Asahi Top Position
Appearance
Asahi Top Position | |
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Full name | Asahi Top Position |
Started | 1955 |
Defunct | 1961 |
Honorary Winners | none |
Sponsors | Asahi shimbun |
Prize money | unknown |
Affiliation | ![]() |
The Asahi Top Position was a Go competition.
Outline
The final of the Top Position tournament would be a best of five with 10 hours of thinking time. There was no komi, unless the match had to be played out all 5 games, which then would be played with a 4.5 komi. The preliminaries also had no komi. This tournament ran from 1955 to 1961 and was subsequently replaced by the Meijin and Judan titles. The sponsor was Asahi shimbun.
Past Winners & Runner Up's
Player | Years Held |
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Sakata Eio | 1955, 1959, 1961 |
Kitani Minoru | 1957, 1958 |
Fujisawa Hideyuki | 1960 |
Player | Years Lost |
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Sakata Eio | 1957, 1960 |
Shimamura Toshihiro | 1958 |
Kitani Minoru | 1959 |
Fujisawa Hideyuki | 1961 |