Tournament Outline

Pandanet is holding the world’s first Internet 13×13 Amateur World Go Championship. The winners will be presented with splendid prizes.

Organizer ： Pandanet
Special cooperation ： Kansai Kiin

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The 71st Honinbo title is broadcast live on GoPanda2 client.

Champion is Iyama Yuta Honinbo. The challenger is Takao Shinji 9p. The match is best of seven games, so four wins are required to secure the title.

The Honinbo tournament is organized by Mainichi Newspaper Co., Ltd.

• The first game : May 9th (Mon) and 10th (Tue). Takao Shinji won, W+Resign

• The second game: May 23rd (Mon) and 24th (Tue). Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign

• The third game: June 2nd (Thu) and 3rd (Fri). Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign

• The fourth game: June 13th (Mon) and 14th (Tue). Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign

• The fifth game: June 29th (Wed) and 30th (Thu). Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign

• The sixth game: July 5th (Tue) and 6th (Wed).

• The seventh game: July 14th (Thu) and 15th (Fri).

Iyama Yuta kept the Honinbo title!

All rounds starts at 09:00 (Japan Time), i.e., 02:00 CEST. The time limit is eight hours each.

The 4th China-Korea-Japan Professional Pair Go Championship will take place from 27-28 April 2016 in Anhui Province, China China. Pandanet will make reports from the games.
WINNER : Chinese pair
( Yu Zhiying 5-dan & Tang Weixing 9-dan )

All Results are here

The match for the 54th Judan title starts on March 8th.

Defending champion is Ida Atsushi Judan and challenger is Iyama Yuta 9p. The match is best of five games, so three wins are required to secure the title.

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Schedule

• The 1st game: March 8 (Thu).
  Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign.
• The 2nd game: March 23 (Wed).
  Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign.
• The 3rd game: April 14 (Thu).
  Ida Atsushi won, B+Resign.
• The 4th game: April 20 (Wed).
  Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign.
• The 5th game: April 24 (Wed).

Iyama Yuta Won the Judan title!

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Tournament Outline

Name: Google DeepMind Challenge Match
Date：March 9-10,12-13、15
Venue：Four Seasons Hotel Seoul(Seoul, Korea)
Prize：$1,000,000
Start Time：4:00am～（GMT）
Time limit：2hour, 60 seconds, 3times.
Rules：Chinese rules

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Tournament Outline

Name : The 1st IMSA Elite Mind Games [Pair Go]
Date/Venue : March2-3, 2016/New Century Grand Hotel Huai’an (Jiangsu, China)

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16 pairs of male and female professional Go players who represent the Japanese Go world will play tournament games, and in the 4th round, the winning pair will be decided. Games from the 1st round to the semifinal round will be played at the Nihon Ki-in, and there will be commentaries using a large demonstration board. The final game will be played in the studio of IGO & SHOGI CHANNEL and broadcast at a later date.

Round1 – Final : All Results are here

Round1 – Final : All Results are here

[ Explanation of Championship ]
A five-round Swiss System tournament will be played by 32 pairs, made up of 31 pairs representing 20 overseas countries and territories and eight regions of Japan and the winning pair in the Pandanet Qualifying Tournament held by the Internet Go Salon Pandanet.

[ Prizes ]
First Place : IAPG CUP, Certificate, Medal, Prize
Second Place : Certificate, Medal, Prize
Third Place : Certificate, Medal, Prize
4th to 8th Place : Certificate, Prize
Best Japanese Pair : JAPG CUP, Medal, Prize

Tournament Outline

Organizer : the 20th Pandanet Cup Internet World Amateur Go Tournament
Organiser : Pandanet Inc.
Sponsorship : The International Go Federation
Special cooperation : World Pair Go Association

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