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

board game Board games are tabletop games that typically use . These pieces are moved or placed on a pre-marked board (playing surface) and often include elements of table, card, role-playing, and miniatures games as well. Many board games feature a co ...

of ''Go''. The tradition, initiated by the Honinbo Tournament in

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 n ...

, 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 is a tournament sponsored by Ing Chang-ki,

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 ...

, the Nihon-Kiin 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 stron ...

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 Guiyan ...

. * 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

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) and the Hanguk Kiwon. The winner's prize is 250,000,000 Won/$250,000. The current title holder (2018) is Ke Jie. *

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 ar ...

is a tournament sponsored by the Chunlan Group of China every two years. The winner's purse is 1,200,000 Yuan/$170,000. The current title holder (2021) is

Shin Jinseo Shin Jin-seo ( ko, 신진서; born 17 March 2000) is a South Korean professional Go player. He has won four major international championships: the LG Cup in 2020 and 2022, the Chunlan Cup in 2021, and the Samsung Cup in 2022. As of November ...

. *

Bailing Cup The Bailing Cup () is 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, leading up to a ...

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, Wuli ...

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 Ke Jie. * Mlily Cup is a tournament sponsored by the HK Healthcare Foam 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 ( 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 Chen Yaoye (Traditional: 陳耀燁; Simplified: 陈耀烨; Pinyin: Chén Yàoyè; born on December 16, 1989) is a Chinese professional Go player. Biography Chen Yaoye was born in Beijing, China. He is a young Go player who, at the age of ...

Defunct tournaments

* BC Card Cup was an annual tournament sponsored by

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. The winner's purse was 300,000,000 Won/$300,000. The last title holder (2012) was Paek Hong-suk. * Fujitsu Cup 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. *

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 pla ...

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

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 ...

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 incorpo ...

was a title sponsored by the

Taiwan Qiyuan The Taiwan Chi Yuan Culture Foundation (Chinese: 台灣棋院文化基金會 Pinyin:Táiwān Qíyuàn Wénhuà Jījīnhuì ), also known as the Taiwan Chi Yuan or Taiwan Go Association, is a professional Go association in Taiwan. The Taiwan Qiyua ...

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 Lee Chang-ho.

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 kno ...

(Go Seigen Cup) *

Bingsheng Cup The Bingsheng Cup () is an international women's Go tournament. It was created in 2010 and is held annually. The tournament is held at Qionglong Mountain in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. It is also known as the Qionglong Mountain Bingsheng Cup. The name ...

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 (Japan: NHK Cup, Korea: KBS Cup, China: CCTV Cup) ...

is a title sponsored by NHK, KBS and

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. Team * Nongshim Cup is a title sponsored by Nongshim. * Asian New Star Match

Defunct tournaments

* Jinro Cupun * Teda Cup Super Match * CSK Cup 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 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 Japa ...

(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 The China-Taiwan Yayi Cup () is a Go competition. Outline The tournament is sponsored by Yayi and the Taiwan Qiyuan. It is a team tournament between professional Go players from China and Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China ...

is a title sponsored by Yayi and the

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 spo ...

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

. * Guksu 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 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 ...

. *

Myeongin The Myeongin (Korean: 명인전, Hanja: 名人戰) is a Go competition in South Korea. The word ''myeongin'' in Korean language, literally meaning "Brilliant Man", is same as ''meijin'' in Japanese and as ''mingren'' in Chinese. The Myeongin is the ...

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 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 ...

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 competitions, 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 ...

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 Lee Chang-ho. *

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 compete ...

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 * Baccus Cup *

Baedalwang The Baedalwang 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, leading up to a t ...

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 The GS Caltex Cup (Korean language, Korean: GS칼텍스배) is a Go competitions, 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 ...

* MBC TV Cup * New Pros Strongest * Paedal Cup * Paewang * SBS TV Cup * Taewang * 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 Ilbo ...

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 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 Yun Junsang (born 20 November 1987) is a professional Go player.Player Info: Yun Junsang 7 Dan
" ...

. * 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 Yeongnam Ilbo Cup (영남일보배) was a Go competition in South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border wi ...

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 format was ...

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 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 (symbol: $; c ...

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 Tianyua ...

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: Qíshèng) is 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 Ja ...

(Kisei) is a title sponsored by the Zhongguo Qiyuan. 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. *

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 Zhongguo Qiyuan. 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 Lian Xiao. *

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 competitions, Go competition. It was held 15 times from 2000 to 2015. Outline This tournament was sponsored by "Ricoh Hong Kong Limited". The first year featured eight invited participants. The ...

is a title sponsored by

Ricoh is a Japanese Multinational corporation, 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 ...

. The winner's purse is 150,000 CNY. The current title holder (2015) is Ke Jie. * 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. Jiang became a professional in 2005. He won his first title, the RICOH Xinxiu Cup, in 2008. Jiang ended Gu Li's six-year reign over the Mingren The Mingren () is a Go ...

. *

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. 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 a ...

(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 Liao may refer to: Chinese history * Liao (Zhou dynasty state) (蓼), two states in ancient China during the Spring and Autumn period in the 8th and 7th centuries BC * Liao of Wu (吳王僚) (died 515 BC), king of Wu during ancient China's Spring a ...

. *

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 A Swiss-system tournament is a non-eliminating tournament format that features a fi ...

The current title holder is (2018) Chen Zijian. 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 agains ...

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 Ding may refer to: Bronze and ceramics * Ding (vessel), a bronze or ceramic cauldron used in ancient and early imperial China * Ding ware, ceramics produced in Dingzhou in medieval China People * Ding (surname) (丁), a Chinese surname and l ...

. *

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 sin ...

(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-second ...

is a title sponsored by Gyuqjing. The winner's purse is 50,000 CNY. The current title holder (2019) is Ke Jie. Leagues * Chinese A League The current title holder is Team

Chongqing Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a municipality in Southwest China. The official abbreviation of the city, "" (), was approved by the State Co ...

(2012).

Defunct tournaments

* NEC Cup * 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. Th ...

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 (board game), Go Go players, player. Biography He is a 9 dan professional in Taiwan. In 2000, he went to South Korea and studied under Kwon Kab-Ryong. He spent 5 years in Korea, before ...

. * 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 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 America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arcti ...

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

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'' (prev ...

Newspaper. The winner's purse is 32,000,000 Yen/$350,000. The current title holder is Iyama Yuta. * 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 Iyama Yuta. * Judan is a title sponsored by the

Sankei The (short for ) is a daily newspaper in Japan published by the It has the seventh-highest circulation for regional newspapers in Japan. Among Japanese newspapers, the circulation is second only to ''Yomiuri Shimbun'', Seikyo Shimbun, ''As ...

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 Newspaper. The winner's purse is 2,000,000 Yen/$29,000. The current title holder is

Hirose Yuichi Hirose may refer to: *Hirose Electric Group, a Japanese company specializing in the manufacture of connectors *Hirose (surname), a Japanese surname *Hirose-gawa, a river in Sendai, Japan * Koichi Hirose (''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is a ...

. * 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 profession ...

. * Daiwa Cup is a title sponsored by Daiwa Securities Group. The winner's purse is 3,000,000 Yen/$12,700. The current title holder is Yuki Satoshi.

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 ...

* NEC Cup 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 Yamashit ...

. * Agon Kiriyama Cup is a title sponsored by

Agon Shu is a Japanese new religion in which the basic tenets are based on the ''Agamas'', a collection of early Buddhist scriptures, which comprise the various recensions of the '' Sūtra Piṭaka.'' The organization was founded in 1954 by Kiriyama Seiyū ...

. The winner's purse is 10,000,000 Yen/$86,000. The current title holder is

. * NHK Cup is a title sponsored by NHK. 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 competitions, 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 (Go), Tengen. A new Kansai Ki-In Champions ...

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

Defunct tournaments

Asahi Pro Best Ten The Asahi Pro Best Ten 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, leading ...

* Asahi Top Eight Players * Asahi Top Position * Chikurin * Dai-ichi * Hayago Championship * Hayago Meijin * Hosu * IBM Cup *

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. The tournament sponsor was Fumakilla, a chemical manufacturing company. Outline The tournament was open only to players over ...

(2011–2019) * Igo Senshuken *

JAL Super Hayago Championship The JAL Super Hayago Championship is a Nihon-Kiin Go competition. This tournament was created after the Hayago Championship The was a Japanese Go competition. Outline The Hayago Championship was a hayago tournament, where each player had to ma ...

JT Cup 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 ...

Kansai Ki-In Championship The Kansai Ki-In Championship is a Go competitions, 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 (Go), Tengen. A new Kansai Ki-In Champions ...

* 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 in Mi ...

* 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, ove ...

* Ryuen Cup * Shin-Ei * 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 se ...

is a title sponsored by

Kyodo News Agency is a nonprofit cooperative news agency based in Minato, Tokyo. It was established in November 1945 and it distributes news to almost all newspapers, and radio and television networks in Japan. The newspapers using its news have about 50 mil ...

. 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 Player may refer to: Role or adjective * Player (game), a participant in a game or sport ** Gamer, a player in video and tabletop ga ...

. * 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 Players of the game of Go often use jargon to describe situations on the board and surrounding the game. Such technical terms are li ...

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 Prefecture ...

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 The Women's Kakusei was a Go competitions, Go competition. Outline The Women's Kakusei used a knockout format. Past winners

{{Japanese go titles Go competitions in Japan ...

Women's JAL Super Hayago The Women's JAL Super Hayago was a Go competition. Outline The Women's JAL Super Hayago was sponsored by Japan Airlines , also known as JAL (''Jaru'') or , is an international airline and Japan's flag carrier and largest airline as of 2021 an ...

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 T ...

. 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

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See also

References

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