Tengen (Go)
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Tengen | |
Name | Tengen |
Started | 1975 |
Honorary Tengens | Rin Kaiho |
Sponsors | Three Newspaper Companies |
Prize Money | 14 million Yen ($122,000 USD) |
Affiliation | Nihon Ki-in |
Tengen (天元, center or origin of heaven) is the center point on a Go board. For the position, see the article about Go terms. It is also the name of a Go competition in Japan.
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[edit] Tengen Competition (天元戦)
The Tengen competition is a Go competition used by the Japanese Nihon-Kiin and Kansai-Kiin. The Tengen is the 5th of the 7 big titles in Japanese Go. It uses the format like the other tournaments. There is a preliminary tournament, which is single knockout, where the winner faces the holder in a best-of-five match. Before the 6th Tengen, the format was different. Instead of the title holder waiting for a challenger, it would be the two players left from the single knockout tournament who then played a best-of-five match to determine the holder.
[edit] Past winners
Player | Years Held |
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Fujisawa Hideyuki | 1975 |
Kobayashi Koichi | 1976, 1985, 1986, 1998, 1999 |
Shimamura Toshiohiro | 1977 |
Kato Masao | 1978 - 1981 |
Kataoka Satoshi | 1982, 1983 |
Ishida Yoshio | 1984 |
Cho Chikun | 1987, 1988 |
Rin Kaiho | 1989 - 1993 |
Ryu Shikun | 1994 - 1996, 2000 |
Kudo Norio | 1997 |
Hane Naoki | 2001 - 2003 |
Yamashita Keigo | 2004 |
Kono Rin | 2005, 2006 |
[edit] Trivia
- The only player to repeat before the 6th Tengen was Kato Masao.
[edit] See also
- Nihon Ki-in
- — Open —
Top 7 — Kisei · Meijin · Honinbo · Judan · Tengen · Oza · Gosei
Minor — Shinjin-O · Okan (Nagoya branch) · Daiwa Cup (Internet)
Hayago — NEC Cup · Agon Cup · NHK Cup · Ryusei
Defunct — Acom Cup · Asahi Pro Best Ten · Asahi Top Eight Players · Asahi Top Position · Chikurin · Dai-ichi · Hayago Championship · Hayago Meijin · Hosu · IBM Cup · Igo Senshuken · JAL Super Hayago Championship · JT Cup · Kakusei · Kirin Cup · NEC Shun-Ei · Nihon Ki-In Championship · Old Meijin · Phoenix Cup · Prime Minister Cup · Ryuen Cup · Shin-Ei · Tatsujin
- — Womens —
Current — Female Honinbo · Female Meijin · Female Kisei · Female Saikyo
Defunct — Female Nihon Ki-in Championship · Female Kakusei · Female JAL Super Hayago
- Kansai Ki-in
- — Open —
Current — Kansai Ki-in Championship (1976—present)
Defunct — Kansai Ki-in Championship (1957—1975)
- — Womens —
Current — Kansai Lady's Tournament