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.

Pays Japan Type Invitational Format Knockout Cycle 1 a Komi 6.5 Éditions 74

2006 · Édition #53

Champion : Hane Naoki · Finaliste : Imamura Toshiya

Final 1 partie

13 févr. Hane Naoki B+R Imamura Toshiya

Semi-final 2 parties

13 févr. Hane Naoki B+R Imamura Yoshiaki 13 févr. Imamura Toshiya B+3.5 Moriyama Naoki

Quarter-final 4 parties

16 janv. Moriyama Naoki B+7.5 Ryu Shikun 30 janv. Imamura Toshiya B+R So Yokoku 30 janv. Awaji Shuzo W+14.5 Hane Naoki 5 févr. Kono Rin W+R Imamura Yoshiaki

Round of 16 8 parties

24 oct. Kono Rin B+3.5 Sakai Hideyuki 24 oct. Awaji Shuzo B+R Kataoka Satoshi 7 nov. Moriyama Naoki B+3.5 Yoda Norimoto 14 nov. Yamada Kimio W+R Ryu Shikun 5 déc. Imamura Toshiya B+6.5 O Rissei 5 déc. So Yokoku B+R Kobayashi Satoru 19 déc. Han Zenki W+R Hane Naoki 19 déc. Imamura Yoshiaki B+4.5 Ueki Yoshio

Round of 32 16 parties

20 juin Iyama Yuta W+3.5 Kobayashi Satoru 20 juin Kurahashi Masayuki W+R Hane Naoki 4 juil. Ogata Masaki W+3.5 Ueki Yoshio 4 juil. Sakai Hideyuki B+3.5 Mimura Tomoyasu 6 juil. Rin Kaiho W+4.5 So Yokoku 6 juil. Cho Sonjin W+R Han Zenki 18 juil. Awaji Shuzo B+R O Meien 18 juil. Yamada Kimio B+R Otake Hideo 1 août Kono Rin W+R Yamashita Keigo 1 août Moriyama Naoki B+3.5 Takao Shinji 12 sept. Cho U W+R Imamura Yoshiaki 12 sept. Nakano Hironari W+5.5 Yoda Norimoto 26 sept. Imamura Toshiya B+6.5 Yamashiro Hiroshi 26 sept. Yuki Satoshi W+R Kataoka Satoshi 10 oct. Miyamoto Yoshihisa W+4.5 O Rissei 10 oct. Cho Chikun W+8.5 Ryu Shikun

Round of 64 18 parties

14 mars Han Zenki B+R Shinkai Hiroko 14 mars Moriyama Naoki B+9.5 Chin Kaei 28 mars Yamashiro Hiroshi B+R Takemiya Masaki 28 mars Kataoka Satoshi B+8.5 Aragaki Shun 11 avr. Iyama Yuta B+R Hikosaka Naoto 11 avr. Miyazawa Goro W+R Kurahashi Masayuki 13 avr. Miyamoto Yoshihisa B+R Honda Kunihisa 13 avr. Awaji Shuzo B+R Chinen Kaori 25 avr. Osawa Narumi W+R Takao Shinji 25 avr. Ogaki Yusaku W+3.5 Imamura Yoshiaki 9 mai Kobayashi Koichi W+4.5 Ogata Masaki 11 mai Shiraishi Yutaka W+4.5 So Yokoku 11 mai Yukawa Mitsuhisa W+R Nakano Hironari 23 mai Kato Atsushi W+1.5 Sakai Hideyuki 23 mai Kimu Sujun W+4.5 Kono Rin 4 juin Ueki Yoshio B+R Goto Shungo 4 juin Otake Hideo B+R Kobayashi Izumi 19 juin Ryu Shikun B+4.5 Kiyonari Tetsuya