Up 1958 1959 1960

1st Saikyo tournament

The Saikyo (最強, strongest) tournament was the predecessor of the Meijin Tournament. It was a full tournament with 6 players: each played every opponent once with black and once with white. Thinking time 10h, with 5-minute byoyomi. No komi.

The 1st Saikyo tournament was held in 1957-1958.

Tournament

Results (in the first column the white player, on the top row the black player).

#	player	result	1	2	3	4	5	6
1.	Go Seigen	8 (8-0-2)		W+R	B+4	W+4	B+R	W+R
2.	Kitani Minoru	6.5 (6-1-3)	B+10		W+4	Jigo	B+R	W+3
3.	Hashimoto Utaro	4 (4-0-6)	B+R	B+7		B+R	B+R	B+3
4.	Sakata Eio	3.5 (3-1-5)	B+R	B+R	B+2			B+R
5.	Fujisawa Hosai	3 (3-0-6)	B+R	B+R	B+R	B+R		B+R
6.	Takagawa Shukaku	4 (4-0-6)	B+R	B+2	B+5	B+4	W+1

The winner was Go Seigen with 8-0-2.