1st Honinbo

The 1st Honinbo was the first ever professional Go tournament. Eight players competed for the title. The tournament utilized a makeshift league system where players would play four knockout rounds. At the end of each round, the winning player would receive six points. The runner-up would receive five, and the losing semi-finalists would have a playoff to decide who finished in third (four points) and fourth (three points). Players knocked out in the first round received one point.

White received 4.5 komi during the knockout rounds and players had 13 hours thinking time. Tamejiro Suzuki, however, was granted 16 hours thinking time because of his disdain for time limits. At the conclusion of the fourth knockout round, the two top players in the standings, Riichi Sekiyama and Shin Kato, played a six-game series to decide the winner. The initial series finished even at three games, but Sekiyama was given the title for having accumulated more points in the knockout rounds.[1][2]

Tournament

First knockout round

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
         
 Tamejiro Suzuki  0
 
 Go Seigen  1  
 Go Seigen  1
 
   Nobuaki Maeda  0  
 Katsukiyo Kubomatsu  0
 
 Nobuaki Maeda  1  
 Go Seigen  1
 
   Riichi Sekiyama  0
 Kensaku Segoe  0
 
 Riichi Sekiyama  1  
 Riichi Sekiyama  1 Third place
 
   Shin Kato  0  
 Shin Kato  1  Maeda Nobuaki  0
 Minoru Kitani  0    Shin Kato  1
 

Second knockout round

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
         
 Katsukiyo Kubomatsu  0
 
 Shin Kato  1  
 Shin Kato  1
 
   Tamejiro Suzuki  1  
 Kensaku Segoe  0
 
 Tamejiro Suzuki  1  
 Shin Kato  0
 
   Riichi Sekiyama  1
 Nobuaki Maeda  1
 
 Go Seigen  0  
 Nobuaki Maeda  0 Third place
 
   Riichi Sekiyama  1  
 Minoru Kitani  0  Tamejiro Suzuki  0
 Riichi Sekiyama  1    Nobuaki Maeda  1
 

Third knockout round

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
         
 Tamejiro Suzuki  0
 
 Minoru Kitani  1  
 Minoru Kitani  1
 
   Shin Kato  0  
 Shin Kato  1
 
 Go Seigen  0  
 Minoru Kitani  1
 
   Nobuaki Maeda  0
 Nobuaki Maeda  1
 
 Kensaku Segoe  0  
 Nobuaki Maeda  1 Third place
 
   Katsukiyo Kubomatsu  0  
 Katsukiyo Kubomatsu  1  Shin Kato  0
 Riichi Sekiyama  0    Katsukiyo Kubomatsu  1
 

Fourth knockout round

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
         
 Riichi Sekiyama  1
 
 Nobuaki Maeda  0  
 Riichi Sekiyama  0
 
   Go Seigen  1  
 Go Seigen  1
 
 Minoru Kitani  0  
 Go Seigen  1
 
   Kensaku Segoe  0
 Tamejiro Suzuki  0
 
 Shin Kato  1  
 Shin Kato  0 Third place
 
   Kensaku Segoe  1  
 Katsukiyo Kubomatsu  0  Riichi Sekiyama  1
 Kensaku Segoe  1    Shin Kato  0
 

Final standings

Pos. Player Pts.
1 Riichi Sekiyama 16
2 Shin Kato 15
3 Go Seigen 14
4 Nobuaki Maeda 13
5 Minoru Kitani 9
6 Kensaku Segoe 8
7 Katsukiyo Kubomatsu 7
8 Tamejiro Suzuki 6

References

  1. "honinbo title, 1st edition, 1941". gobase.org. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  2. "The First Honinbo Title". xinwengolife.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2 July 2011.


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