Women's Saikyo Explained

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 Hiroko1999, 2004
Kato Tomoko2000
Aoki Kikuyo2001
Yumiko Okada2002
Suzuki Ayumi2003
Kobayashi Izumi2005
Xie Yimin2006
Suzuki Ayumi2007
Kato Keiko2008

Senko Cup

Year Winner Runner up
12016Hsieh YiminMukai Chiaki
22017Fujisawa RinaHsieh Yimin
32018Mannami NaoNyu Eiko
42019Fujisawa RinaHsieh Yimin
52020Ueno AsamiHsieh Yimin
62021Fujisawa RinaUeno Asami
72022Nyu EikoNakamura Sumire
82023Nyu EikoUeno Asami
92024Fujisawa RinaUeno Asami

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 扇興杯女流最強戦. The Nihon Ki-in . 3 May 2017.