The OSR Breakthrough to Shodan Tournament
Single-elimination ranked games for players 4 kyu - 1 dan
The Open Study Room is preparing a tournament in September for strong kyu players to play ranked games on OGS for a chance to rank up to shodan with a bit of fanfare.
Format:
up to 16 player single-elimination, with players seeded by rank. If there are fewer than 16 players at the time registration closes, then some players will receive byes in the first round.
Time Controls:
30 minutes main time, 5x30 second byo-yomi.
Schedule:
Early rounds will be scheduled between you and your opponent, with approximate start dates:
Saturday, Sept 3rd
Saturday, Sept 10th
Sunday, Sept 11th (EDIT: Tournament capped at 16 players, four rounds)
The semifinal and final rounds will have a fixed time and date:
The semifinal round will begin on Saturday, September 17th at approximately:
2022-09-17T16:00:00Z
After the semifinal round, there will be a 30 minutes break before the final round.
If there are 8 or fewer participants, then the tournament will have only three rounds, and only a single game will need to be played on the 17th.
Registration:
Registration and coordination with TD, organizers and opponents will be conducted through the OSR Discord server. Please join the server and send a direct message to me, Aumpa, notice of your interest to participate, along with your OGS username and rank.
Registration deadline is September 1st. Registration extended until Sept 3rd!
The final format will be dependent on player interest and turnout during registration. The commitment will be between 1-5 games, depending on how many players register and how far you advance.
How many games will you commit to playing? (EDIT: Here we have another case of an attempt to fix a poll after it has been posted, by closing it and starting a new poll! see following posts for the real poll.
- 8 player single elimination (up to 3 games)
- 16 player single elimination (up to 4 games)
- 32 player single elimination (up to 5 games)
0 voters
If there is tremendous interest in this tournament (more than 32 players), then it may be broken into multiple brackets with different bands, e.g., 32 players ranked 1 dan - 2 kyu, and 16 players 3 kyu - 4 kyu.
Theme
The theme is breaking through to shodan, which means ranking up to 1 dan from the kyu ranks. The winner of the tournament may not actually rank up from SDK to dan, as it’s still dependent on OGS’s ranking system. It also may happen that the winner of tournament is already of dan rank. So why are dans invited? Dans are invited to be the “gatekeepers” to shodan, as well as the foil and challenge for strong SDKs to test themselves. So dans may “defend” their rank in this tournament.
Prizes
- Friends made along the way
- Game reviews and lessons learned
- The enjoyment of the games themselves
- Ranking up
More prizes may become available depending on sponsors yet to be determined. If the tournament is a success, it could be run again this year.
NicoTupe 
4-0, wins a teaching game with GoDave!
Serge (ptitged) 2-2, wins an ebook of Breakthrough to Shodan by Naoki Miyamoto!
Brandebouc 2-2, wins a voucher for Guo Juan’s Internet Go School!