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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 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

Player Years 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

Senko Cup[2]
No. Year Winner Runner up
1 2016 Hsieh Yimin Mukai Chiaki
2 2017 Fujisawa Rina Hsieh Yimin
3 2018 Mannami Nao Nyu Eiko
4 2019 Fujisawa Rina Hsieh Yimin
5 2020 Ueno Asami Hsieh Yimin
6 2021 Fujisawa Rina Ueno Asami
7 2022 Nyu Eiko Nakamura Sumire
8 2023 Nyu Eiko Ueno Asami
9 2024 Fujisawa Rina Ueno Asami

References

  1. ^ "扇興杯女流最強戦". The Nihon Ki-in. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  2. ^ "扇興杯女流囲碁最強戦". Nihon Ki-in (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-07-20.