The NEC Cup

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# The NEC Cup

The NEC Cup was a Japanese quick Go tournament, held in 1982-2012.

Participants are the title holders (Kisei, Meijin, Honinbo, Judan, Tengen, Oza, Gosei, NHK Cup, NEC Shun'ei Cup, ...) and top finishers from the previous year.

The table below gives the winner and loser and game record of the finals. The links in the first column may give some additional information.

# | date | winner | loser | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1 | 1982-03-06 | Takemiya Masaki | Otake Hideo | B+R | 233 | sgf
2 | 1983-03-05 | Sakata Eio | Sakai Takeshi | W+R | 242 | sgf
3 | 1984-03-03 | Cho Chikun | Sakata Eio | W+8.5 | 293 | sgf
4 | 1985-03-09 | Cho Chikun | Kobayashi Koichi | B+0.5 | 260 | sgf
5 | 1986-03-08 | Takemiya Masaki | Kobayashi Satoru | W+R | 208 | sgf
6 | 1987-03-07 | Otake Hideo | Rin Kaiho | B+5.5 | 243 | sgf
7 | 1988-03-05 | Ishida Yoshio | Cho Chikun | B+R | 133 | sgf
8 | 1989-03-11 | Otake Hideo | Ishida Yoshio | B+5.5 | 283 | sgf
9 | 1990-03-10 | Rin Kaiho | O Rissei | W+R | 152 | sgf
10 | 1991-03-09 | Kato Masao | Otake Hideo | W+R | 162 | sgf
11 | 1992-03-07 | Kato Masao | Kobayashi Koichi | W+10.5 | 237 | sgf
12 | 1993-03-13 | Yoda Norimoto | Kato Masao | B+0.5 | 255 | sgf
13 | 1994-03-19 | Komatsu Hideki | Cho Chikun | W+0.5 | 329 | sgf
14 | 1995-03-04 | Kobayashi Koichi | Cho Chikun | W+R | 164 | sgf
15 | 1996-03-02 | Otake Hideo | Rin Kaiho | W+7.5 | 262 | sgf
16 | 1997-03-01 | Kato Masao | Kobayashi Satoru | W+1.5 | 258 | sgf
17 | 1998-03-07 | Yoda Norimoto | Cho Chikun | W+4.5 | 283 | sgf
18 | 1999-03-06 | Kobayashi Koichi | O Rissei | W+R | 184 | sgf
19 | 2000-03-04 | Cho Chikun | Kato Masao | B+5.5 | 239 | sgf
20 | 2001-03-10 | Cho Chikun | Kato Masao | W+R | 170 | sgf
21 | 2002-03-09 | Yoda Norimoto | O Rissei | B+R | 141 | sgf
22 | 2003-03-08 | Ryu Shikun | Takao Shinji | B+0.5 | 317 | sgf
23 | 2004-03-06 | Kobayashi Koichi | Mimura Tomoyasu | B+2.5 | 298 | sgf
24 | 2005-03-05 | Cho U | Ryu Shikun | B+R | 213 | sgf
25 | 2006-03-04 | Cho Sonjin | Kobayashi Satoru | B+5.5 | 245 | sgf
26 | 2007-03-10 | Cho U | Takao Shinji | B+R | 195 | sgf
27 | 2008-03-08 | Kono Rin | Cho Sonjin | B+R | 217 | sgf
28 | 2009-03-07 | Hane Naoki | Cho U | B+R | 217 | sgf
29 | 2010-03-06 | Kono Rin | Hane Naoki | B+R | 209 | sgf
30 | 2011-03-05 | Cho U | Yamashita Keigo | W+R | 190 | sgf
31 | 2012-03-17 | Takao Shinji | Cho Chikun | B+R | 223 | sgf