Future Computer Go Tournaments

Event	Date	Place	Comments	Further information
	2008
KGS Computer Go Tournaments	A Sunday early in each month	Kiseido Go Server	Definite. Board sizes, time limits, and time zones vary, see schedule. Swiss, two divisions.	http://www.gokgs.com/tournList.jsp http://www.weddslist.com/kgs/index.html
52nd European Go Congress	August 6	Leksand, Sweden	Definite: will include a computer Go event	General: http://egc2008.eu/ Computer Go event(s): http://www.computer-go.info/egc2008/
US Go Congress	August 2 – 9	Portland, Oregon	Definite, with at least $1,000 prize money.	http://www.gocongress08.org/
13th Computer Olympiad	September 28th – October 5th	Beijing, China	Definite. With World Computer Chess Championship, and a scientific conference on computer games.	http://www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr/icga/event.php?id=18
World Computer Go Championship 2008 (Gifu Challenge)	October ?	Ogaki City, Japan	Probable. Has been held in October in most previous years
UEC Cup	December 6 – 7	Tokyo, Japan	Definite.
	2009
KGS Computer Go Tournaments	A Sunday early in each month	Kiseido Go Server	Probable. Current events are Swiss with two divisions, but plans may change.	http://www.gokgs.com/tournList.jsp http://www.weddslist.com/kgs/index.html
53rd European Go Congress	July 25 - August 9	Groningen, Netherlands	Unknown. Venue fixed. Most EGCs include a computer Go event
US Go Congress	August	Washington DC	Improbable. No US Go Congress has included a computer Go event since 2000.
Computer Olympiad	?	?	Probable. held around August in recent years
World Computer Go Championship 2009 (Gifu Challenge)	October ?	Ogaki City, Japan	Probable. Has been held in October in most previous years
	2010
54th European Go Congress	July 24 - August 8	Finland	Unknown. Most EGCs include a computer Go event
US Go Congress	August	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Improbable. No US Go Congress has included a computer Go event since 2000.
	2011
55th European Go Congress	July 23 - August 7	Côte d'Azur, France	Unknown. Most EGCs include a computer Go event
	unknown
CGF Special Meeting	?	Tokyo, Japan	Unknown. Held every year or so, last in June 2006. Possibly superseded by the UEC Cup, see above.
World Computer Go Congress	?	Tainan, Taiwan	Unknown. Held in September 2005. We have no information about their future plans.

Notes on dates

The European Go Congress is usually held in late July and early August.
The North American Go Congress is usually held in August.
Ing Cups are traditionally held on, or including, November 11th, for numerological reasons favoured by Mr. Ing.

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Past Computer Go Tournament results
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