Women's Saikyo
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The Women's Saikyo (Strongest) is a Go competition. The tournament was discontinued in 2008. In 2016, the tournament restarted with new sponsor, SENKO Co., Ltd.
Outline[]
The Women's Saikyo was sponsored by up to 2008. The winner's purse was 4,500,000 yen ($42,000).
In 2016, the tournament got new sponsor and restarted its cycle. The official name for the new tournament is Senko Cup Female Saikyo. The winner's purse is ¥8,000,000, while the runner up gets ¥4,500,000. The thinking time was 3 hours with 5 minutes byo-yomi. Hsieh Yimin won the first edition by beating Chiaki Mukai in the final.[1]
Past winners[]
| Player | Years Held |
|---|---|
| 1999, 2004 | |
| 2000 | |
| Aoki Kikuyo | 2001 |
| Yumiko Okada | 2002 |
| 2003 | |
| Kobayashi Izumi | 2005 |
| Xie Yimin | 2006 |
| 2007 | |
| 2008 |
Senko Cup[]
| Winner | Runner up | Years Held |
|---|---|---|
| Hsieh Yimin | 2016 | |
| Fujisawa Rina | Hsieh Yimin | 2017 |
| 2018 |
References[]
- ^ -, The Nihon Ki-in. "扇興杯女流最強戦". The Nihon Ki-in. The Nihon Ki-in. Retrieved 3 May 2017.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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