The NEC Cup was a Go competition, supported by NEC Corporation between 1982 and 2012.
Biography The NEC Cup was a Go competition used by the Japanese Nihon-Kiin. Unlike the big three titles in Japan, the NEC Cup is a single knockout tournament where players have less time to think. The field of challengers was 16. The challengers were invited depending on who were the holders of Kisei, Meijin, Honinbo, Judan, Tengen, Oza, Gosei, NHK Cup, JAL Super Hayago Championship, NEC Shun-Ei and the top finishers from the last NEC Cup. The winner was awarded with 15,000,000 Yen ($130,000).
Past winners + NEC CupPlayer Years Held Takemiya Masaki 1982, 1986 Sakata Eio 1983 Cho Chikun 1984, 1985, 2000, 2001 Otake Hideo 1987, 1989, 1996 Ishida Yoshio 1988 Rin Kaiho 1990 Kato Masao 1991, 1992, 1997 Yoda Norimoto 1993, 1998, 2002 Komatsu Hideki 1994 Kobayashi Koichi 1995, 1999, 2004 Ryu Shikun 2003 Cho U 2005, 2007, 2011 Cho Sonjin 2006 Kono Rin 2008, 2010 Hane Naoki 2009 Takao Shinji 2012
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