Dai-ichi (Go competition)

The Dai-ichi was a Go competition. ^[1] The Dai-ichi ran from 1959 to 1975, although before 1970 only players from the Nihon Ki-in could compete. From 1970 and on, players from all over Japan could compete. After 1975, it became the Gosei tournament. ^[2]

Past Winners and Runners-up

Nihon Ki-in Dai-ichi (Nihon Ki-in First Place)

	Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up
1.	1959	Fujisawa Hideyuki	2-0	Miyashita Shuyo
2.	1961	Sakata Eio	2-1	Takagawa Kaku
3.	1963		2-0
4.	1964		2-0	Ohira Shuzo
5.	1965		2-1
6.	1967	Otake Hideo [3]	2-1	Takagawa Kaku
7.	1968		2-1	Ohira Shuzo

Zen Nihon Dai-ichi (All Japan First Place)

	Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up
1.	1970	Otake Hideo [3]	2-1	Fujisawa Shuko
2.	1971		2-0	Kato Masao
3.	1973		2-0	Kajiwara Takeo
4.	1974		2-0	Fujisawa Shuko
5.	1975		2-1	Kudo Norio

See also

• List of professional Go tournaments

References

1. "Nihon Ki-in Championship". Sensei's Library.
2. "Nihon Ki-in Championship title results". SGF records of Japanese professional go games.
3. "大竹　英雄（オオタケ　ヒデオ / OTAKE, Hideo）". Nihon Ki-in.