Igo Masters Cup

The Igo Masters Cup was a Japanese Go competition. It was held nine times from 2011 until 2019, when it was discontinued.[1] The tournament sponsor was Fumakilla, a chemical manufacturing company.

Outline

The tournament was 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 was single knockout and each player was allotted two hours thinking time. The winners' purse was 5 million Yen ($62,000), while the runner-up received 1.5 million yen.[2]

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
2018 Yoda Norimoto Kataoka Satoshi
2019 Cho Chikun Komatsu Hideki

References

  1. ^ "囲碁の元名人、執行部批判　スポンサーの意向で大会終了" (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun. 2019-07-20.
  2. ^ "Brand New Tournament: Go Master's Cup". nihonkiin.org.jp/english. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
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