Asahi Pro Best Ten

Asahi Pro Best Ten
Full name	Asahi Pro Best Ten
Started	1964
Defunct	1975
Sponsors	Asahi Shimbun
Affiliation	Nihon Ki-in

The Asahi Pro Best Ten was a Go competition.

Outline

The tournament consisted of 20 players. The format was a knockout. The 20 players were reduced to 10, with the place for number 1 coming down to a best-of-three match.

Past winners

Player	Years Held
Sakata Eio	1964, 1967, 1969
Fujisawa Hideyuki	1965, 1968
Rin Kaiho	1966, 1973-1974
Hashimoto Utaro	1970
Ishida Yoshio	1971-1972
Cho Chikun	1975

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