The 40th World Amateur Go Championship tournament is held this year in Matsue City, Shimane prefecture in Japan from May 30 till June 7. Altogether 59 players from all around the world join in an eight-round Swiss tournament, with top eight players getting prizes. All games are played with Japanese rules, without handicaps, and with a komi of 6.5 points. Time settings are 60 minutes main time with a Japanese overtime of three periods of 30 seconds.

The schedule of the tournament is as follows:

• May 30: Registration in Tokyo
• May 31: Transportation from Tokyo to Shimane
• June 1:
  • 11:30–12:00: Orientation
  • 13:30–15:30: Friendship matches with local players
  • 17:00–17:30: Press event
  • 18:00–20:00: Opening ceremony
• June 2:
  • 9:30–12:30: Round 1
  • 13:30–16:30: Round 2
• June 3:
  • 9:30–12:30: Round 3
  • 13:30–16:30: Round 4
• June 4:
  • 9:30–12:30: Round 5
  • 13:30–16:30: Round 6
  • Game review event
• June 5:
  • 9:30–12:30: Round 7
  • 13:30–16:30: Round 8
  • Game review event
  • Closing ceremony and prize-giving ceremony
• June 6:
  • Morning: sightseeing
  • Transportation from Shimane to Tokyo
• June 7: Return flights

Participating in the tournament are:

• Asia: Tsubasa Kawaguchi (Japan), Feng Yang Lin (Brunei Darussalam), Chen Wang (China), Fu-Te Yang (Chinese Taipei), Nai-San Chan (Chinese Hong Kong), Supravat Pal (India), Faishal Umar Fitrah (Indonesia), Jaesung Lee (South Korea), Wai Chong Chan (Macau), Shou Kai Lee (Malaysia), Nyambaatar Sersendemid (Mongolia), Narendra Sowal (Nepal), Celeste Abat (Philippines), Jie Hui Kwa (Singapore), Wichrich Karuehawanit (Thailand), Phuoc Dinh Tran (Vietnam)
• Middle & Near East: Ofer Zivony (Israel), Birand Adal (Turkey)
• Europe: Maximilian Peter (Austria), Tahirbayov Bahadur Bayram (Azerbaijan), Ilya Busko (Belarus), Francois Gonze (Belgium), Teodor Nedev (Bulgaria), Stjepan Mestrovic (Croatia), Demetris Regginos (Cyprus), Jan Simara (Czechia), Søren Ohlenbusch (Denmark), Jesse Savo (Finland), Thomas Debarre (France), Jonas Welticke (Germany), Pal Balogh (Hungary), Noel Mitchell (Ireland), Alessandro Martinelli (Italy), Vladas Zaleskas (Lithuania), Gerardus Petrus Groenen (Netherlands), Severin Hanevik (Norway), Koichiro Habu (Poland), Simao Goncalves (Portugal), Ioan Elian Grigoriu (Romania), Timur Sankin (Russia), Milos Bojanic (Serbia), Michal Kralik (Slovakia), Timotej Suc (Slovenia), Miguel Perez Escribano (Spain), Martin Li (Sweden), Thomas Markus Koller (Switzerland), Dmytro Bogatskyi (Ukraine), Andrew Kay (United Kingdom)
• Africa: Lloyd Rubidge (South Africa)
• North & Central America: Qi You Wu (Canada), Albert Yen (United States), Jorge Emilio Murillo Lux (Guatemala), Cristobal Bravo Marvan (Mexico)
• South America: Anibal Gomez de la Fuente (Argentina), Helcio Alexandre Pacheco (Brazil), Carl Nicolas Schroter Mendez (Chile), Brandal Josue Henao Roa (Colombia)
• Oceania: Cary Jin (Australia), Kai Kun Xie (New Zealand)

Reference: tournament page under Japan Go Association’s website (in Japanese)