Tengen

Founded in 1975 as the successor to the Nihon Ki-in Championship, the Tengen ("Origin of Heaven") takes its name from the center point of the Go board -- the intersection at the very heart of the 19x19 grid. Sponsored by the Sankei Shimbun group, it offers a winner's prize of approximately 12 million yen. The format is a single-elimination preliminary followed by a best-of-five title match. Rin Kaiho (Lin Haifeng), a Taiwanese-born player who dominated Japanese Go in the 1960s-80s, set the first dynasty with five consecutive titles and earned the rank of Honorary Tengen. Iyama Yuta later surpassed that record, winning the title eight times.

Land Japan Typ Title Match Format Knockout Title Zyklus 1 J. Komi 6.5 Ausgaben 53

2007 · Ausgabe #33

Champion: Kono Rin · Zweiter: Yamashita Keigo

Final Preliminary, Round 1 4 Partien

7. Sept. Rin Kanketsu W+3.5 Ryu Shikun 7. Sept. Ko Mosei W+R Cho Sonjin 7. Sept. O Meien B+R Kurotaki Masanori 7. Sept. Kurotaki Masaki W+R Kobayashi Koichi

Final Preliminary, Group Final 1 Partie

9. Nov. Rin Kaiho W+2.5 Kobayashi Satoru

Final 4 Partien

2. Nov. Kono Rin W+R Yamashita Keigo 8. Nov. Yamashita Keigo W+R Kono Rin 22. Nov. Kono Rin B+R Yamashita Keigo 6. Dez. Yamashita Keigo W+R Kono Rin

A Preliminary, Group Final 2 Partien

19. Okt. Ryu Shikun B+R Ko Reibun 19. Okt. Kobayashi Koichi B+6.5 Hashimoto Yujiro

Challengers' Final 1 Partie

20. Sept. Iyama Yuta W+1.5 Yamashita Keigo

Semi-final 2 Partien

19. Juli Iyama Yuta B+R Morita Michihiro 19. Juli Yamashita Keigo B+R Kimu Sujun

Quarter-final 4 Partien

7. Juni Kobayashi Koichi W+8.5 Iyama Yuta 28. Juni Cho Chikun W+R Kimu Sujun 28. Juni Yuki Satoshi W+R Yamashita Keigo 28. Juni Sonoda Yuichi W+R Morita Michihiro

Round of 16 8 Partien

15. März Michael Redmond W+R Yamashita Keigo 29. März O Rissei W+2.5 Iyama Yuta 29. März Takemiya Masaki W+R Morita Michihiro 12. Apr. So Yokoku W+1.5 Cho Chikun 26. Apr. Li Yixiu W+R Kobayashi Koichi 26. Apr. Yamada Noriyoshi W+R Yuki Satoshi 17. Mai Kimu Sujun B+R Ogaki Yusaku 17. Mai Kobayashi Satoru W+2.5 Sonoda Yuichi

Quarterfinals 3 Partien

7. Dez. Ogaki Yusaku B+R Hikosaka Naoto 28. Dez. Ogata Masaki W+3.5 Yoda Norimoto 25. Jan. Michael Redmond B+R Sakai Hideyuki

Round of 32 16 Partien

30. Nov. Otake Hideo W+1.5 Li Yixiu 7. Dez. Oya Koichi W+R Takemiya Masaki 14. Dez. Kiyonari Tetsuya W+2.5 Kimu Sujun 21. Dez. Yata Naoki W+R Kobayashi Satoru 21. Dez. Yamada Noriyoshi B+R Imamura Yoshiaki 11. Jan. Cho Chikun B+R Imamura Toshiya 11. Jan. Yamashita Keigo B+R Takao Shinji 11. Jan. Kobayashi Koichi B+4.5 Ryu Shikun 25. Jan. Cho Sonjin W+R Iyama Yuta 1. Feb. O Rissei B+R Kamimura Haruo 1. Feb. Kanazawa Hideo W+R Sonoda Yuichi 19. Feb. Yoda Norimoto W+2.5 Morita Michihiro 1. März Yuki Satoshi B+2.5 Hane Naoki 1. März Ishii Kunio W+R Michael Redmond 1. März So Yokoku B+R Cho U 8. März Ogaki Yusaku B+R Nakamura Shinya

A Preliminary, Round 1 4 Partien

14. Sept. Tahara Yasufumi W+R Rin Kaiho 14. Sept. Kobayashi Satoru B+2.5 Yo Kagen 14. Sept. Ishida Yoshio W+R Otake Hideo 21. Sept. Yoda Norimoto B+R Shiraishi Yuichi