Aizu Central Hospital Cup

The Female Tachiaoi Cup (女流立葵杯, Joryû Tachi-aoi hai), formerly known as Aizu Central Hospital Cup (会津中央病院杯, Aizu Chûô Byôin-hai) before 2017, is a Go competition for female Go players. The tournament was introduced in 2014.[1]

Outline

The Female Tachiaoi Cup is sponsored by the Aizu Central Hospital, a hospital in Aizuwakamatsu City in Fukushima Prefecture. The director of the hospital is a keen go player, and in an interview he said that at one time 20 of the doctors on the staff were go players who often held their own tournaments. His aim in sponsoring the tournament is to help raise the level of Japanese women so that they can compete better internationally.[2] The winner's purse is 7,000,000 yen ($60,000). The first three cycles used one final game over the course of two days. Starting from the fourth cycle, the final is a three-games match. Starting from the fifth cycle, a challenger system is set to be implemented, meaning the winner of the previous cycle will play in a title series against the challenger.[3]

Past winners
YearWinnerRunner-Up
1. 2014 Fujisawa Rina Okuda Aya
2. 2015 Ô Keii Hsieh Yi-min
3. 2016 Hsieh Yi-min Aoki Kikuyo
4. 2017 Fujisawa Rina Hsieh Yi-min
5. 2018
6. 2019 Asami Ueno

References
  1. -, The Nihon Ki-in. "女流立葵杯". The Nihon Ki-in. The Nihon Ki-in. Retrieved 17 June 2017.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. Power, John. "Fujisawa and Okuda Reach Final of New Women's Tournament". American Go E-Journal. American Go E-Journal. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  3. Power, John. "Fujisawa Rins wins Aizu Central Hospital Cup". American Go E-Journal. American Go E-Journal. Retrieved 18 July 2017.


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