title: Igo Masters Cup
text: # Igo Masters Cup
  
  The Igo Masters Cup was a Japanese Go competition. It was held nine times from 2011 until 2019, when it was discontinued. The tournament sponsor was Fumakilla, a chemical manufacturing company.
  
  ## Outline
  
  The tournament was open only to players over the age of 50 and who have won at least one Top 7 title (Kisei, Meijin, Honinbo, Tengen, Oza, Judan, Gosei). The format was single knockout and each player was allotted two hours thinking time. The winners' purse was 5 million Yen ($62,000), while the runner-up received 1.5 million yen.
  
  ## Past winners and runners-up
  
  | Year | Winner | Runner-up |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2011 | Cho Chikun | Kobayashi Koichi |
  | 2012 | O Meien | Cho Chikun |
  | 2013 | Kobayashi Satoru | Ishii Kunio |
  | 2014 | Cho Chikun | Kobayashi Satoru |
  | 2015 | Cho Chikun | Takemiya Masaki |
  | 2016 | Kobayashi Koichi | Awaji Shuzo |
  | 2017 | Kobayashi Satoru | Cho Chikun |
  | 2018 | Yoda Norimoto | Kataoka Satoshi |
  | 2019 | Cho Chikun | Komatsu Hideki |
  