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KansaiKiIn
FourHouses
Shusai
BigTitles
ChoChikun
Oteai
OutsideTheKiIns
HistoricHoninbos
Sansa
RinKaiho
TakemiyaMasaki
IshidaYoshio
TakagawaKaku
Shuwa
Shuho
KatoMasao
Jowa
HoninboGenjo
BigQuestionMark
KomiGo

 

Honinbo
    Keywords: Culture & History, Tournament

During the Edo period the Honinbo was the head of the Honinbo school. Of the four traditional go schools, the Honinbo was the most prestigious and successful one. The last hereditary Honinbo, Shusai, gave his title to the Nihon Ki-in so as to turn it into a tournament title.

The Honinbo is now the third most important tournament on the Japanese professional calendar, with a winner's prize of 32 million Yen. The final - between the title holder and a challenger emerging from a preliminary tournament - is a best of seven, with 8 hours thinking time per player in each two day game.

-- Stefan

There is a list of the hereditary Honinbos. -- Tim Brent


Online collection of Honinbo final games [ext] http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~mmueller/go/honinbo.html.



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