How to start games

Once connected to Pandanet please enter the “SAWMG-Main” room when participating the championship.

*Once connected to Pandanet please enter the main championship room
when participating the main championship. When you participate the ranked
championship please enter the room corresponding to your group.

[ room numbers ]

*Games which are played in the wrong room will not count!

If both of you don’t play at the designated time and date, you will be both defaulted. If your opponent doesn’t log in, please wait for 30 minutes. You will win by default if your opponent doesn’t log in for more than 30 minutes.

The games played in the championship rooms will have automatic settings. It will always be even games with black giving 6 1/2 komi to white. The color is decided by computer during the draw. So even when the opponent suggests another setting just accept it since it will be overruled by Pandanet anyway.

Please note that all games played in this tournament are non-rated games.
Your Pandanet rating is not affected bt the games.

Manner and special rules

When you are disconnected from a game with less than 2 moves in the preliminary round, the game was a loss.
If the main tournament, you can reconnect and restart the game with less than 2 moves when you are disconnected.

When a game is interrupted

When a game is interrupted due to a broken network connection from one side or the other, the side breaking the connection must immediately reconnect and resume the game.When the connection is broken by your opponent, please wait 5 minutes for him or her to reconnect. If the opponent does not reconnect within 5 minutes, then the game is a win for the other player, regardless of the reason.

If both players are disconnected, the game is stored. The stored game will be ‘No game’ if it does not restart within the period of the preliminary round.

In case you lose connection more than three times in a game you automatically lose the game.

More details.

Reporting results

When you win, please report the result of the game to the tournament office promptly after it is finished. During the tournament, there will be a page for reporting tournament results set up on the Net Social Plaza page. Insert all necessary details and press the [Report] button.

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