Gosei (competition)
Full nameGosei
Started1976
Honorary WinnersŌtake Hideo
Kobayashi Kōichi
Iyama Yuta
SponsorsRegional Newspaper League
Prize money8 million yen
AffiliationNihon Ki-in

The Gosei (碁聖, literally Go sage) 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 (Gosei, Judan, Oza, Tengen), the player will be promoted to 9 dan.

Winners and runners-up

YearWinnerScoreRunner-up
1. 1976 Kato Masao 3–2 Otake Hideo
2. 1977 3–0 Takemiya Masaki
3. 1978 Otake Hideo 3–1 Kato Masao
4. 1979 Cho Chikun 3–0 Otake Hideo
5. 1980 Otake Hideo 3–1 Cho Chikun
6. 1981 3–1 Kato Masao
7. 1982 3–2 Cho Chikun
8. 1983 3–2 Awaji Shuzo
9. 1984 3–1 Kato Masao
10. 1985 3–1 Kudo Norio
11. 1986 Cho Chikun 3–0 Otake Hideo
12. 1987 Kato Masao 3–1 Cho Chikun
13. 1988 Kobayashi Koichi 3–0 Kato Masao
14. 1989 3–1 Imamura Toshiya
15. 1990 3–0 Kobayashi Satoru
16. 1991 3–2
17. 1992 3–1
18. 1993 3–0 Rin Kaiho
19. 1994 Rin Kaiho 3–1 Kobayashi Koichi
20. 1995 Kobayashi Satoru 3–2 Rin Kaiho
21. 1996 Yoda Norimoto 3–0 Kobayashi Satoru
22. 1997 3–1 Yuki Satoshi
23. 1998 3–0 Sonoda Yuichi
24. 1999 Kobayashi Koichi 3–2 Yoda Norimoto
25. 2000 Yamashita Keigo 3–2 Kobayashi Koichi
26. 2001 Kobayashi Koichi 3–2 Yamashita Keigo
27. 2002 3–1 Yuki Satoshi
28. 2003 Yoda Norimoto 3–2 Kobayashi Koichi
29. 2004 3–1 Yamada Kimio
30. 2005 3–0 Yuki Satoshi
31. 2006 Cho U 3–0 Yoda Norimoto
32. 2007 3–0 Yokota Shigeaki
33. 2008 3–1 Yamashita Keigo
34. 2009 3–0 Yuki Satoshi
35. 2010 Sakai Hideyuki 3–2 Cho U
36. 2011 Hane Naoki 3–2 Sakai Hideyuki
37. 2012 Iyama Yuta 3–0 Hane Naoki
38. 2013 3–2 Kono Rin
39. 2014 3–2
40. 2015 3–1 Yamashita Keigo
41. 2016 3–0 Murakawa Daisuke
42. 2017 3–0 Yamashita Keigo
43. 2018 Kyo Kagen 3–0 Iyama Yuta
44. 2019 Hane Naoki 3–2 Kyo Kagen
45. 2020 Ichiriki Ryo 3–0 Hane Naoki
46. 2021 Iyama Yuta 3–2 Ichiriki Ryo
47. 2022 3–0[2][3] Ichiriki Ryo
48. 2023 3-0 Ichiriki Ryo

See also

References

  1. GoBase.org, Gosei tournament; retrieved 2012-11-25.
  2. "The Power Report: Early August updates". American Go E-Journal. 2022-08-11.
  3. "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 (in Japanese). 2022-07-27.
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