Women's Kisei (jp) - pro Go tournament archive

Women's Kisei

The Women's Kisei, founded around 1998, is one of the three major women's Go titles in Japan, named after the prestigious Kisei ("Go Saint") title. It features a rapid format with 30 seconds per move and ten one-minute overtime periods, with the title match decided in a best-of-three series and a winner's purse of 5 million yen. The tournament has been dominated by Xie Yimin and Ueno Asami, the latter of whom has also competed successfully in open tournaments against male professionals. The Women's Kisei is the youngest of the three main women's titles but has quickly established itself as a key proving ground for Japan's top female players.

Country Japan Type Title Match Format Knockout Title Cycle 1y Komi 6.5 Editions 30

2005

Champion: Chinen Kaori · Runner-up: Mannami Kana

Final 2 games

Jan 28 Chinen Kaori B+3.5 Mannami Kana Feb 10 Mannami Kana W+2.5 Chinen Kaori

Challengers' Final 1 game

Dec 22 Yoshida Mika W+7.5 Mannami Kana

Semi-final 2 games

Dec 1 Yoshida Mika B+R Kato Tomoko Dec 1 Mannami Kana B+R Xie Yimin

Quarter-final 4 games

Nov 10 Xie Yimin B+R Tamura Chiaki Nov 10 Kobayashi Izumi W+R Yoshida Mika Nov 17 Mannami Kana B+7.5 Osawa Narumi Nov 17 Koyama Terumi W+R Kato Tomoko

Round of 16 8 games

Sep 15 Tamura Chiaki B+R Makihata Taeko Sep 15 Okada Yumiko W+R Osawa Narumi Sep 22 Kobayashi Izumi B+R Kusunoki Teruko Sep 22 Kato Tomoko B+2.5 Tanemura Sayuri Oct 6 Tsukuda Akiko W+R Xie Yimin Oct 6 Koyama Terumi B+R Suzuki Ayumi Oct 13 Yoshida Mika B+R Kin En Oct 20 Shinkai Hiroko W+R Mannami Kana