Go competitions in Japan

Japanese Go tournament

Japanese Go competition

go competition

Japanese title in go

Japanese Go competition

Go competition in Japan

Japanese Go competition

Japanese Go competition

The Shinjin-Ō (新人王, King of the New Stars) is a professional Go competition.

Japanese professional Go tournament

Japanese Go tournament

The Shin-Ei was a Go competition.

Japanese Go competition

Japanese Go competition

Japanese go tournament

go competition in Japan

The was a tournament used in Japan, by the Nihon Ki-in and Kansai Ki-in, to determine the ranking of its go professionals on the dan scale. It was instituted in the 1920s soon after the Ki-in was set up in 1924. Initially it was run in Spring and Autumn sessions in Tokyo, with the pros brought together to play around eight games in each session (the name means simply "grand meeting"). It has currently ceased to exist after it was replaced by new reforms. Professionals in the Nihon Ki-in could claim promotions based on their performance in the Oteai. To qualify for a promotion, players had to

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Japanese Go competition