Honinbo

The Honinbo is Japanese Go's most storied title, tracing its lineage back to 1612 when the Buddhist monk Nikkai (later Honinbo Sansa) founded the Honinbo house at Jakkoji temple in Kyoto. For over 300 years, the Honinbo name passed from master to disciple -- not by blood but by merit. In 1938, the last hereditary Honinbo, Shusai, donated the title to the Nihon Ki-in. Sponsored by the Mainichi Shimbun, the title match was historically best-of-seven, though in 2023 it was reduced to best-of-five with prize money cut from 28 million to 8.5 million yen due to declining newspaper revenues. Iyama Yuta holds the remarkable record of 11 consecutive Honinbo titles (2012-2022).

País Japan Tipo Title Match Formato League Title Ciclo 1 a Komi 6.5 Ediciones 82

1957 · Edición #13

Campeón: Takagawa Kaku · Subcampeón: Sugiuchi Masao

Final 6 partidas

9 jul Sugiuchi Masao W+R Takagawa Kaku 19 jul Takagawa Kaku B+R Sugiuchi Masao 30 jul Sugiuchi Masao B+1.5 Takagawa Kaku 10 ago Takagawa Kaku W+R Sugiuchi Masao 21 ago Sugiuchi Masao W+R Takagawa Kaku 1 sept Takagawa Kaku B+0.5 Sugiuchi Masao

3rd Preliminary, Group Final 4 partidas

20 nov Iwamoto Kaoru W+5.5 Sugiuchi Masao 4 dic Hashimoto Shoji W+R Sakata Eio 4 dic Fujisawa Hideyuki B+R Shinohara Masami 4 dic Kajiwara Takeo B+R Yamabe Toshiro

4th Place Playoff 1 partida

16 jul Fujisawa Hideyuki B+1.5 Hashimoto Utaro

1st Place Playoff 2 partidas

19 jun Sakata Eio B+2.5 Kitani Minoru 26 jun Sakata Eio W+3.5 Sugiuchi Masao

Preliminary 1 partida

25 sept Handa Dogen W+0.5 Kajiwara Takeo

Preliminaries 3 partidas

1 ene Kajiwara Takeo B+0.5 Magari Reiki 11 sept Sakata Eio B+R Seo Hisashi 1 ene Miyashita Shuyo B+R Sakakibara Shoji

League 23 partidas

25 dic Sugiuchi Masao B+R Fujisawa Hideyuki 8 ene Shimamura Toshihiro W+0.5 Sugiuchi Masao 15 ene Kajiwara Takeo W+2.5 Sugiuchi Masao 15 ene Hashimoto Utaro W+1.5 Fujisawa Hideyuki 15 ene Fujisawa Hosai W+R Sakata Eio 5 feb Kajiwara Takeo W+R Hashimoto Utaro 5 feb Shimamura Toshihiro B+R Fujisawa Hosai 19 feb Sugiuchi Masao W+R Fujisawa Hosai 5 mar Fujisawa Hosai W+R Fujisawa Hideyuki 5 mar Sugiuchi Masao B+R Hashimoto Utaro 12 mar Sakata Eio B+R Kajiwara Takeo 2 abr Fujisawa Hideyuki W+3.5 Sakata Eio 9 abr Fujisawa Hosai B+0.5 Kajiwara Takeo 9 abr Fujisawa Hideyuki W+R Kitani Minoru 7 may Kajiwara Takeo B+14.5 Kitani Minoru 7 may Sakata Eio B+2.5 Sugiuchi Masao 21 may Kitani Minoru B+6.5 Sakata Eio 21 may Fujisawa Hosai W+R Hashimoto Utaro 21 may Fujisawa Hideyuki B+8.5 Kajiwara Takeo 28 may Kitani Minoru B+2.5 Hashimoto Utaro 4 jun Kitani Minoru B+R Fujisawa Hosai 11 jun Kitani Minoru W+1.5 Sugiuchi Masao 11 jun Hashimoto Utaro B+4.5 Sakata Eio