Kisei
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| Kisei | |
| Full name | Kisei |
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| Started | 1976 |
| Honorary Winners | Hideyuki Fujisawa Koichi Kobayashi |
| Sponsors | Yomiuri Shimbun |
| Prize money | 42 million Yen (US$355,000) |
| Affiliation | Nihon Ki-in |
The Kisei (棋聖) is a Go competition. The title, meaning go sage in Japanese, was a traditional honorary appellation given to a handful of players down the centuries. The element ki can also apply to shogi, and there were also recognised kisei in the shogi world.
[edit] Biography
Kisei is a Go competition organised by the Japanese Nihon-Kiin. The competition began in 1976 by the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper and is currently the highest paying competition in Japanese professional Go. ¥42,000,000 (approximately $355,000 as of 29 May 2007) is the payoff for the winner. The only competition to give more money to the winner is the Ing Cup, which is an international competition held once every four years. The word Kisei is Japanese for "Go Saint", which is why before the Kisei tournament began, the only players who were given the title "Kisei" were Dosaku and Honinbo Shusaku.
The tournament is just like the other two biggest Go titles in Japan, the Meijin and Honinbo. The holder is challenged by whoever wins the round robin league. Players can get into the round robin league by going through many preliminary tournaments. Once there is a challenger to compete against the holder, the winner is decided through a best of seven match. The games are played over two days and each player is given eight hours of thinking time. There are also more rewards than just money from the Kisei tournament. Again, like the other biggest titles in Japan, if a player qualifies for the Kisei league, they are automatically moved up to 7 dan. If that same player wins the league, a promotion to 8 dan is given. If that same player goes on to winning the title, they are finally promoted to 9 dan, the highest rank.
[edit] Past winners
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| 1977 | Hideyuki Fujisawa | Details |
| 1978 | Hideyuki Fujisawa | Details |
| 1979 | Hideyuki Fujisawa | Details |
| 1980 | Hideyuki Fujisawa | Details |
| 1981 | Hideyuki Fujisawa | Details |
| 1982 | Hideyuki Fujisawa | Details |
| 1983 | Cho Chikun | Details |
| 1984 | Cho Chikun | Details |
| 1985 | Cho Chikun | Details |
| 1986 | Koichi Kobayashi | Details |
| 1987 | Koichi Kobayashi | Details |
| 1988 | Koichi Kobayashi | Details |
| 1989 | Koichi Kobayashi | Details |
| 1990 | Koichi Kobayashi | Details |
| 1991 | Koichi Kobayashi | Details |
| 1992 | Koichi Kobayashi | Details |
| 1993 | Koichi Kobayashi | Details |
| 1994 | Cho Chikun | Details |
| 1995 | Satoru Kobayashi | Details |
| 1996 | Cho Chikun | Details |
| 1997 | Cho Chikun | Details |
| 1998 | Cho Chikun | Details |
| 1999 | Cho Chikun | Details |
| 2000 | O Rissei | Details |
| 2001 | O Rissei | Details |
| 2002 | O Rissei | Details |
| 2003 | Keigo Yamashita | Details |
| 2004 | Naoki Hane | Details |
| 2005 | Naoki Hane | Details |
| 2006 | Keigo Yamashita | Details |
| 2007 | Keigo Yamashita | Details |
| 2008 | Keigo Yamashita | Details |
[edit] See also
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