Igo Senshuken

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The Igo Senshuken was a Go competition.

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The final of the Igo Senshuken was decided in a best-of-five match. Each player had 6 hours to think. The challengers came from a knock-out with 16 players. [1]

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Past winners and runners-up

PlayerYears Held
Sakata Eio 1958 [2]
Shimamura Toshihiro 1965 [3]
PlayerYears Lost
Kitani Minoru 1958
Yamabe Toshiro 1965

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References

  1. "Igo Senshuken tournament". GoBase. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  2. "Igo Senshuken, 2nd edition 1958". GoBase. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  3. "Igo Senshuken, 8th edition 1965". GoBase. Retrieved 22 June 2011.