The Igo Masters Cup was a Japanese
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, leading up to a title match and the award of a title f ...
. It was held nine times from 2011 until 2019, when it was discontinued.
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
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 ...
,
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
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third-most traded currency in the foreign exchange market, after the United States dollar (US$) and the euro. It is also widely used as a third reserve currency after the US dollar and the e ...
($62,000), while the runner-up received 1.5 million yen.
Past winners and runners-up
References
External links
Nihon Ki-in archive(in Japanese)
Igo Masters Cup
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