- Honinbo Tournament
Go tournament
tournamentname=Honinbo
fullname=Honinbo
started=1941
honorarywinners=Takagawa Kaku Sakata Eio Ishida Yoshio Cho Chikun
sponsors=Mainichi Shimbun
prizemoney=32 millionYen ($280,000USD )
affiliation=Nihon Ki-in The Honinbo is a Go competition.
Outline
The Honinbo is the oldest Go title in the world, currently on its 63th edition. The sponsor is
Mainichi Shimbun . The winner's purse is 32,000,000 Yen ($280,000).The tournament is similar to the other two biggest Go titles in
Japan , theKisei andMeijin . The holder is challenged by whoever wins theround robin league. Players can get into the round robin league by going through many preliminary tournaments. Once there is a challenger to compete against the holder, the winner is decided through a best of seven match. The games are played over two days and each player is given 8 hours of thinking time. There are also more rewards than just money from the Honinbo tournament. Like the other biggest titles in Japan, if a player qualifies for the Honinbo league, they are automatically moved up to 7 dan. If that same player wins the league, a promotion to 8 dan is given. If that same player goes on to winning the title, they are finally promoted to 9 dan, the highest rank.Winners
ee also
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Honorary Honinbo
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