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.
International
Open
Major
| Name
|
First held
|
Frequency
|
Final
|
Main time
|
Byoyomi
|
Winner's purse
|
| Ing Cup
|
1988–89
|
Every 4 years
|
Best of 5
|
3 hours[a]
|
None
|
US$400,000
|
| Samsung Cup
|
1996
|
Annual
|
Best of 3
|
2 hours
|
5x60s
|
₩300M (US$260,000)
|
| LG Cup
|
1996–97
|
Annual
|
Best of 3
|
3 hours
|
5x40s
|
₩300M (US$260,000)
|
| Chunlan Cup
|
1998–99
|
Every 2 years
|
Best of 3
|
2h 30m
|
5x60s
|
US$150,000
|
| MLily Cup
|
2013
|
Every 2 years
|
Best of 5
|
2 or 3 hours[b]
|
5x60s
|
RMB 1.8M (US$260,000)
|
| Lanke Cup
|
2023
|
|
Best of 3
|
2 hours
|
5x60s
|
RMB 1.8M (US$260,000)
|
Defunct tournaments
- 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.
Women's
Defunct tournaments
Asian Games
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.
