Time: Registration Saturday from 9:00 until 10:00. Please be there no later than 10.  
3 rounds on Saturday. Play will begin at 10:30 or soon afterwards and end by 7 (probably by 5:30).

Time Limit: 1 hour/player.
Overtime: 20 moves per 5 minutes (Canadian).

Handicaps and komi. Full handicaps among kyu players. Handicaps in the open section will be decided on the day of the tournament according to turnout and preferences of the players. AGA rules will be used. Komi will be 7.5 points.

Fee and Prize Fund:

• $20 entry fee.
• There will be a guaranteed prize fund of at least $100 (more depending on turnout).
• AGA membership is required. .
• Students at the University of Maryland, College Park, who join the club will have their registration fee waived (AGA is still required). There is no fee for membership in the University of Maryland Go Club, but you must be a Maryland student and on our club list to have your fee waived.

Advance registration: Please register here so we know you're coming

Directions to the University of Maryland:

• official directions from the University web site.
• Google maps

Metro: We are on the green line (College Park station) and MARC. The university's Shuttle-UM bus (104) leaves the College Park Metro station at 9:10 and 9:30. The "Stamp Student Union - Lot HH" stop is near to H.J. Patterson Hall.

Food at and near the University of Maryland

Lodging: If you come from out of town, you can probably find affordable lodging near campus. Various groups on campus have created web pages listing local hotels or providing other useful information for visitors. Some of the best are here:  
The University Visitors Guide lists hotels (pdf).
Center for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modeling  
Astronomy  (with a clickable map, but don't be confused; our tournament is in H.J. Patterson Hall on campus Drive!)

Parking (official campus visitor parking information):
There is paid parking nearby (in the Union Lane garage). To get to this from route 1 and Campus Dr., turn right on Union Lane, just after the Student Union, and then left into parking. There is also free parking in Lot 1 (continue west of the Student Union along campus drive). There are many other parking options on campus. Park where you like, but please read the signs to be sure you can park where you choose to park; they do ticket. My own map and UM visitor information are available.

This tournament is sponsored by the University of Maryland Go Club.

Contact: Steve Mount, (email: go at stevemount.info)