Tengen (Go)

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Tengen (Go)
Full nameTengen
Started1975
Honorary Winners Rin Kaiho
Iyama Yuta
SponsorsThree Newspaper Companies
Prize money13 million yen
Affiliation Nihon Ki-in

Tengen (天元, center or origin of heaven) is a Go competition in Japan. [1]

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The name Tengen refers to the center point on a Go board.

The event is held annually, and has run continuously since its inauguration in 1975.

Tengen competition (天元戦)

The Tengen competition is a Go tournament run by the Japanese Nihon-Kiin and Kansai-Kiin. The Tengen is the 5th of the 7 big titles in Japanese Go.

It has the same format as the other tournaments. There is a preliminary tournament, which is single knockout, where the winner faces the holder in a best-of-five match.

Before the 6th Tengen, the format was different. Instead of the title holder waiting for a challenger, it would be the two Go players left from the single knockout tournament who then played a best-of-five match to determine the holder.

The tournament was formed from a merger between the Nihon Ki-in and Kansai Ki-in championships. The former ran from 1954 to 1975.

Past winners

YearWinnerScoreRunner-up
11975 Fujisawa Hideyuki 3-1 Ohira Shuzo
21976 Kobayashi Koichi 3-1Sugiuchi Masao
31977 Shimamura Toshiohiro 3-1Sonoda Yuichi
41978 Kato Masao 3-1Fujizawa Hideyuki
519793-0Kataoka Satoshi
619803-0Yamabe Toshiro
719813-2Kobayashi Koichi
81982 Kataoka Satoshi 3-2Kato Masao
919833-1Awaji Shuzo
101984 Ishida Yoshio 3-1Kataoka Satoshi
111985 Kobayashi Koichi 3-0Ishida Yoshio
1219863-1Sonoda Yuichi
131987 Cho Chikun 3-2Kobayashi Koichi
1419883-2Sonoda Yuichi
151989 Rin Kaiho 3-2Cho Chikun
1619903-1Kobayashi Koichi
1719913-1Kato Masao
1819923-1Yamashiro Hiroshi
1919933-1Kataoka Satoshi
201994 Ryu Shikun 3-1Rin Kaiho
2119953-2Kobayashi Koichi
2219963-2Rin Kaiho
231997 Kudo Norio 3-1Ryu Shikun
241998 Kobayashi Koichi 3-2Kudo Norio
2519993-0
262000 Ryu Shikun 3-0Kobayashi Koichi
272001 Hane Naoki 3-1Ryu Shikun
2820023-0Cho Sonjin
2920033-2Yamashita Keigo
302004 Yamashita Keigo 3-0Hane Naoki
312005 Kono Rin 3-2Yamashita Keigo
3220063-1
3320073-1
342008 Cho U 3-0Kono Rin
352009 Yamashita Keigo 3-2Cho U
362010 Yuki Satoshi 3-0Yamashita Keigo
372011 Iyama Yuta 3-0Yuki Satoshi
3820123-0Kono Rin
3920133-0Akiyama Jiro
402014 Takao Shinji 3-2Iyama Yuta
412015 Iyama Yuta 3-0Takao Shinji
4220163-1 Ichiriki Ryo
4320173-0
4420183-2Yamashita Keigo
4520193-2Kyo Kagen (Hsu Chia Yuan)
462020Ichiriki Ryo3-2Iyama Yuta

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References

  1. "Tengen tournament". GoBase. Retrieved 2 September 2011.