Tournament name |
Judan Title |
Sponsor |
The Sankei Newspaper , The Nihon Ki-in , The Kansai Ki-in |
Support |
- |
Special assistance |
- |
Assistance |
- |
Special cooperation |
- |
Cooperation |
- |
Winner’s prize |
7,000,000 (Japanese yen) |
Title match, play-off |
best-of-five title match |
Tournament system |
Tournament with 20 players. Winner plays in title match. |
Time allowance |
Title match, main tournament: 4 hours each. |
Byo-yomi |
Title match, main tournament: 5 minutes before end of time. |
komi |
6.5 |
Qualification for participation |
All professionals. |
Rules for retaining places and seeds |
Players who won two games in previous main tournament are seeded in next main tournament. |
Year of founding |
1961 |