Gosei

Go tournament
tournamentname=Gosei
fullname=Gosei
started=1976
honorarywinners=Hideo Otake
Koichi Kobayashi
sponsors=Regional Newspaper League
prizemoney=7.7 million Yen ($67,000 USD)
affiliation=Nihon Ki-in

The Gosei (碁聖) is a Go competition in Japan.

Outline

Gosei is a Go competition used by the Japanese Nihon-Kiin and Kansai-Kiin. It is one of the seven big titles in Japan, although it pays much less than the top three. The payout is only 7,700,000 Yen ($67,000) compared to the Kisei's payout, which is a large 42,000,000 Yen ($386,000). Gosei uses the same format as the other big seven. The winner of the knockout tournament faces the title holder in a best of five match. There is one restriction that the other titles don't have, and that is to be able to enter the Gosei tournament, you must be at least 5 dan.

The promotion rules are just like the Judan's. If the player gets to challenge the title holder, they are promoted to 7 dan. If that player wins the tournament, they are promoted to 8 dan. If they defend it for another year, they are promoted to 9 dan.

Past winners

ee also

* Honorary Gosei