Female Saikyo

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 Tokyo Seimitsu 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

PlayerYears Held
Shinkai Hiroko 1999, 2004
Kato Tomoko 2000
Aoki Kikuyo 2001
Yumiko Okada 2002
Suzuki Ayumi 2003
Kobayashi Izumi 2005
Xie Yimin 2006
Suzuki Ayumi 2007
Kato Keiko 2008

Senko Cup

WinnerRunner upYears Held
Hsieh Yimin Mukai Chiaki 2016
Fujisawa Rina Hsieh Yimin 2017
Mannami Nao Nyu Eiko 2018

References

  1. -, 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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