Professional tournaments

Table of contents International Tournaments Japanese domestic tournaments Chinese domestic tournaments Korean domestic tournaments Taiwanese domestic tournaments Other tournaments allowing professionals Online leagues

This page is dedicated to current professional tournaments in general, international and domestic.

• Pro-amateur tournaments are also included in this section. For amateur-only tournaments, see Amateur Tournaments.
• Professional tournaments which are no longer being held can be found at Obsolete Titles.
• Information about the current events in professional tournaments may be found at Go to Everyone! (results only) or Gobase (written reports) site.

Go professionals battle it out in domestic tournaments in Japan, Korea, China or Taiwan (for which only members of the relevant domestic associations can contend), and also in international tournaments which are also usually held in one of these countries. These international tournaments often involve players from only 2 or 3 of these countries, and sometimes all 4. Some international tournaments (particularly pro-amateur tournaments) also have participants from outside these 4 countries.

See Also Professional Tournament Time Limits

International Tournaments

(5 or more countries, at least potentially)

• Ing Cup US$400,000 (The biggest winning money)
• LG Cup ₩250,000,000 (Big Title)
• Samsung Cup ₩300,000,000 (Big Title)
• Chunlan Cup US$150,000 (Big Title)
• Globis Cup (U-20)
• Pair-Go World Cup (Pair-go)
• Wu Qingyuan Cup (Go Seigen Cup, female)
• SENKO CUP (Female, 2018-)
• Bingsheng Cup (Quionglong Cup) (Female)
• Huang Longshi Shuang Deng Cup (Female Team tournament)
• Shinan Senior International Baduk Cup
• Bailing Cup
• Mlily Cup
• Asian Games 2010, 2023 and Asian Indoor 2013

(see also International Title Statistics)

(4 East Asian countries)

• Uijeongbu International Rookie Team Championship
• Kuksu Mountains Cup

(3 countries)

• Nongshim Cup (team tournament)
• Southern Great Wall Cup
• Asian TV Cup (Lightning go)
• China-Korea-Japan Meijin
• Japan-China-Korea Ryusei
• Hoban Cup (female teams)

(2 countries)

• Japan China Agon Cup

Japanese domestic tournaments

(Prize money info last updated August 2013)

• Kisei 棋聖 ¥45,000,000 (Big Title)
• Meijin 名人 ¥37,000,000 (Big Title)
• Honinbo 本因坊 ¥32,000,000 (Big Title)
• Tengen 天元 ¥14,000,000 (Big Title)
• Oza 王座 ¥14,000,000 (Big Title)
• Agon-Kiriyama Cup ¥10,000,000 (lightning go)
• Gosei 碁聖 ¥7,770,000 (Big Title)
• Judan 十段 ¥7,500,000 (Big Title)
• Ryusei Tournament ¥6,000,000 (lightning go)
• NHK Cup ¥5,000,000
• Shinjin O ¥2,000,000 (pros 7 dan and under, 30 years or younger - 25 years from 2006)
• Kansai Ki In First Place Championship (Kansai Ki-in players only)
• Okan Tournament ¥1,700,000 (Players from Nihon Ki-in Nagoya branch only)
• Female Strongest(or Saikyo, domestic Senko Cup) ¥8,000,000 (ladies only)
• Female Honinbo ¥5,800,000 (ladies only)
• Female Tachiaoi Cup ¥7,000,000 (ladies only)
• Female Meijin ¥5,100,000 (ladies only)
• Female Kisei ¥5,000,000 (ladies only)
• Pair Go Championship ¥5,000,000 (pair go, lightning go)
• Hiroshima Arumi Cup (Wakagoi Sen, youth)
• SGW Cup (Nihon-Kiin players aged 31-60)
• Shin Ryusei (blitz)
• Teikei Cup Legends, Teikei Cup Female Legends and Teikei Cup Shunei
• Ys Academy Cup (youth)
• Discovery Cup (youth)
• Kansai Igo Open? (regional)

See also: schedule for the seven Japanese big titles.

The URLs for the go web pages of the newspapers sponsoring the seven^[1] big Japanese titles can be found at Japanese Go Column URLs

Chinese domestic tournaments

• Qisheng RMB 600,000 (richest Chinese tournament)
• Mingren RMB 50,000 (Big Title)
• Tianyuan RMB 200,000 (Big Title)
• CCTV Cup (TV quickplay, Big Title)
• Xinren Wang (new pros)
• Ahan Tongshan Cup (Chinese Agon Cup) (rapid) - about 15,000 Yuan
• Chang-ki Cup 400,000 Yuan
• Quzhou-Lanke Cup 500,000 Yuan
• Wangzhongwang
• Xinan Wang (West-South King, regional)
• China Weiqi League (Past results at China Weiqi League Results)
• Jiangqiao Cup (aka Xianye Cup) (ladies only) RMB 100,000
• Chinese Promotion Tournament
• National Go Individual
• National Women Individual
• China National Youth Individual
• Xinxiu (youth)
• Weifu Fangkai Cup (sometimes called Qiwang)
• Longxing (TV tournament, equivalent to Japanese Ryusei)
• National Intelligence Games of Go
• GBA Cup Chinese Weiqi Master Championship

Korean domestic tournaments

• KBS Cup (TV quickplay)
• Myeongin ₩ 100,000,000
• Maxim Cup (9-dans only)₩50,000,000
• Shinin Wang₩8,000,000
• Daejoo Cup (over 50's)₩10,000,000
• GS Caltex Cup (aka LG Refined Oils Cup, until 2004 Korean LG Cup) ₩70,000,000
• Senior Baduk Classic?
• Shin Ye
• Auction Cup (Senior vs. Female. ₩100,000,000. Wins 1,000,000 at every winning game.)
• Women's Kisung (ladies only)₩10,000,000
• Women's Kuksu (ladies only)₩12,000,000
• Korean Baduk League (team league since 2004. Started Minor League since 2012.)
• Leebong Cup
• Ryongsang (TV tournament, equivalent to Japanese Ryusei)
• Supreme player and supreme female player

Taiwanese domestic tournaments

• Taiwan Qiwang
• Tianyuan
• Haifeng Cup
• Guoshou
• Ganen (tournament for young players, not a title)
• UMC Cup
• Shiduan
• Female Taiwan Mingren
• Female Zuiqiang
• Zhonghuan-Qisheng

Other tournaments allowing professionals

• Transatlantic Go League

Online leagues

• List of online leagues

[1] Hikaru No Go fans may wonder... shouldn't there be 8 big titles? First, Hikaru no Go is fiction so why would you expect it to agree with the real-world number? And second, there used to be an eighth title called the Kakusei, and similar had a Women's Kakusei as well, but it was discontinued after 2002.