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

YearWinnerRunner-up
2011Cho ChikunKobayashi Koichi
2012O MeienCho Chikun
2013Kobayashi SatoruIshii Kunio
2014Cho ChikunKobayashi Satoru
2015Takemiya Masaki
2016Kobayashi KoichiAwaji Shuzo
2017Kobayashi SatoruCho Chikun
2018Yoda NorimotoKataoka Satoshi
2019Cho ChikunKomatsu 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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