Igo Masters Cup

A Japanese tournament for active players over 50 who have previously held titles. First Prize is Yen 5,000,000 (Yen 1,500,000 for the runner up). The first edition held in 2011 (13 players, winners of major titles, compete) was won by Cho Chikun. From the 2nd edition, 16 senior players compete.

Winners

• 2011, 1st: Cho Chikun d. Kobayashi Koichi
• 2012, 2nd: O Meien d. Cho Chikun
• 2013, 3rd: Kobayashi Satoru d. Ishii Kunio
• 2014, 4th: Cho Chikun d. Kobayashi Satoru
• 2015, 5th: Cho Chikun d. Takemiya Masaki
• 2016, 6th: Kobayashi Koichi d. Awaji Shuzo
• 2017, 7th: Kobayashi Satoru d. Cho Chikun
• 2018, 8th: Yoda Norimoto d. Kataoka Satoshi
• 2019, 9th: Cho Chikun d. Komatsu Hideki

Competitors of the first edition

• Kobayashi Koichi (runner up)
• Rin Kaiho
• Takemiya Masaki
• Otake Hideo
• Ishida Yoshio
• Kobayashi Satoru
• Kataoka Satoshi
• Kudo Norio
• Hane Yasumasa
• O Rissei

References

Tournament table at Mr. Kin's site: http://igokisen.web.fc2.com/jp/im.html