NHK Cup

Founded in 1953, the NHK Cup is Japan's premier televised rapid Go tournament and one of the longest-running competitions in the game's history. Broadcast nationally by NHK (Japan's public broadcaster), the tournament features 50 top professionals competing in a single-elimination format with brisk time controls of 30 seconds per move plus ten one-minute overtime periods. A player who wins the NHK Cup ten times earns the prestigious title of "Lifetime NHK Cup Champion." The tournament has served as a gateway for Western fans discovering professional Go, since its televised format offers accessible, fast-paced games that showcase the brilliance of Japan's top players.

País Japan Tipo Invitational Formato Knockout Ciclo 1 a Komi 6.5 Ediciones 74

1998 · Edición #45

Campeón: Yoda Norimoto · Subcampeón: Honda Kunihisa

Final 1 partida

15 mar Honda Kunihisa W+11.5 Yoda Norimoto

Semi-final 2 partidas

1 mar Honda Kunihisa B+9.5 Hane Naoki 8 mar Yoda Norimoto B+0.5 Yuki Satoshi

Quarter-final 4 partidas

1 ene Yoda Norimoto B+0.5 Takemiya Masaki 1 ene Yuki Satoshi B+R Komatsu Hideki 1 ene Honda Kunihisa B+R Cho Chikun 1 ene Kobayashi Koichi W+R Hane Naoki

Round of 16 8 partidas

1 ene Cho Chikun B+R Awaji Shuzo 1 nov Kato Masao W+R Yoda Norimoto 1 nov Imamura Toshiya W+1.5 Komatsu Hideki 1 nov Kobayashi Satoru W+4.5 Hane Naoki 1 nov Honda Kunihisa B+8.5 Ishida Yoshio 1 nov Fujisawa Hideyuki W+4.5 Kobayashi Koichi 1 nov Otake Hideo W+R Yuki Satoshi 18 ene Kobayashi Izumi W+11.5 Takemiya Masaki

Round of 32 15 partidas

1 ene O Rissei W+1.5 Takemiya Masaki 1 ene Kudo Norio W+R Cho Chikun 1 sept Sonoda Yuichi W+2.5 Fujisawa Hideyuki 1 sept Tono Hiroaki W+0.5 Otake Hideo 1 sept Ishida Yoshio B+4.5 Ryu Shikun 1 sept Hashimoto Shoji W+0.5 Kobayashi Izumi 1 sept Sakata Eio W+5.5 Komatsu Hideki 1 sept Kobayashi Koichi B+R Ishii Kunio 1 sept Yoshida Mika W+R Kato Masao 1 sept Chin Kaei W+4.5 Hane Naoki 1 sept Awaji Shuzo B+R Kataoka Satoshi 1 sept Yamada Kimio W+0.5 Yuki Satoshi 1 sept Yamashiro Hiroshi W+0.5 Honda Kunihisa 2 sept Kobayashi Satoru B+2.5 Mimura Tomoyasu 8 sept Rin Kaiho W+9.5 Imamura Toshiya

Round of 64 17 partidas

1 ene Cho Sonjin W+2.5 Yamashiro Hiroshi 1 ene Awaji Shuzo B+R Miyamoto Yoshihisa 6 abr Hoshino Masaki W+R Yoshida Mika 20 abr Kato Atsushi W+R Sonoda Yuichi 27 abr Chin Kaei W+1.5 Hashimoto Shoji 4 may Goto Shungo W+9.5 Tono Hiroaki 25 may Ishida Akira W+R Imamura Toshiya 1 jun Miyazawa Goro B+R Nakazawa Ayako 1 jun Hikosaka Naoto W+R Yamada Kimio 1 jun Onda Yasuhiko W+R Komatsu Hideki 1 jun Mimura Tomoyasu B+R Moriyama Naoki 1 jun Kiyonari Tetsuya W+0.5 Ishida Yoshio 8 jul Ishida Atsushi W+R Takemiya Masaki 16 jul Fujisawa Hideyuki B+R Yukawa Mitsuhisa 18 jul Nishida Terumi W+6.5 Ishii Kunio 1 ago Kobayashi Izumi B+1.5 Nakano Hironari 21 ago Hane Naoki B+R O Meien