This is a list of professional Go tournaments, for competitors in the board game of Go. The tradition, initiated by the Honinbo Tournament in Japan, is for an event to be run annually, leading up to a title match and the award of a title for one year to the winner. Tournaments do not consist, generally, of players coming together in one place for a short period, but are spread out over time.
Bailing Cup is a tournament sponsored by the Bailing Group of China every two years. Its full name is "Bailing Aitou Cup", by which it is distinguished with a Chinese national tournament with the same name "Bailing Cup". The winner's purse is 1,800,000 CNY.
Tianfu Cup (天府杯) is a tournament sponsored by China. The winner's purse is 2,000,000 CNY.
BC Card Cup was an annual tournament sponsored by BC Card. The winner's purse was 300,000,000 Won/$300,000.
Fujitsu Cup was a tournament sponsored by Fujitsu and Yomiuri Shimbun. The winner's purse was 15,000,000 Yen/$142,000.
Tong Yang Cup was a competition sponsored by Tong Yang Investment Bank of South Korea.
World Oza was a tournament sponsored by Toyota Denso every two years. The winner's purse was 30,000,000 Yen/$285,000.
Zhonghuan Cup was a title sponsored by the Taiwan Qiyuan and JPMorgan Chase. The winner's purse was 2,000,000 TWD/$62,000. The competition was arguably not a major tournament because players from China have never participated and the prize money is considerably less than other major ones.
Go was a sport in the Asian Games in Guangzhou 2010 and will return in the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games (to be held in 2023 due to COVID-19). It is one of four board games in the multi-sport event, along with chess, xiangqi, and contract bridge. The 2010 competition featured three events: men's team, women's team, and mixed pair. Hangzhou 2022 includes three Go events: men's individual, men's team, and women's team.
The Kiseong was the Hanguk Kiwon equivalent to the Nihon-Kiin's Kisei competition and was sponsored by the Segye Ilbo (World Newspaper). The winner's purse was 18,000,000 SKW ($18,000). The last title holder was Park Young-Hoon (2008).
BC Card Cup was a title sponsored by Sports Korea and BC Card. The winner's purse is 20,000,000 Won/$21,000.
SK Gas Cup was a title sponsored by SK Gas. The winner's purse is 10,000,000 Won/$8,500.
Osram Cup was a title sponsored by Baduk TV.
Ch'eongpung Cup was a title sponsored by Sungpu Air Purifiers.
Qisheng (Kisei) is a title sponsored by the Zhongguo Qiyuan. It was held between 1999–2001 and is relaunched in 2013. The winner's purse is 800,000 CNY.
Mingren (Meijin) is a title sponsored by the Zhongguo Qiyuan. The current winner's purse is 150,000 CNY.
Tianyuan (Tengen) is a title sponsored by Zhongguo Qiyuan, New People's Evening News and New People's Weiqi Monthly Magazine. The current winner's purse is 400,000 CNY.
Changqi Cup is a title sponsored by the Zhongguo Qiyuan. The winner's purse is 450,000 CNY.
Minor
Quzhou-Lanke Cup is a tournament held every two years. The winner's purse is 500,000 CNY.
Liguang Cup is a title sponsored by Ricoh. The winner's purse is 150,000 CNY.
Longxing (Ryusei). The winner's purse is 150,000 CNY.
Xinren Wang (Shinjin-O) is a young players tournament for players under 30 and 7 dan. It is sponsored by Shanhai Qiyuan. The winner's purse is 40,000 CNY.
CCTV Cup is a title sponsored by the CCTV. It is renamed China Citic Bank Cup since 2012 due to the sponsor change. The current winner's purse is 200,000 CNY.
Ahan Tongshan Cup (Agon Cup) is a title sponsored by Agon Shu. The winner's purse is 200,000 CNY.
Xinan Wang is a title sponsored by Gyuqjing. The winner's purse is 50,000 CNY.
North American Ing Masters is a title sponsored by the Ing Foundation.
North American Redmond Cup is a title named for US-born Japanese pro Michael Redmond and funded by the Ing Foundation. It has two divisions, junior and senior.
Women's Meijin is a title sponsored by Fuji Evening Newspaper. The winner's purse is 5,100,000 Yen/$44,500.
Women's Kisei is a title sponsored by NTT DoCoMo. The winner's purse is 5,000,000 Yen/$43,500.
Aizu Central Hospital Cup is a title sponsored by the Aidu Chuo Hospital Cup. The prize for winning is 7,000,000 Yen.[2]
Women's Saikyo was a title sponsored by Tokyo Seimitsu until 2008. It was resurrected in 2016 and is now known as the Senko Cup Female Saiko (or just Senko Cup). The prize for winning purse is 8,000,000 Yen.