Tengen (Go)

Tengen (Go)
Full name	Tengen
Started	1975
Honorary Winners	Rin Kaiho
Sponsors	Three Newspaper Companies
Prize money	14 million Yen ($122,000 USD)
Affiliation	Nihon Ki-in

Tengen (天元, center or origin of heaven) is a Go competition in Japan.

The name Tengen refers to the center point on a Go board.

The event is held annually, and has run continuously since its inauguration in 1975.

The Tengen competition is a Go tournament run by the Japanese Nihon-Kiin and Kansai-Kiin. The Tengen is the 5th of the 7 big titles in Japanese Go.

It has the same format as the other tournaments. There is a preliminary tournament, which is single knockout, where the winner faces the holder in a best-of-five match.

Before the 6th Tengen, the format was different. Instead of the title holder waiting for a challenger, it would be the two Go players left from the single knockout tournament who then played a best-of-five match to determine the holder.

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