This is a list of professional Go tournaments, for competitors in the

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of ''Go''. The tradition, initiated by the

Honinbo Tournament The Honinbo (本因坊) is a Go competition and the oldest Go title in Japan. Sponsored by ''Mainichi Shimbun The is one of the major newspapers in Japan, published by In addition to the ''Mainichi Shimbun'', which is printed twice a day ...

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, is for an event to be run annually, leading up to a title match and the award of a title for one year to the winner. Tournaments do not consist, generally, of players coming together in one place for a short period, but are spread out over time.

International

Open

Major

Defunct tournaments

Bailing Cup The Bailing Cup () was an international Go competition. The tournament was held every two years between 2012 and 2019, for a total of four times. It was sponsored by the Bailing Group of China. Seeded players and preliminaries 16 seeded players w ...

(2012–2019) is a tournament sponsored by the Bailing Group of China every two years. Its full name is "Bailing Aitou Cup", by which it is distinguished with a Chinese national tournament with the same name "Bailing Cup". The winner's purse is 1,800,000 CNY. *

Tianfu Cup Tianfu mainly refers to the Municipality of Chengdu or the Province of Sichuan. Tianfu may refer to: Locations in China * Sichuan Basin, a lowland region in southwestern China * Tianfu New Area, an in-city development area established in 2011 i ...

( 天府杯) (2018) is a tournament sponsored by China. The winner's purse is 2,000,000 CNY. * BC Card Cup (2009–2012) was an annual tournament sponsored by

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. The winner's purse was 300,000,000 Won. *

Fujitsu Cup The Fujitsu Cup (富士通杯) was an international Go competition that ran from 1988 to 2011. Outline The Fujitsu Cup was an international Go competition hosted by Fujitsu and Yomiuri Shimbun. The players were selected as follows: * The top 3 ...

(1988–2011) was a tournament sponsored by Fujitsu and Yomiuri Shimbun. The winner's purse was 15,000,000 Yen. *

World Oza The Toyota-Denso Cup - World Oza was an international Go competition, sponsored by auto maker Toyota and parts manufacturer Denso. Outline The World Oza, sponsored by ToyotaDenso of Japan, was regarded as the newest international tournament, the ...

(2002–2009) was a tournament sponsored by

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Denso every two years. The winner's purse was 30,000,000 Yen. *

Tong Yang Cup The Tongyang Cup ( Korean: 동양증권배 세계선수권전, Hanja: 東洋證券杯世界選手權戰) was a Go competition. The Tong Yang Cup was sponsored by Tongyang Securities of South Korea. The tournament was run from 1988 to 1998, with pl ...

(1988–1998) was a competition sponsored by Tong Yang Investment Bank of South Korea. * Zhonghuan Cup was a title sponsored by the Taiwan Qiyuan and

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. The winner's purse was 2,000,000 TWD. The competition was arguably not a major tournament because players from China have never participated and the prize money is considerably less than other major ones.

Women's

Wu Qingyuan Cup The Wu Qingyuan Cup, also known as the Go Seigen Cup or Wu Qingyuan Cup World Women's Weiqi Tournament (), is an international women's Go tournament. It was created in 2018 and is held annually. The tournament is named after Wu Qingyuan (better k ...

(Go Seigen Cup)

Defunct tournaments

Bingsheng Cup The Bingsheng Cup () was an international women's Go tournament. It was held annually from 2010 to 2019, a total of 10 times. The tournament was held at Qionglong Mountain in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. It is also known as the Qionglong Mountain Bing ...

(2010–2019) * Haojue Cup * Dali Cup

Asian Games

Go was a sport in the

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in Guangzhou 2010 and Hangzhou 2022 (held in 2023 due to COVID-19). It is one of four board games in the multi-sport event, along with

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, and

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. The 2010 competition featured three Go events: men's team, women's team, and mixed pair. Hangzhou 2022 also featured three Go events: men's individual, men's team, and women's team.

Continental

Open

Asia

Major *

Asian TV Cup The Asian TV Cup is a Go competition. Outline The Asian TV Cup is the oldest continental tournament, dating back to 1989. The winners and runner ups of the biggest hayago competitions from Asia Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the ...

is a title sponsored by

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and

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. Team *

Nongshim Cup The Nongshim Cup is a Go competition played between three teams representing China, Japan, and South Korea. The competition was created in 1999 and is held annually. It is officially named the Nongshim Shin Ramyun Cup World Baduk Championship, and ...

is a title sponsored by

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. * Asian New Star Match

Defunct tournaments

* Jinro Cupun * Teda Cup Super Match * CSK Cup was a title sponsored by CSK.

China–Japan

China-Japan Agon Cup The China-Japan Agon Cup is a Go competition. Outline The China-Japan Agon Cup is a single-game match held each year between the winner of the Agon Kiriyama Cup in Japan and the Ahan Tongshan Cup in China. It is sponsored by Agon Shu. As of 2024 ...

is a title sponsored by Agon Shu.

Defunct tournaments

* China-Japan Meijin * China-Japan NEC Super Go *

China-Japan Supermatches The China-Japan Supermatches (日中スーパー囲碁) was a Go competition. Outline The China-Japan Supermatches were a series of team competition between China and Japan in the board game of Go. The tournament was hosted by NEC is a Jap ...

(1984–2001) * China–Japan Tengen (1988–2002) * China-Korea New Pro Wang was a title sponsored by

. * China–Korea Tengen (1997–2015) *

Kangwon-Land Cup The Kangwon-Land Cup is a Go competition. Outline The countries that compete are China and Korea. The competition is in knockout style. Both countries select 6 players to play for them in this competition. They then choose in which order they w ...

was a title sponsored by Kangwon-Land. The winner's purse is 150,000,000 Won. *

Riyuexing Cup The Riyuexing Cup () was a Go competition held in 2005. Outline The Riyuexing Cup was a team tournament, in which two countries compete. The countries were China and South Korea. Each country selected five players. Each Go player then played agai ...

was a title sponsored by Celestial NutriFoods. * China-Korea Champions League was a league team tournament.

China-Taiwan

Team

* China-Taiwan Yayi Cup is a title sponsored by Yayi and the Taiwan Qiyuan.

Taiwan-USA

* Chai-chin Cup

Women's

Asia

Team

Jeongganjang Cup The Jeonggwanjang Cup () was an international women's Go competition. It was held annually between 2002 and 2011 for a total of 9 times. The first two times, the competition was an individual tournament. Starting from the third cup, it was a team ...

is a title sponsored by Jeongganjang.

Defunct tournaments

* Bohae Cup * Eastern Airlines Cup * Women Go Contest

South Korea

Open

Major *

GS Caltex Cup The GS Caltex Cup (Korean: GS칼텍스배 바둑기전) is a Go competition. Outline The GS Caltex Cup replaced the LG Refined Oil Cup. It is organized by the ''Maeil Business Newspaper'', Maeil Broadcasting Network (MBN), and Korea Baduk Associat ...

is a title sponsored by GS Caltex. The winner's purse is 50,000,000 won. *

Guksu The Guksu ( Korean: 국수전, Hanja: 國手戰) was a Go competition in South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borde ...

is a title sponsored by the Far East Daily News. The winner's purse is 40,000,000 Won. * Myeongin is a title sponsored by the SG Group. The winner's purse is 60,000,000 Won. Minor *

Maxim Cup The Maxim Cup () is a South Korean Go competition. Outline The Maxim Cup is sponsored by Dong Suh Foods. The players are selected with any active 9p's and they are pitted against each other. Each player has 10 minutes of time with five 40-s ...

is a title sponsored by Baduk TV and Dong Suh Foods. The winner's purse is 15,000,000 Won. Hayago *

Electron-Land Cup The Electron-Land Cup is a Go competition. Outline The Electron-Land Cup is sponsored by Korean Economic News, Baduk TV, and Cyber Kiwon. The format is lightning knockout. The tournament consists of 24 players split into 3 groups of 8. The first g ...

is a title sponsored by Korean Economic News, Baduk TV, and Cyber Kiwon. The winner's purse is 40,000,000 Won. *

KBS Cup The KBS Cup is a South Korean Go competition. Outline The KBS Cup is sponsored by KBS. From 1980 to 2003, the tournament was named the KBS Baduk Wang, but was recently renamed to the KBS Cup. The main tournament consists of 16 players who compet ...

is a title sponsored by

. The winner's purse is 20,000,000 Won. Leagues * Korean Baduk League is a league sponsored by Baduk TV.

Defunct tournaments

Wangwi The Wangwi was a Go competition in South Korea. Outline The Wangwi was a Go competition used by the Hanguk Kiwon The Korea Baduk Association, also known as Hanguk Kiwon (), is the organization that oversees Go (''baduk'') and Go tournaments ...

* Baccus Cup * Baedalwang *

Chaegowi The Choegowi () was a Go competition that ran from 1959 to 1997. The preliminary stages were 8-player knockout rounds, with the players who won the preliminary split into two sections. The winners of those sections played a best-of-three match t ...

* Gukgi * Kiwang * KT Cup * KTF Cup * LG Refined Oil Cup * MBC TV Cup * New Pros Strongest * Paedal Cup *

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* SBS TV Cup *

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* The

Kiseong The Kiseong () was a Go competition in South Korea. Outline The Kiseong was a Go competition used by the Hanguk Kiwon. It was the Hanguk Kiwon equivalent to the Nihon-Kiin's Kisei competition and was sponsored by the ''Segye Ilbo ''Segye Il ...

was the Hanguk Kiwon equivalent to the Nihon-Kiin's Kisei competition and was sponsored by the Segye Ilbo (World Newspaper). The winner's purse was 18,000,000 SKW. The last title holder was

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(2008). * BC Card Cup was a title sponsored by Sports Korea and

. The winner's purse is 20,000,000 Won. *

SK Gas Cup The SK Gas Cup is a Go competitions, Go competition. Outline The SK Gas Cup is sponsored by SK Gas. The participants must be under the age of 25 and under the rank of 5 dan. The komidashi, komi is 6.5 points. Thinking time is 3 hours. The winner's ...

was a title sponsored by SK Gas. The winner's purse is 10,000,000 Won. * Osram Cup was a title sponsored by Baduk TV. * Ch'eongpung Cup was a title sponsored by Sungpu Air Purifiers. * Yeongnam Ilbo Cup The winner's purse is 25,000,000 Won. *

Sibdan Cup The Siptan (Korean: 십단전, Hanja: 十段戰) was a South Korean Go competition. Begun in 2005, it was held eight times and was discontinued after 2013. Outline The Siptan was sponsored by Wonik Corporation and the Hanguk Kiwon. The format was ...

is a title sponsored by the Wonik Corporation. The winner's prize is 25,000,000 Won. *

Prices Information Cup The Prices Information Cup was a Korean Go competition from 2005 to 2014. Outline Only players above 6 dan could participate. The time format was hayago. The winner's purse was 20,000,000 Won (~US$ The United States dollar (Currency sym ...

is a title sponsored by Korean Prices Information Foundation. The winner's purse is 22,000,000 Won. *

Chunwon The Chunwon (Korean: 천원전, Hanja: 天元戰) was a Go competition in Korea. Begun in 1996, it was held nineteen times and was discontinued after 2015. The winner of the Chunwon went on to play the winner of the Chinese equivalent (the Tianyu ...

is a title sponsored by Sports Korea. The winner's purse is 20,000,000 Won.

Women's

Women's Guksu The Women's Guksu or Women's Kuksu (), officially Pro Woman Baduk Masters, is a South Korean women's Go competition. The tournament was established in 1994 and is held annually (except 2001 and 2004). It is organized by ''The Korea Economic Daily' ...

* Female Myungin (1999–2016) *

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People's Republic of China

Open

Major *

Qisheng The Qisheng (Traditional: 棋聖; Simplified: 棋圣; Pinyin: Qíshèng) is a Go competition in China organized by the Chinese Weiqi Association. The word ''qíshèng'' means "Go saint", similar to the Japanese Kisei and the Korean Kiseong. Outl ...

(Kisei) is a title sponsored by the

Zhongguo Qiyuan China Qiyuan () is an official agency responsible for board games and card games such as Go (board game), go, Contract bridge, bridge, chess and Xiangqi, Chinese chess affairs under the All-China Sports Federation of the People's Republic of China ...

. It was held between 1999–2001 and is relaunched in 2013. The winner's purse is 800,000 CNY. *

Mingren The Mingren () is a Go competition in China organized by the Chinese Weiqi Association. The word ''míngrén'' means "brilliant man". The Mingren is equivalent to the Nihon-Kiin's Meijin and the Hanguk Kiwon's Myungin titles. Outline The Mingre ...

(Meijin) is a title sponsored by the

. The current winner's purse is 150,000 CNY. * Tianyuan (Tengen) is a title sponsored by Zhongguo Qiyuan, New People's Evening News and New People's Weiqi Monthly Magazine. The current winner's purse is 400,000 CNY. *

Changqi Cup The Changqi Cup (), or Chang-ki Cup, is a Go competition in China. Outline The Changqi Cup is a Go tournament held by the Zhongguo Qiyuan dedicated to Ing Chang-ki. It began every year on Ing's birthday, October 23 and ended in the spring of t ...

is a title sponsored by the Zhongguo Qiyuan. The winner's purse is 450,000 CNY. Minor *

Quzhou-Lanke Cup The Quzhou-Lanke Cup is a Go competition in China. Outline The Quzhou-Lanke Cup is sponsored by the Chinese Weiqi Association Chinese Weiqi Association (), or Chinese Go Association, founded in Hefei, Anhui, in 1962, is the major go organizatio ...

is a tournament held every two years. The winner's purse is 500,000 CNY. *

Liguang Cup The Liguang Cup (), or Ricoh Cup, was a Chinese Go competition. It was held 15 times from 2000 to 2015. Outline This tournament was sponsored by "Ricoh is a Japanese multinational imaging and electronics company. It was founded by the now ...

is a title sponsored by

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. The winner's purse is 150,000 CNY. * Longxing (Ryusei). The winner's purse is 150,000 CNY. *

Weifu Fangkai Cup The Weifu Fangkai Cup (), also sometimes known as the Qiwang (not to be confused with the defunct Qiwang), is a Go competition This is a list of professional Go tournaments, for competitors in the board game of ''Go''. The tradition, initiated ...

. The winner's purse is 100,000 CNY. *

Xinren Wang The Xinren Wang (), literally meaning King of the New Stars, is a Go competition in China. It is equivalent to the ''Shinjin-O'' in Japan. Outline The Xinren Wang is a Go tournament held by the Zhongguo Qiyuan for players under 20 years of age an ...

(Shinjin-O) is a young players tournament for players under 30 and 7 dan. It is sponsored by Shanhai Qiyuan. The winner's purse is 40,000 CNY. *

National Go Individual The Chinese Go Championship is a Go competition which determines the national champion of China. Outline The Chinese Go Championship is held with the Swiss system where there are many players who play through 11 rounds. The final two are chosen ...

Hayago *

CCTV Cup The CCTV Cup is a Chinese Go competition. Outline The CCTV Cup is the longest running fast game tournament in China and the sponsor is the Chinese CCTV station. The winner and the runner-up qualify for the Asian TV Cup, where they compete against ...

is a title sponsored by the

. It is renamed China Citic Bank Cup since 2012 due to the sponsor change. The current winner's purse is 200,000 CNY. *

Ahan Tongshan Cup The Ahan Tongshan Cup () is a Chinese Go competition. Outline The Ahan Tongshan Cup is a Go tournament played with fast time controls: Each player has 30 seconds per move, along with 10 one-minute periods of extra thinking time. The format is s ...

(Agon Cup) is a title sponsored by Agon Shu. The winner's purse is 200,000 CNY. *

Xinan Wang The South-West Qiwang (), also known as the Xinan Wang, is a Go competition in China. Outline The competition is a single-elimination tournament for 16 players. It is played with fast time controls: each player has no main time and five 40-second ...

is a title sponsored by Gyuqjing. The winner's purse is 50,000 CNY. Leagues * Chinese A League

Defunct tournaments

NEC Cup The NEC Cup was a Go competition, supported by NEC Corporation between 1982 and 2012. Biography The NEC Cup was a Go competition used by the Japanese Nihon-Kiin. Unlike the big three titles in Japan, the NEC Cup is a single knockout tournament ...

* Bawang * All Chinese Championship * Da Guo Shou * Five Cows Cup * Friendship Cup *

Lebaishi Cup The Lebaishi Cup (Traditional:樂百氏杯; Simplified: 乐百氏杯; Pinyin: Lèbǎishì Bēi) was a Zhongguo Qiyuan Go competition. Outline The Lebaishi Cup was sponsored by . The winner's purse is 128,000 CY ($15,600). Robust Incorporated i ...

* Nanfang Cup * NEC Xinxiu Cup * New Sports Cup * New Physical Education Cup * Qiwang * Top Ten Tournament *

Yongda Cup The Yongda Cup () is a Zhongguo Qiyuan China Qiyuan () is an official agency responsible for board games and card games such as Go (board game), go, Contract bridge, bridge, chess and Xiangqi, Chinese chess affairs under the All-China Sports Fede ...

Women's

* Female Weiqi Title is a title sponsored by Guodu. * Xianye Cup is a title sponsored by Xianye. * Bailing Cup is a title sponsored by Bailing Medicine Manufacturer. * Women's Xinren Wang is a title sponsored by the Zhongguo Qiyuan.

Taiwan

Major * Tianyuan (Tengen) is a title sponsored by Minsheng Newspaper and the Taiwan Qiyuan. * Wangzuo (Oza) is a title sponsored by the Taiwan Qiyuan. * Guoshou (National Champion) is a title sponsored by the Taiwan Qiyuan. Minor * CMC TV Cup is a title sponsored by the Taiwan Qiyuan. * Donggang Cup is a title sponsored by Donghe Gangtie and the Taiwan Qiyuan. * Zhonghuan Cup is a title sponsored by the Taiwan Qiyuan. * New Star Match is a title sponsored by the Taiwan Qiyuan.

North America

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* North American Ing Masters is a title sponsored by the Ing Foundation. * North American Redmond Cup is a title named for US-born Japanese pro Michael Redmond and funded by the Ing Foundation. It has two divisions, junior and senior. * U.S.-Canada Team Tournament

Defunct tournaments

* North American Masters Tournament

Japan

Open

Major

Minor

Shinjin-O The Shinjin-Ō (新人王, King of the New Stars) is a professional Go competition. An annual Japanese tournament, it has been held continuously since 1976. Format The Shinjin-Ō tournament is organised by the Japanese Nihon Ki-in. The tourna ...

is a title sponsored by the

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Newspaper. The winner's purse is 2,000,000 Yen. * Okan is a title sponsored by the Chunichi Newspaper. The winner's purse is 1,700,000 Yen. *

Daiwa Cup Daiwa may refer to: Places: *Daiwa, Hiroshima, a former town in Kamo District, Hiroshima, Japan *Daiwa, Shimane, a former village in Ōchi District, Shimane, Japan Companies and related: *Daiwa Securities Group, a Japanese security brokerage *Res ...

is a title sponsored by

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. The winner's purse is 3,000,000 Yen. *

Kansai Ki-in Championship The is a Go competition. Outline The original Kansai Ki-In Championship ran from 1957 to 1975. It was merged with the Nihon Ki-In Championship to form the Tengen. A new Kansai Ki-In Championship tournament replaced the old. The tournament is sp ...

is a title sponsored by Sanyo Shimbun.

Hayago

Agon Kiriyama Cup The Agon Kiriyama Cup (阿含･桐山杯) is a Japanese Go competition. Outline The Agon Kiriyama Cup is a Go competition endorsed by the Nihon Kiin. It was started in 1994Nihon Ki-in, Japanese languagtournament results page retrieved on Decem ...

is a title sponsored by

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. The winner's purse is 10,000,000 Yen. * NHK Cup is a title sponsored by

. The winner's purse is 5,000,000 Yen. * Ryusei is a title sponsored by the Satellite Culture Japan. The winner's purse is 5,000,000 Yen.

Defunct tournaments

Asahi Pro Best Ten The Asahi Pro Best Ten was a Go competition that lasted from 1964 until 1975. 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-thre ...

Asahi Top Eight Players The Asahi Top Eight Players was a Go competition This is a list of professional Go tournaments, for competitors in the board game of ''Go''. The tradition, initiated by the Honinbo Tournament in Japan, is for an event to be run annually, leadi ...

* Asahi Top Position * Chikurin * Dai-ichi *

Hayago Championship The was a Japanese Go competition. Outline The Hayago Championship was a hayago tournament, where each player had to make moves within 10 seconds. The tournament was sponsored by TV Tokyo JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as is a Japanese tel ...

Hayago Meijin Players of the game of Go often use jargon to describe situations on the board and surrounding the game. Such technical terms are likely to be encountered in books and articles about Go in English as well as other languages. Many of these terms ...

* Hosu *

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* Igo Masters Cup (2011–2019) * Igo Senshuken * JAL Super Hayago Championship * JT Cup * Kakusei * Kirin Cup *

NEC Shun-Ei The NEC Shun-Ei was a Nihon-Kiin Go competition. Outline The NEC Shun-Ei was made for young stars and was sponsored by the NEC Corporation is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered at the ...

Nihon Ki-In Championship Tengen (天元, ''center'' or ''origin of heaven'') is a Go competitions, Go competition in Japan. The name Tengen refers to the Go terms#Board positions, center point on a Go (board game), Go Go equipment#Board, board. The event is held annuall ...

* Old Meijin * Phoenix Cup *

Prime Minister Cup The Prime Minister Cup was a Go competition. Outline The Prime Minister Cup ran from 1961 to 1981. It was used by the Nihon Ki-in The Nihon Ki-in (), also known as the Japan Go Association, is the main organizational body for Go in Japan, ove ...

* Ryuen Cup *

Shin-Ei The Shin-Ei was a Go competition. Outline The Shin-Ei was a Go competition held where players under the age of 30 and 7 dan would compete in. Past winners {{Japanese go titles Go competitions in Japan ...

* Tatsujin

Women's

Nihon Ki-in

* Women's Honinbo is a title sponsored by

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. The winner's purse is 5,500,000 Yen. *

Women's Meijin The is a Go competitions, Go competition. The Women's Meijin is the female version of the Meijin (go), Meijin title. This title is sponsored by Fuji Evening Newspaper and Nippon Life Insurance. The winner's purse is 5,100,000 Yen ($48,000). T ...

is a title sponsored by Fuji Evening Newspaper. The winner's purse is 5,100,000 Yen. *

Women's Kisei The is a Japanese Go competition. Outline The Women's Kisei is sponsored by NTT DoCoMo, and uses a hayago format, of 30 seconds per move and a 10x1 minute byo-yomi, unlike the Kisei, which uses an eight-hour thinking time format. The winn ...

is a title sponsored by NTT DoCoMo. The winner's purse is 5,000,000 Yen. *

Aizu Central Hospital Cup The , formerly known as before 2017, is a Go competition for female Go players This article gives an overview of well-known Go professional, professional and amateur players of the board game Go (game), Go throughout the ages. The page has ...

is a title sponsored by the Aidu Chuo Hospital Cup. The prize for winning is 7,000,000 Yen. * Women's Saikyo was a title sponsored by Tokyo Seimitsu until 2008. It was resurrected in 2016 and is now known as the Senko Cup Female Saiko (or just Senko Cup). The prize for winning purse is 8,000,000 Yen.

Defunct tournaments

* Women's Nihon Ki-in Championship * Women's Kakusei *

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Kansai Ki-in

* Kansai Lady's Tournament is a title sponsored by

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Notes

References

External links

Nihon Ki-in page for Japanese domestic tournaments
(in Japanese)
Nihon Ki-in page for international tournaments
(in Japanese) {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Professional Go Tournaments Professional Go tournaments

Go tournaments This is a list of professional Go tournaments, for competitors in the board game of ''Go''. The tradition, initiated by the Honinbo Tournament in Japan, is for an event to be run annually, leading up to a title match and the award of a title fo ...

International

Open

Major

Defunct tournaments

Women's

Defunct tournaments

Asian Games

Continental

Open

Asia

Defunct tournaments

China–Japan

Defunct tournaments

China-Taiwan

Team

Taiwan-USA

Women's

Asia

Team

Defunct tournaments

South Korea

Open

Defunct tournaments

Women's

People's Republic of China

Open

Defunct tournaments

Women's

Taiwan

North America

Defunct tournaments

Japan

Open

Major

Minor

Hayago

Defunct tournaments

Women's

Nihon Ki-in

Defunct tournaments

Kansai Ki-in

See also

Notes

References

External links