Presented by : Japan Pair Go Association Special Cooperation : Nihon Ki-in Cooperated : Kansai Ki-in / Go Weekly / The Daily Yomiuri With a support of : Yomiuri Shimbun Sponsored by : Ricoh Co.Ltd. [ Outline ] A champion pair will be decided at the 5th game of tournament out of 16 pairs of male and female professional Go players who repersent Japanese Go circle. A part of the championship prize money will be donated to purchase Go boards and stone etc. to present to preliminary schools, junior hightschools and senior hightschools all over Japan. First and second games will be played by 16 pairs with Swiss system as poen to the public games. From quarterfainal it will be played with tornament system also as open games.Final game will accompany a commentary using a large board, and will be followed by a commendation ceremony. The grand total prize shall be 6,000,000yen. Total Chompionship prize shall be 5,000,000yen. The second prize shall be 1,000,000yen. Total Championship prize shall be 5,000,000yen. 1,000,000yen of which shall be donated as a fund to present such Go supplles as Go boards and Go stones to schools all over Japan. [ Awarding / Donation ] To a champion pair, a title of "Champion of Professional Pair Go Players" will be given from the presenter of the tournament, and a trophy and prize money will be given from Richo, the sponsor. For the donation of Go supplies, requests will be invited from preliminary schools, junior highschools and senior high schools all over Japan, and will be presented to them. To second rank pair, prize money will be given from Richo, the sponsor. [ Rules ] The game shall be played with 30 seconds per move, and 10 times of 1 minte thinking time shall be given to each pair. The 1st game has a game by the lottery. The 2nd game has a game with the winner and the losere. The following party is made as the result. 4pairs (2 wins), 8pairs (1 win and 1 defeat), 4 pairs (2 defeats). From that, 4pairs who 2 wins of that proceed in the quarterfainal without a condition. 4 pairs are selected from 8 pairs, 1 win and 1 defeat in the 9x9 board games. 8 pairs in total proceed in the next the quarterfainal. The quarterfainal holds a game at the tournament game Champion is decided from there 3 time. Date Selection number Venue Time schedule 1st game 6th December, 2008 (Saturday) 16 pairs 32 players Yebisu The Garden Hall 1-13-2,Ebisu, Meguro-ku,Tokyo 11:30 Opening 12:00 The opening ceremony and participation professional go player introduction 12:30 The 1st game 14:30 The 2nd game 16:00 Quarterfinal advance determination game 17:00 End schedule 2nd game 16 pairs 32 players Quarterfinal 13th December, 2008 (Saturday) 8 pairs 16 players Yebisu The Garden Hall 1-13-2,Ebisu, Meguro-ku,Tokyo 11:30 Opening 12:00 Participation professional go player introduction 12:30 Quarterafinal game 14:30 Semifinal game 16:00 End schedule Semifinal 4 pairs 8 players The final 31th January, 2009 (Saturday) 2 pairs 4 players Yebisu The Garden Hall 1-13-2,Ebisu, Meguro-ku,Tokyo 12:30 Opening 13:15 A greetiong from the sponser participation professional go player introduction 13:30 Start the final game Public game commentary with demonstrationboard 16:00 Award ceremony 16:30 End schedule ※The schedule time might be changed by the situation of the game. [ top of this page ]