Aizu Central Hospital Cup

The Women's Hollyhock 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 Hollyhock Cup is sponsored by the Aizu Central Hospital, a hospital in Aizuwakamatsu City in Fukushima Prefecture, and named after the city flower, the common hollyhock (Althaea rosea).[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

Past winners
YearWinnerScoreRunner-Up
1.2014Fujisawa Rina1–0Okuda Aya
2.2015Ô Keii1–0Hsieh Yi-min
3.2016Hsieh Yi-min1–0Aoki Kikuyo
4. 2017Fujisawa Rina2–1Hsieh Yi-min
5.20182–1Hsieh Yi-min
6.20192–0Asami Ueno
7.20202–0Suzuki Ayumi
8.20212–0Asami Ueno
9.2022Asami Ueno2–1[5]Fujisawa Rina
10.20232–1[6]Fujisawa Rina

References
  1. "女流立葵杯". The Nihon Ki-in. The Nihon Ki-in. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  2. Power, John (27 May 2017). "Kono starts well in Kisei S League; Yamashita becomes Gosei challenger; Murakawa wins Gratitude Cup; 4th Aizu Central Hospital tournament; Xie and Fujisawa reach final". American Go E-Journal.
  3. Power, John. "Fujisawa and Okuda Reach Final of New Women's Tournament". American Go E-Journal. American Go E-Journal. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  4. Power, John. "Fujisawa Rins wins Aizu Central Hospital Cup". American Go E-Journal. American Go E-Journal. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  5. Power, John (11 August 2022). "The Power Report: Early August updates". American Go E-Journal. American Go E-Journal.
  6. "囲碁の上野女流立葵杯が初防衛、藤沢女流本因坊下す". Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). 19 June 2023.
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