #2, Leksandbyn and Söderbacken
c) Do you want on own room (studio) with a double-bed (€ 40 per person/per night)
d) With whom do you want to share the cottage ?
e) Additional comments (for example: I want an own cottage with my partner.)
e) Additional comments (for example: I want an own cottage with my partner.)
Don't try to book a cottage by yourself, it will be more expensive. I will get all keys for all cottages, so you can plan an arrival also very late on Tuesday evening, 15th August. You don't need an "Open Reception", I will manage all for you.
Travel: Normally by plane to Stockholm main airport = Arlanda, and then by train to Leksand. The best connection would be on Tuesday evening (15th August), with a departure at 18:06 and an arrival at 20:41. Actual prize (one way): SEK 305 = € 28. Look at www.sj.se. But since one week an additional late connection on 15th August will be available, with a departure at 20:06 from Arlanda and an arrival in Leksand at 23:21. Don't worry about the late arrival in Leksand, I will manage your way to the reserved cottages at Leksand Strand Resort.
Important Update: It looks like there are problems to book direct trains from Arlanda to Leksand on www.sj.se. Please book instead of one ticket two seperate tickets, Arlanda - Uppsala and Uppsala- Leksand - this will work, also on the way back from Leksand to Arlanda.
Way back to Arlanda: Recommended Monday, 21st August, 07:10 departure, 09:52 arrival Arlanda.
If you don't want to play in the Leksand Open Weekend-tournament (Grand Prix tournament) then you will have several train-connections to Arlanda on Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th August.
If you want to travel by train, not via Stockholm, then there are some interesting options from the south to Borlänge/Leksand via Norrköping or Mjölby.
I can easily book every train-ticket for you. Simply tell me what you want.
Information about the Grand Prix weekend-tournament "Leksand Open" you get at this page.
Tournament leader: Martin Stiassny, +49 170 4966056, contact: martin.go.europe@gmail.com