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The Shinjin-O (新人王, King of the New Stars) is a Go competition.
[edit] Biography
The Shinjin-O is used by the Japanese Nihon-Kiin. The tournament started in 1976 and is only open to players under 7 dan and younger than 30 years of age. It is a single knockout tournament. In 2006, the tournament was changed to the Shinjin-O U-25 (King of the New Stars U-25) and the age restriction was lowered to 25 years old. The original thinking time was 4 hours, but along with the new age restriction, the thinking time was shortened to 3 hours. The winner's purse is 3,280,000 Yen ($29,000)
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