Tournament name |
Honinbo Title |
Sponsor |
The Mainichi Newspaper , The Nihon Ki-in, The Kansai Ki-in |
Support |
- |
Special assistance |
- |
Assistance |
Daiwa Securities Group |
Special cooperation |
- |
Cooperation |
- |
Winner's prize |
32,000,000 (Japanese yen) |
Title match, play-off |
best-of-seven title match |
Tournament system |
The winner of the eight-player league plays in the title match. |
Time allowance |
Title match: 8 hours per player. League: 5 hours per player. |
Byo-yomi |
Title match: 10 minutes before end of time allowance; league: 5 minutes before. |
komi |
6.5 |
Qualification for participation |
All professionals. |
Rules for retaining places and seeds |
Retaining places: top four players |
Year of founding |
1940 |