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 Honinbo pays out ¥32 million ($415,000 as of October 2011). Rules The holder of the title is challenged by whoever wins the r ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, 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 *

Ing Cup The Ing Cup () is an international Go tournament with a cash prize of over US$400,000. It was created by, and is named after, Ing Chang-ki. The tournament is held once every four years and hence often nicknamed the Go Olympics. In the 7th Ing ...

is a tournament sponsored by

Ing Chang-ki Ing Chang-ki (; 23 October 1916 – 27 August 1997) was a Chinese industrialist, Go player, and Go promoter. He was the founder of the Ing Cup. He is also known for promoting the Ing rules of Go. He also promoted one of the first digital ...

Yomiuri Shimbun The (lit. ''Reading-selling Newspaper'' or ''Selling by Reading Newspaper'') is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and other major Japanese cities. It is one of the five major newspapers in Japan; the other four are t ...

, the

Nihon-Kiin The Nihon Ki-in (), also known as the Japan Go Association, is the main organizational body for Go in Japan, overseeing Japan's professional system and issuing diplomas for amateur dan rankings. It is based in Tokyo. The other major Go associat ...

and the

Kansai-Kiin The Kansai Ki-in (), i.e., Kansai Go Association, is an organizational body for the game of Go in Japan, which was founded by Hashimoto Utaro in 1950. Though it is not as large as its chief rival, the Nihon Ki-in, it also issues diplomas to str ...

every four years. The winner's purse is $500,000. The current title holder (2016) is

Tang Weixing Tang Weixing (; born 15 January 1993) is a Chinese professional go player. He has won three international titles, with two championships in the Samsung Cup (2013, 2019) and one in the Ing Cup (2016). Early life Tang Weixing was born in Guiya ...

. * LG Cup is a tournament sponsored by

LG Group LG Corporation (or LG Group) (), formerly Lucky-Goldstar from 1983 to 1995 (Korean: ''Leokki Geumseong''; ), is a South Korean multinational conglomerate founded by Koo In-hwoi and managed by successive generations of his family. It is ...

. The winner's purse is 250,000,000 Won/$250,000. The current title holder (2021) is

Shin Min-jun Shin Min-jun ( ko, 신민준; born 11 January 1999) is a South Korean professional Go player. Biography Shin Min-jun was born in 1999. His father Shin Chang-seok is a television producer-director (PD) of popular KBS dramas. Shin became a pro ...

. * Samsung Cup is a tournament sponsored by Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance (which is a branch of the

Samsung Group The Samsung Group (or simply Samsung) ( ko, 삼성 ) is a South Korean multinational manufacturing conglomerate headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea. It comprises numerous affiliated businesses, most of them united under the ' ...

) and the

Hanguk Kiwon The Korea Baduk Association, also known as Hanguk Kiwon (), was founded in November 1945 by Cho Namchul. Baduk is a game which was present in Korea by the 5th century. It originated in China, but the West is more familiar with the Japanese name ...

. The winner's prize is 250,000,000 Won/$250,000. The current title holder (2018) is

Ke Jie Ke Jie () is a Chinese professional Go player of 9 dan rank. He was born on August 2, 1997 in Liandu District, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province. Career 2008–15: Early Career and Bailing Cup Breakthrough Ke Jie started to learn how to play ...

. *

Chunlan Cup The Chunlan Cup, officially the Chunlan Cup World Professional Weiqi Championship (), is an international Go competition. Outline The Chunlan Cup is an international Go tournament sponsored and hosted by the Chunlan Group of China. 24 players a ...

is a tournament sponsored by the

Chunlan Group Chunlan Group Corp () is a Chinese corporation with its headquarters at Taizhou, Jiangsu province. The founder, Tao Jianxing, took over the management of Taizhou Cooling Equipment Factory in 1985, which gradually expanded in the air conditioner ...

of China every two years. The winner's purse is 1,200,000 Yuan/$170,000. The current title holder (2021) is Shin Jinseo. *

Bailing Cup The Bailing Cup () is a Go competition. Outline The Bailing Cup is an international Go open tournament sponsored and hosted by the Bailing Group of China. It is held every other year. Seeded players and Preliminaries 16 seeded players are invit ...

is a tournament sponsored by the

Bailing Group Bailing may refer to: * Bailing (boardsports), process of falling off a board * Bailing (boats), the removal of water from a vessel * Bailing Sport Park, in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan * Bailing, Jiangxi, a town in Jiangxi, China * Bailing, W ...

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. The current title holder (2019) is

. *

Mlily Cup The MLily Cup (), officially the MLily Meng Baihe Cup World Go Open Tournament () is an international Go tournament. It is organized by the International Go Federation and the Chinese Weiqi Association. The tournament was created in 2013 and is h ...

is a tournament sponsored by the

HK Healthcare Foam Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

of China started in 2013. The winner's purse is 1,800,000 CNY. The current title holder (2021) is

Mi Yuting Mi Yuting (; born 8 January 1996) is a Chinese professional go player. As of Oct 2018, he is ranking 1st in Go ratings with an Elo rating of 3645. Promotion record Titles and runners-up Head-to-head record vs selected players ''Players ...

. *

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 in ...

( 天府杯) is a tournament sponsored by China. The winner's purse is 2,000,000 CNY. The current title holder (2018) is Chen Yaoye.

Defunct tournaments

* BC Card Cup was an annual tournament sponsored by

BC Card BC Card (Hangul: 비씨카드) is a South Korean financial services company headquartered in Seoul. South Korea's largest payment processing company, it provides end-to-end payment services, primarily to financial institutions, as well as to loca ...

. The winner's purse was 300,000,000 Won/$300,000. The last title holder (2012) was

Paek Hong-suk Paek Hongsuk (백홍석, 白洪淅 born 13 August 1986) is a Go professional, professional Go (board game), Go Go players, player. Biography Paek became a professional in August 2001. He was promoted to 5 dan in 2006. He won his first title, the ...

. *

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

was a tournament sponsored by

Fujitsu is a Japanese multinational information and communications technology equipment and services corporation, established in 1935 and headquartered in Tokyo. Fujitsu is the world's sixth-largest IT services provider by annual revenue, and the la ...

and Yomiuri Shimbun. The winner's purse was 15,000,000 Yen/$142,000. The last title holder (2011) was

Park Jeong-hwan Park Junghwan (born 11 January 1993) is a South Korean professional Go player of 9-dan rank. Biography Early career Park became a professional Go player in 2006. He won the Fujitsu Cup in 2011. Park defeated Lee Chang-ho to advance to ...

. *

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 ...

was a competition sponsored by Tong Yang Investment Bank of South Korea. The last title holder (1998) was

Lee Chang-ho Lee Chang-ho ( ko, 이창호; born 29 July 1975 in Jeonju, North Jeolla) is a South Korean professional Go player of 9-dan rank. He is regarded by many as the best Go player of the late 1990s and early 2000s. He was a student of Cho Hu ...

. *

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, t ...

was a tournament sponsored by

Toyota is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on . Toyota is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world, producing about 10 ...

Denso every two years. The winner's purse was 30,000,000 Yen/$285,000. The last title holder (2008) was Gu Li. *

Zhonghuan Cup The CMC Cup () is a Go competition sponsored by CMC Magnetics of Taiwan and JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered in New York City and incorp ...

was a title sponsored by the Taiwan Qiyuan and

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. The winner's purse was 2,000,000 TWD/$62,000. 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. The last title holder (2007) was

Women's

* Wu Qingyuan Cup (Go Seigen Cup) * Bingsheng Cup

Defunct tournaments

* Haojue Cup * Dali Cup

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 one of the world's most nota ...

is a title sponsored by

NHK , also known as NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster. NHK, which has always been known by this romanized initialism in Japanese, is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee. NHK operates two terrestr ...

, KBS and

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. Team *

Nongshim Cup The Nongshim Cup is a Go tournament sponsored by Nongshim, an instant noodle food company of South Korea. Outline The Nongshim Cup is a gathering of the best players from South Korea, Japan, and China. The Nongshim Cup is sponsored by Nongshim ...

is a title sponsored by

Nongshim Nongshim Co., Ltd. () is a South Korean food and beverage company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Nongshim was founded in 1965 under the name Lotte (conglomerate), Lotte Food Industrial Company. The name was changed to Nongshim in 1978. The ...

. * Asian New Star Match

Defunct tournaments

* Jinro Cupun * Teda Cup Super Match *

CSK Cup The CSK Cup is a Go competition. Outline The CSK Cup is sponsored by CSK. The venue for the tournament is played in Okinawa, Japan, every year. The tournament is in team format, where 4 countries pick five players to compete against 5 players fr ...

was a title sponsored by CSK.

China-Korea

* China-Korea Tengen is a title sponsored by Sports Korea and Xinmin Wanbao Newspapers.

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 2021 ...

is a title sponsored by Agon Shu.

Defunct tournaments

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

. *

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 ...

was a title sponsored by Kangwon-Land. The winner's purse is 150,000,000 Won ($150,000). * Riyuexing Cup 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 Jeongganjang Cup is a Go competition sponsored by Jeongganjang. The current title holder is Team Korea. Winners International Go competitions {{Go-stub ...

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) 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 Association, and sp ...

is a title sponsored by GS Caltex. The winner's purse is 50,000,000 won/$51,000. The current title holder is Shin Jinseo. *

Guksu The Guksu (Korean: 국수전, Hanja: 國手戰) was a Go competition in South Korea. It was held 59 times beginning in 1956, and was discontinued in 2016. Outline The Guksu was a Go competition held by the Hanguk Kiwon, and sponsored by ''The D ...

is a title sponsored by the Far East Daily News. The winner's purse is 40,000,000 Won/$42,500. The current title holder is

Park Junghwan Park Junghwan (born 11 January 1993) is a South Korean professional Go (board game), Go Go players, player of Go ranks and ratings, 9-dan rank. Biography Early career Park became a professional Go player in 2006. He won the Fujitsu Cup i ...

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

Maxim Cup The Maxim Cup (맥심커피배) 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 ...

is a title sponsored by Baduk TV and Dong Suh Foods. The winner's purse is 15,000,000 Won/$16,000. The current title holder is Cho Han-seung. 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 fir ...

is a title sponsored by Korean Economic News, Baduk TV, and Cyber Kiwon. The winner's purse is 40,000,000 Won/$42,500. The current title holder is

. *

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 KBS. The winner's purse is 20,000,000 Won/$21,000. The current title holder is Shin Minjun. Leagues * Korean Baduk League is a league sponsored by Baduk TV. The current title holder is Youngnam Ilbo.

Defunct tournaments

Wangwi The Wangwi was a Go competition in South Korea. Outline The Wangwi was a Go competition used by the Hanguk Kiwon. It is sponsored by the Chung-ang Il-po. The komi for white is 6.5 points. The preliminary matches get 4 hours of thinking time, w ...

* Baccus Cup *

Baedalwang The Baedalwang was a Go competition. Outline The Baedalwang was decided in a best-of-5 match where each player had 3 hours to think. The komi was 6.5. This tournament ran from 1993 to 2000. Winners & runners-up Go competitions in South ...

Chaegowi The Choegowi ( ko, 최고위; literally ''Top Position'') 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 thos ...

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

Paewang Cho Hunhyun ( ko, 조훈현; born 10 March 1953) is a South Korean professional Go player and politician. Considered one of the greatest players of all time, Cho reached professional level in Korea in 1962. Since then, Cho has amassed 150 profe ...

* SBS TV Cup *

Taewang Imperial titles were used in various historical Korean states before the 14th century and at the turn of the 20th century: Early Korean states used "great king", "greatest king", and "holy king"; later Korean states used "emperor". Korean monarc ...

* The Kiseong 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 ($18,000). The last title holder was

Park Young-Hoon Park Yeong-hun ( ko, 박영훈, born April 1, 1985), also known as Park Young-hoon and Pak Yeong-hoon, is a South Korean professional Go player. Biography Park Yeong-hun was born in Seoul. He is a professional Go player in the Hanguk Kiwon. He ...

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

. The winner's purse is 20,000,000 Won/$21,000. The current title holder is

Kim Ki-young Kim Ki-young (October 10, 1919According to official documents, Kim was born in 1919. However, Kim insisted he was actually born in 1922. – February 5, 1998) was a South Korean film director, known for his intensely psychosexual and melodr ...

. *

SK Gas Cup The SK Gas Cup is a Go competition. Outline The SK Gas Cup is sponsored by SK Gas SK may refer to: Businesses and organizations * SK Foods, an American agribusiness company * SK Hand Tools, an American tool manufacturer * Sangguniang Kabataan, ...

was a title sponsored by SK Gas. The winner's purse is 10,000,000 Won/$8,500. The current title holder is Yun Junsang. * Osram Cup was a title sponsored by Baduk TV. The current title holder is Kang Dongyoon. * Ch'eongpung Cup was a title sponsored by Sungpu Air Purifiers. The current title holder is Kim Dongyeop. * Yeongnam Ilbo Cup The winner's purse is 25,000,000 Won/$26,000. The current title holder is Park Young-Hoon. *

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 Korea Ba ...

is a title sponsored by the Wonik Corporation. The winner's prize is 25,000,000 Won/$26,000. The current title holder is

. *

Prices Information Cup The Prices Information Cup was a Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its n ...

is a title sponsored by Korean Prices Information Foundation. The winner's purse is 22,000,000 Won/$23,000. The current title holder is Kim Jiseok. *

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/$17,000. The current title holder is

Women's

* Female Guksu is a title sponsored by Korean Daily News. The winner's purse is 10,000,000 Won/$10,500. The current title holder is

Rui Naiwei Rui Naiwei (; born December 28, 1963) is a Chinese professional Go player, once active in South Korea. She is probably the strongest recorded female Go player, and is the only woman to have won one of the major open Go titles. She achieved ...

. * Female Myungin is a title sponsored by Lami Cosmetics. The winner's purse is 8,000,000 Won/$8,500. The current title holder is Rui Naiwei. * Female Kisung The current title holder is Rui Naiwei.

People's Republic of China

Open

Major *

Qisheng The Qisheng ( Traditional: 棋聖; Simplified: 棋圣; Pinyin Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Chinese, Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore a ...

(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, bridge, chess and Chinese chess affairs under the All-China Sports Federation of the People's Republic of China. It oversees the Chinese Weiqi Association ...

. It was held between 1999–2001 and is relaunched in 2013. The winner's purse is 800,000 CNY. The current title holder (2019) is

Lian Xiao Lian Xiao (; born 8 April 1994) is a Chinese professional go player. As of January 2017, he is ranking 5th in Chinese Weiqi Association official ratings with and Elo rating of 2660. Lian was promoted to 8 dan on 16 January 2017, and 9 dan in Oct ...

. *

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 Mingr ...

(Meijin) is a title sponsored by the

. The current winner's purse is 150,000 CNY. The current title holder (2018) is

. * 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. The current title holder (2018) is

. * Changqi Cup is a title sponsored by the Zhongguo Qiyuan. The winner's purse is 450,000 CNY. The current title holder (2018) is

. 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 organization ...

is a tournament held every two years. The winner's purse is 500,000 CNY. The current holder (2018) is

Tan Xiao Tan Xiao (; born 10 March 1993) is a Chinese professional Go player. He won the 11th RICOH Cup. In 2017, he defeated Park Yeong-hun to win the 11th Chunlan Cup The Chunlan Cup, officially the Chunlan Cup World Professional Weiqi Championship ...

. *

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 corporation, multinational imaging and electronics company ...

is a title sponsored by

Ricoh is a Japanese multinational imaging and electronics company (law), company. It was founded by the now-defunct commercial division of the Riken, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Riken) known as the ''Riken concern (business), Concer ...

. The winner's purse is 150,000 CNY. The current title holder (2015) is

. * Longxing (Ryusei). The winner's purse is 150,000 CNY. The current title hold (2019) is

Jiang Weijie Jiang Weijie (born 17 October 1991) is a Chinese professional Go player Player may refer to: Role or adjective * Player (game), a participant in a game or sport ** Gamer, a player in video and tabletop games ** Athlete, a player in sport ...

. *

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 in China. Outline The tournament is sponsored by the Wuxi people government. The tournament began in 2003. Past winner ...

. The winner's purse is 100,000 CNY. The current title holder (2018) is

Gu Zihao Gu Zihao (; born 13 March 1998) is a Chinese professional go player. Gu Zihao was born in Xiantao, Hubei in 1998. He began to play go when he was 6 years old. To further study go, he moved to Wuhan at age 9, and then to Beijing at age 11. He ea ...

. *

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 ...

(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. The current title holder is (2015) Liao Yuanhe. * National Go Individual The current title holder is (2018)

Chen Zijian Chen may refer to: People * Chen (surname) (陳 / 陈), a common Chinese surname * Chen (singer) (born 1992), member of the South Korean-Chinese boy band EXO * Chen Chen (born 1989), Chinese-American poet * (), a Hebrew first name or surname: ...

. Hayago * CCTV Cup 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. The current title holder is (2019) Ding Hao. * Ahan Tongshan Cup (Agon Cup) is a title sponsored by Agon Shu. The winner's purse is 200,000 CNY. The current title holder (2018) is

. *

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-secon ...

is a title sponsored by Gyuqjing. The winner's purse is 50,000 CNY. The current title holder (2019) is

. Leagues * Chinese A League The current title holder is Team

Chongqing Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Romanization, alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality in Southwes ...

(2012).

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 wh ...

* 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) is a Zhongguo Qiyuan Go competition. Outline The Lebaishi Cup is sponsored by the Robust Incorporated. The winner's purse is 128,000 CY ($15,600). ...

* 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 Go competition. Outline The Yongda Cup is sponsored by the Zhongguo Qiyuan and China Yongda Automobiles Services Holdings Limited 16 players participate in a single knockout, and the final is a best-of-3. T ...

Women's

* Female Weiqi Title is a title sponsored by Guodu. The current title holder is Ye Gui. * Xianye Cup is a title sponsored by Xianye. The current title holder is Zhang Xiang. * Bailing Cup is a title sponsored by Bailing Medicine Manufacturer. The current title holder is Li He. * Women's Xinren Wang is a title sponsored by the Zhongguo Qiyuan. The current title holder is Cao Youyin.

Taiwan

Major * Tianyuan (Tengen) is a title sponsored by Minsheng Newspaper and the Taiwan Qiyuan. The current holder is Lin Zhihan. * Wangzuo (Oza) is a title sponsored by the Taiwan Qiyuan. The current holder is

Chen Shiyuan Chen Shiyuan (; born 1985) is a Taiwanese professional Go player. Biography He is a 9 dan professional in Taiwan. In 2000, he went to South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constitu ...

. * Guoshou (National Champion) is a title sponsored by the Taiwan Qiyuan. The current holder is Lin Zhihan. Minor * CMC TV Cup is a title sponsored by the Taiwan Qiyuan. The current holder is Lin Zhihan. * Donggang Cup is a title sponsored by Donghe Gangtie and the Taiwan Qiyuan. The current holder is

. * Zhonghuan Cup is a title sponsored by the Taiwan Qiyuan. The current holder is Lin Shuyang. * New Star Match is a title sponsored by the Taiwan Qiyuan. The current holder is Yoo Kyeongmin.

North America

* US Open The current title holder is Yuhan Zhang, 2007 title holder is Yongfei Ge, 2006 title holder is Andy Liu. *

North American Ing Masters North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating Direction (geometry), direction or geography. Etymology T ...

is a title sponsored by the Ing Foundation. The current title holder is Andy Liu, 2008 title holder is Yun Feng, 2007 title holder is Mingjiu Jiang, 2006 title holder is Zhaonian Chen. * 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. Current junior title holder is Hugh Zhang and senior title holder is Gansheng Shi, 2007 junior title holder is Calvin Sun and senior title holder is Curtis Tang. * U.S.-Canada Team Tournament The current winner is U.S. team.

Defunct tournaments

North American Masters Tournament The North American Masters Tournament is a Go competition. Outline The North American Masters Tournament is a tournament held in North America where players in America competed. It was the first professional Go tournament to be held in North Am ...

Japan

Open

Nihon Ki-in

Major * Kisei is a title sponsored by the Yomiuri Shimbun Newspaper. The winner's purse is 45,000,000 Yen/$505,000. The current title holder is

Ichiriki Ryo is a Japanese professional 9-dan Go player and journalist. As Go player, he was a pupil of So Kofuku. Since 2020 he has also worked as a journalist for Kahoku Shimpo. Early life Ichiriki was born in 1997 in Sendai into a wealthy family ...

. *

Meijin is one of the eight titles in Japanese professional shogi, and is the most prestigious title, along with Ryūō. The word ''meijin'' (名 ''mei'' "excellent, artful", 人 ''jin'' "person") refers to a highly skilled master of a certain field (t ...

is a title sponsored by the

Asahi Asahi (朝日, 旭, or あさひ) means "morning sun" in Japanese and may refer to: Cities * Asahi, Chiba (旭市; ''Asahi-shi'') Wards * Asahi-ku, Osaka (旭区; ''Asahi-ku'') * Asahi-ku, Yokohama (旭; ''Asahi-ku'') Towns * Asahi, Aichi (旭� ...

Newspaper. The winner's purse is 37,000,000 Yen/$400,000. The current title holder is

Iyama Yuta is a Japanese professional Go player. In April 2016, he became the first player in Japanese history to hold all seven major titles simultaneously. In January 2018, Iyama became the first professional Go player to be awarded Japan's People' ...

. *

Honinbo In the history of Go in Japan, the four Go houses were four major schools of Go instituted, supported, and controlled by the state, at the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate. (There were also many minor houses.) At roughly the same time shogi w ...

is a title sponsored by the

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 in several local editions, Mainichi also operates an English language news website called ''The Mainichi'' (previ ...

Newspaper. The winner's purse is 32,000,000 Yen/$350,000. The current title holder is

. * Ōza is a title sponsored by the Nihon Keizai Newspaper. The winner's purse is 14,000,000 Yen/$153,000. The current title holder is

Shibano Toramaru Shibano Toramaru (芝野虎丸) is a Japanese Go professional who won the prestigious Meijin tournament in 2019 at age 19, becoming the first teenager to achieve one of the seven major Japanese titles. Early life Shibano Toramaru was born 9 ...

. * Tengen is a title sponsored by the Three Newspaper Companies Newspaper. The winner's purse is 13,000,000 Yen/$117,767. The current title holder is

. * Gosei is a title sponsored by the Regional Newspapers League. The winner's purse is 8,000,000 Yen/$72,464. The current title holder is

. * Judan is a title sponsored by the Sankei Newspaper. The winner's purse is 7,000,000 Yen/$63,406. The current title holder is

. Minor * Shinjin-O is a title sponsored by the

Akahata is the daily organ of the Japanese Communist Party in the form of a national newspaper. It was founded in 1928 and currently has both daily and weekly editions.

Newspaper. The winner's purse is 2,000,000 Yen/$29,000. The current title holder is Hirose Yuichi. * Okan is a title sponsored by the Chunichi Newspaper. The winner's purse is 1,700,000 Yen/$15,000. The current title holder is

Ida Atsushi Atsushi Ida (伊田　篤史 ''Ida Atsushi'', born 15 March 1994) is a professional Go player from Japan. He is affiliated with Nihon Ki-in Chubu branch. Biography Ida became professional in 2009. He was the pupil of Shigeru Baba, a professio ...

. *

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 * D ...

is a title sponsored by

Daiwa Securities Group is a Japanese investment bank that is the second largest securities brokerage after Nomura Securities. Major subsidiaries include ''Daiwa Securities'', which offers retail services such as online trading to individual investors and investment ...

. The winner's purse is 3,000,000 Yen/$12,700. The current title holder is

Yuki Satoshi is a Japanese professional Go player. Biography Yuki won the NHK Cup in 2010 for the second time in a row, becoming the third player after Eio Sakata and Norimoto Yoda to do such. He was selected as a representative of the Japanese te ...

Hayago 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 ...

is a title sponsored by

NEC is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. The company was known as the Nippon Electric Company, Limited, before rebranding in 1983 as NEC. It provides IT and network soluti ...

. The winner's purse is 17,000,000 Yen/$130,000. The current title holder is

Takao Shinji is a Japanese professional Go player. Biography Shinji Takao is one of Japan's best Go players. He turned professional in 1991. He won the Honinbo tournament in 2005 by a half point in the last game. Cho U, Naoki Hane, Keigo Yamashita ...

. *

Agon Kiriyama Cup The Agon Kiriyama Cup (阿含･桐山杯) is a Go competitions, 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 ...

is a title sponsored by Agon Shu. The winner's purse is 10,000,000 Yen/$86,000. The current title holder is

. * NHK Cup is a title sponsored by

. The winner's purse is 5,000,000 Yen/$43,000. The current title holder is

. * Ryusei is a title sponsored by the Satellite Culture Japan. The winner's purse is 5,000,000 Yen/$43,000. The current title holder is

Kansai Ki-in

Kansai Ki-in Championship The Kansai Ki-In Championship 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 ...

is a title sponsored by Sanyo Shimbun. The current title holder is

Defunct tournaments

* Asahi Pro Best Ten *

Asahi Top Eight Players The Asahi Top Eight Players was a Go competition. Outline The final was a best-of-three match. This tournament was short-lived, being played only one year. Past winners External links The Asahi Top Eight Tournament Go competitions in Japan< ...

Asahi Top Position The Asahi Top Position was a Go competition. Outline The final of the Top Position tournament would be a best of five with 10 hours of thinking time. There was no komi, unless the match had to be played out all 5 games, which then would be pla ...

* Chikurin *

Dai-ichi (第一) is a compound modifier phrase of Japanese origin, meaning '' number one'', or ''first''. In kanji, "dai" ("number") is 第Nakao, Seigo''Random House Japanese-English English-Japanese Dictionary'' via Google Books, p. 39. Retrieved 2011- ...

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 and known coll ...

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 * IBM Cup * Igo Masters Cup (2011–2019) *

Igo Senshuken The Igo Senshuken was a Go competition. Outline The final of the Igo Senshuken was decided in a best-of-five match. Each player had 6 hours to think. The challengers came from a knock-out with 16 players. Past winners and runners-up ...

* JAL Super Hayago Championship * JT Cup *

Kansai Ki-In Championship The Kansai Ki-In Championship 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 ...

* Kakusei * Kirin Cup *

NEC Shun-Ei The NEC Shun-Ei was a Nihon-Kiin 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 ...

* Nihon Ki-In Championship * 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, ov ...

* 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 The is a Japanese Go competition. Outline The Women's Honinbo is the female version of the Honinbo. It is sponsored by the Kyodo News Agency and Sompo Japan Insurance , formerly NKSJ Holdings and , is a Japanese insurance company. It is the s ...

is a title sponsored by Kyodo News Agency. The winner's purse is 5,500,000 Yen. The current title holder is

Fujisawa Rina Rina Fujisawa (藤沢里菜 ''Fujisawa Rina'', born 18 September 1998) is a Japanese professional Go player. Biography Fujisawa is the daughter of Kazunari Fujisawa, an 8-dan professional Go player. She is also the granddaughter of the late H ...

. * Women's Meijin is a title sponsored by Fuji Evening Newspaper. The winner's purse is 5,100,000 Yen/$44,500. The current title holder is

. *

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/$43,500. The current title holder is

Ueno Asami , born 26 October 2001, is a Japanese professional Go player at Nihon Ki-in The Nihon Ki-in (), also known as the Japan Go Association, is the main organizational body for Go in Japan, overseeing Japan's professional system and issuing dipl ...

. *

Aizu Central Hospital Cup The , formerly known as before 2017, is a Go competition for female Go players. The tournament was introduced in 2014. Outline The Hollyhock Cup is sponsored by the Aizu Central Hospital, a hospital in Aizuwakamatsu City in Fukushima Prefectu ...

is a title sponsored by the Aidu Chuo Hospital Cup. The prize for winning is 7,000,000 Yen. The current title holder is

. * 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. The current title holder is

Defunct tournaments

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

Women's JAL Super Hayago The Women's JAL Super Hayago was a Go competitions, Go competition. Outline The Women's JAL Super Hayago was sponsored by Japan Airlines. The winner's purse was 2,500,000 Yen ($19,100). Past winners

Go competitions in Japan {{go-stub ...

Kansai Ki-in

* Kansai Lady's Tournament is a title sponsored by

TV Osaka is a television station affiliated with the TX Network in Osaka, Japan. The mascot character is "Takoru-kun" (たこるくん). History Television Osaka, Inc. was founded in 1981 as part of the reorganization of Tokyo Channel 12 Ltd (now TV To ...

. The current title holder is Konishi Kazuko.

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

Defunct tournaments

Women's

Defunct tournaments

Continental

Open

Asia

Defunct tournaments

China-Korea

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

Nihon Ki-in

Kansai Ki-in

Defunct tournaments

Women's

Nihon Ki-in

Defunct tournaments

Kansai Ki-in

See also

References

External links