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.

Pays Japan Type Title Match Format Knockout Title Cycle 1 a Komi 6.5 Éditions 53

2007 · Édition #33

Champion : Kono Rin · Finaliste : Yamashita Keigo

Final Preliminary, Round 1 4 parties

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 parties

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 déc. Yamashita Keigo W+R Kono Rin

A Preliminary, Group Final 2 parties

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

Challengers' Final 1 partie

20 sept. Iyama Yuta W+1.5 Yamashita Keigo

Semi-final 2 parties

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

Quarter-final 4 parties

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

Round of 16 8 parties

15 mars Michael Redmond W+R Yamashita Keigo 29 mars O Rissei W+2.5 Iyama Yuta 29 mars Takemiya Masaki W+R Morita Michihiro 12 avr. So Yokoku W+1.5 Cho Chikun 26 avr. Li Yixiu W+R Kobayashi Koichi 26 avr. 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 parties

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

Round of 32 16 parties

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

A Preliminary, Round 1 4 parties

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