Gosei (competition) explained

The is a Go competition in Japan or a title of the competition's winner.[1]

Outline

Gosei is a Go competition used by the Japanese Nihon Ki-in and Kansai Ki-in. It is one of the seven big titles in Japan, although it pays much less than the top three. The winner's prize is 8,000,000 yen. Gosei uses the same format as the other big seven. The winner of the knockout tournament faces the title holder in a best of five match. There is one restriction that the other titles don't have, and that is to be able to enter the Gosei tournament, a player must be at least 5 dan.

The promotion rules are just like the Judan's. If the player gets to challenge the title holder, they are promoted to 7 dan. If that player wins the title match, they are promoted to 8 dan. If the player subsequently wins another of the second tier top titles (Judan, Oza, Tengen), the player will be promoted to 9 dan.

Winners and runners-up

Year Winner Score Runner-up
1.1976Kato Masao3–2Otake Hideo
2.19773–0Takemiya Masaki
3.1978Otake Hideo3–1Kato Masao
4.1979Cho Chikun3–0Otake Hideo
5.1980Otake Hideo3–1Cho Chikun
6.19813–1Kato Masao
7.19823–2Cho Chikun
8.19833–2Awaji Shuzo
9.19843–1Kato Masao
10.19853–1Kudo Norio
11.1986Cho Chikun3–0Otake Hideo
12.1987Kato Masao3–1Cho Chikun
13.1988Kobayashi Koichi3–0Kato Masao
14.19893–1Imamura Toshiya
15.19903–0Kobayashi Satoru
16.19913–2
17.19923–1
18.19933–0Rin Kaiho
19.1994Rin Kaiho3–1Kobayashi Koichi
20.1995Kobayashi Satoru3–2Rin Kaiho
21.1996Yoda Norimoto3–0Kobayashi Satoru
22.19973–1Yuki Satoshi
23.19983–0Sonoda Yuichi
24.1999Kobayashi Koichi3–2Yoda Norimoto
25.2000Yamashita Keigo3–2Kobayashi Koichi
26.2001Kobayashi Koichi3–2Yamashita Keigo
27.20023–1Yuki Satoshi
28.2003Yoda Norimoto3–2Kobayashi Koichi
29.20043–1Yamada Kimio
30.20053–0Yuki Satoshi
31.2006Cho U3–0Yoda Norimoto
32.20073–0Yokota Shigeaki
33.20083–1Yamashita Keigo
34.20093–0Yuki Satoshi
35.2010Sakai Hideyuki3–2Cho U
36.2011Hane Naoki3–2Sakai Hideyuki
37.2012Iyama Yuta3–0Hane Naoki
38.20133–2Kono Rin
39.20143–2
40.20153–1Yamashita Keigo
41.20163–0Murakawa Daisuke
42.20173–0Yamashita Keigo
43.2018Kyo Kagen3–0Iyama Yuta
44.2019Hane Naoki3–2Kyo Kagen
45.2020Ichiriki Ryo3–0Hane Naoki
46.2021Iyama Yuta3–2Ichiriki Ryo
47.20223–0[2] [3] Ichiriki Ryo
48.20233–0Ichiriki Ryo
49.20243–0Shibano Toramaru

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. GoBase.org, Gosei tournament; retrieved 2012-11-25.
  2. Web site: The Power Report: Early August updates . American Go E-Journal . 2022-08-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230204123525/https://www.usgo.org/news/2022/08/the-power-report-early-august-updates/ . 2023-02-04.
  3. Web site: 囲碁「碁聖戦」井山裕太四冠が防衛 一力棋聖に3連勝で連覇 . NHK . 2022-07-27 . ja.