Igo Masters Cup

The Igo Masters Cup is a Go competition in Japan.

Outline

The tournament is open only to players over the age of 50 and who have won at least one Top 7 title (Kisei, Meijin, Honinbo, Tengen, Oza, Judan, Gosei). The format is single knockout and each player is allotted two hours thinking time. The winners' purse is 5 million Yen ($62,000), while runner-up will get 1,500,000 yen.[1]

Past winners and runners-up

Year Winner Runner-up
2011 Cho Chikun Kobayashi Koichi
2012 O Meien Cho Chikun
2013 Kobayashi Satoru Ishii Kunio
2014 Cho Chikun Kobayashi Satoru
2015 Takemiya Masaki
2016 Kobayashi Koichi Awaji Shuzo
2017 Kobayashi Satoru Cho Chikun

References

  1. "Brand New Tournament: Go Master's Cup". nihonkiin.org.jp/english. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
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