Tournament name |
Agon-Kiriyama Cup Lightning Go Open Tournament |
Sponsor |
The Nihon Ki-in |
Support |
The Mainichi Newspaper , The Kyoto Newspaper , KBS kyoto |
Special assistance |
Agon Shu |
Assistance |
- |
Special cooperation |
- |
Cooperation |
The Kansai Ki-in |
Winner's prize |
10,000,000 (Japanese yen) |
Title match, play-off |
play-off game |
Tournament system |
Tournament with 16 players. |
Time allowance |
Final: 1 hour 30 minutes each. Main tournament: 2 hours each. |
Byo-yomi |
After using up one's time, Final: 30 seconds a move; Main tournament: 60 seconds a move. |
komi |
6.5 |
Qualification for participation |
All professionals, 20 amateurs (top eight in Amateur Honinbo tournament etc.) |
Rules for retaining places and seeds |
Previous winner, titleholders |
Year of founding |
1994 |