Full name Asahi Top Position Defunct 1961 Sponsors Asahi shimbun | Started 1955 Honorary Winners none Prize money unknown | |
The Asahi Top Position was a Go competition.
Outline
The final of the Top Position tournament would be a best of five with 10 hours of thinking time. There was no komi, unless the match had to be played out all 5 games, which then would be played with a 4.5 komi. The preliminaries also had no komi. This tournament ran from 1955 to 1961 and was subsequently replaced by the Meijin and Judan titles. The sponsor was Asahi shimbun.
References
Asahi Top Position Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA