SGW Cup

(SGW杯中庸戦) Japanese professional tournament, sponsored by the namesake Tokyo real estate company St. Grande W.

It's a sixteen player, four round, two day Swiss system tournament held from 2018. The first prize is 2,000,000 yen.

Entry is restricted to Nihon Ki-in players 31-60 years old, who have never won a big seven title, nor the Ryusei, the Agon Cup or the SGW Cup itself. "The full title of the event describes it as a Golden Mean (chuyo) Tournament, which is just a posh (Confucian) way of saying it's for the middle-ranked players, or the also-rans." (quote from JF)

See John Fairbairn's description for more information.

Winners and Runners-up

• 1st, 2018 Rin Kanketsu, followed by Anzai Nobuaki.
• 2nd, 2019 Ko Iso, followed by Mimura Tomoyasu.
• 3rd, 2020 Kanazawa Hideo, followed by Kim Sujun.
• 4th, 2021 Han Zenki, followed by Okuda Aya, who is the only woman to have been runner up.
• 5th, 2022 Tsuruyama Atsushi, followed by Anzai Nobuaki.

In all cases the winner was unbeaten and the runner up had a 3-1 score with the best SOS.

See the Go to Everyone! page for crosstables.