To whom it may concern,

It is my pleasure to announce that we are holding the Dash International Baduk Club Championships from 2004. This competition will be held quarterly (every 3 months) throughout the year. The purpose of these championships is to promote friendly relations and mutual understanding between all Baduk players in the world. These championships will be held on the internet.(http://www.dashn.com/english)

First of all, I would like to express my gratitude towards the Club members of major European cities which are (in travel order): St. Petersburg, Munchen, Wien, Praha, Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris and Frankfurt that had shown their hospitality when I had visited them with my students last summer.

It will be an opportunity for the players (especially from Korean clubs) to meet foreigners for the first time on the internet site. Also, players can exchange opinions about their games and see what other countries baduk players think. It will open and widen their perspective and give them wider views about Baduk players from different countries.

And if you have any suggestions or proposals to make the championships more successful, they are more than welcome. With sincere new year greetings and warm regards from Korea,

Prof. Sang-Dae Hahn,
Organizer & Tournament Director,
(sdhahn@dashn.com) or (sdhahn@mju.ac.kr)
+82 2 578 0361 (Mobile) +82 17 276 5878, 17 286 5878

Introduction of Dash & Dot com

Dashn.com was founded in 2000 as an internet Baduk(Go) site and grew as one of the major Baduk web sites in Korea. We have about 3 hundred thousand members as of December 2003. We offer about 500 commented games a year, including 5 commented professional games covering major Baduk events every week, 5 commented top-level amateur games played on Dashn or KGS every week, and occasional special topics about European and American Go tournaments.

The games are commented in detail. Many games contain more than 10 (sometimes more than 20) variation diagrams. Dashn.com also offers an interactive Baduk tutorial. With all the major aspects of Baduk playing included (such as the opening theory, joseki, midgame, fighting strategies, etc.), this is really a very comprehensive Baduk tutorial.

More information on the website:
http://www.go4go.net/english/commentary/

The 1st International Baduk(Go, Weiqi) Club Championships

Participation: all club members from around the world

Teams: 3 persons form a team (many teams from 1 club can be formed to participate in the competition).

Submission: applications (name & photo of players, team name, ID, Nickname, contacts, etc.) for the 1st championships will be accepted from clubs until January 31st, 2004.

Prize:
1 The winning team of the Championship Division (Korean teams excluded) will be invited to Korea for 1 week (expense to be incurred will be covered by the host including airfares).

2 The winners of other divisions, and up to 3rd place getters, may come to Korea at their own airfare expense, and all expenses to be incurred during their stay in Korea (i.e. food, shelter, transport etc.) will be provided.

Divisions:

Championship Division: 4 dan or stronger

Division A: 3 dan to 2 Kyu(keup)

Division B: 3 Kyu to 9 Kyu

Division C: 10 Kyu and lower level beginners

1. There will be even games for Division A, and handicapped games for other divisions. Note, 2/3 handicap system will be applied.

2. Software can be sent via airmail if requested (due to download problems in other countries).

Venue: The internet site (http://www.dashn.com/english)

Tournament rules: MacMahon or the Swiss System

Participation: The European /American Baduk(Go)Associations and all other Baduk associations will be accepted from all countries except the big 4 Baduk playing countries (from Korea, there will only be a limited number of Clubs selected).