NEC Cup

For the Chinese Go tournament, see NEC Cup (China).

The NEC Cup was a Go competition, supported by NEC Corporation between 1982 and 2012.^[1]

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 Cup^[2]

Player	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