Title Tournament Announcements

gamesorry · August 19, 2019, 3:41am

OGS Alan Turing Main Title Tournament 2019 will begin in 5 days on August 23, 2019. 142 players have signed up so far

Note: Alan Turing Main title tournament is the only 19x19 title tournament welcoming bots and AI-assisted players.

gamesorry · September 8, 2019, 8:19pm

OGS Tianyuan Nines Title Tournament 2019 will begin next week on September 12, 2019. 102 players have signed up so far

gamesorry · October 22, 2019, 7:12am

The 20th Cycle of OGS Kuksu Nines Title Tournament will begin this weekend on October 27, 2019. This is the only Double Elimination Title tournament. 75 players have signed up so far

(Note: Tianyuan Main 2019 has started last month, apologies for failing to make an announcement before it started!)

Kosh · January 9, 2020, 9:25am

Invitations have started going out for the three 2020 ‘Ladder Legend’ tournaments:

Ladder Legend 9x9, Ladder Legend 13x13 & Ladder Legend 19x19

Further changes in ladder positions will not change the order of invitation for this years events.

Click here to see order of invitation 'snapshots'

Last years inaugural event was hard fought by the participants and well received by onlookers so I invite you all to enjoy this year’s offering.

When the tournaments are full, I’ll announce the participants HERE and it will begin.

gamesorry · February 6, 2020, 5:49pm

OGS Meijin Main Title Tournament 2020 will begin this weekend on February 9, 2020. 182 players have signed up so far!

gamesorry · March 3, 2020, 5:29pm

OGS Meijin Nines Title Tournament 2020 will begin this weekend on March 7, 2020. 81 players have signed up so far!

gamesorry · April 1, 2020, 6:30pm

OGS Honinbo Main Title Tournament 2020 is going to begin next Monday, April 6, 2020. 172 players have signed up so far!

gamesorry · May 5, 2020, 7:22am

OGS Honinbo Nines Title Tournament 2020 is going to begin tomorrow, May 6, 2020. 162 players have signed up so far!

gamesorry · June 6, 2020, 4:09am

The 13th cycle of OGS Kuksu Main Title Tournament is going to begin this month. Please sign up here before June 12, 2020. (189 players have signed up so far!)

Note: Kuksu (Main) is different from all the other titles since it’s in League format and you only need to play 1 round per cycle. To simulate the format, multiple round-robin tournaments will be set up after April 1st and you’ll need to accept the invitations from the tournament directors then to participate. For details of the grouping method, please refer to the rules , with the change that (1) head-to-head points, and (2) status (disqualified/resigned) are considered in the league tie breaker.

李建澔2 · June 6, 2020, 11:23pm

I signed up for the kuksu tournament thanks for telling me.(btw I am typing this so you won’t get more then three replyies in a row)

gamesorry · July 19, 2020, 4:28am

OGS Alan Turing Nines Title Tournament 2020 will begin in 4 days on July 22, 2020. 102 players have signed up so far

Note: Alan Turing Nines title tournament is the only Nines title tournament welcoming bots and AI-assisted players.

gamesorry · August 24, 2020, 8:00am

OGS Alan Turing Main Title Tournament 2020 is about to begin in 3 days on August 27, 2020. 160 players, including several top AI players, have signed up so far

Note: Alan Turing Main title tournament is the only Main title tournament that allows bots and AI-assisted players.

gamesorry · September 17, 2020, 8:05am

OGS Tianyuan Nines Title Tournament 2020 will begin this Sunday, September 20, 2020. 103 players have signed up so far

李建澔2 · September 17, 2020, 10:37am

That is three in a row again.

gamesorry · October 31, 2020, 8:28am

OGS Tianyuan Main Title Tournament 2020 is going to begin next Thursday, November 5, 2020. 146 players have signed up so far

gamesorry · March 8, 2021, 9:48am

OGS Honinbo Main Title Tournament 2021 will begin this Friday on March 12, 2021. Please sign up here and have fun!

Tournament Result Update

For the first time in the history of OGS Title Tournaments, the title holders for each of the six Main titles are all different!

In the Tianyuan Main title match ended last December, まいどー(^笑^)/ won their first title with 5-0 against Träumerin. Both finalists were selected from Tianyuan Main 2016.

Edition	Title	Class	Year	Player 1	Player 2	Board 1	Board 2	Board 3	Board 4	Board 5
10th	Tianyuan	Main	2016	Träumerin [2d]	まいどー(^笑^)/ [3d]	B+R	W+R	W+R	W+R	W+R

In the Mingren Main title match ended last month, yopology won their first title with 5-0 against Peyrauba. Both finalists were selected from Mingren Main 2016.

Edition	Title	Class	Year	Player 1	Player 2	Board 1	Board 2	Board 3	Board 4	Board 5
10th	Mingren	Main	2016	yopology [3d]	Peyrauba [1d]	W+20.5	B+15.5	W+4.5	W+16.5	W+6.5

In the Honinbo Nines 2018 Title Match ended last November, arfn6 successfully obtained the title due to the timeout of Baklan. Both finalists were selected from Honinbo Nines 2018.

Edition	Title	Class	Year	Player 1	Player 2	Board 1	Board 2	Board 3	Board 4	Board 5
12th	Honinbo	Nines	2018	Baklan [6d]	arfn6 [3d]	W+T	W+T	B+T	B+T	W+T

In the 19th Kuksu Nines Title Match ended in the beginning of 2021, drmwc [Nines Kuksu] successfully defended the title with 3-2 against gamesorry, the challenger from the 19th Kuksu Nines.

Edition	Title	Class	Year	Player 1	Player 2	Board 1	Board 2	Board 3	Board 4	Board 5
19th	Kuksu	Nines	2017	drmwc [Nines Kuksu]	gamesorry [3d]	B+R	B+0.5	B+3.5	B+R	W+23.5

In Meijin Main 2018 finished in June 2020, Sadaharu won the 1st place with 27 pts. rzhang20877 got the 2nd place with 22 pts. Puffin888 got the 3rd place with 21 pts. Here are players with 16+ pts among 198 players as well as the best DDK participant:

	Meijin Main 2018
Rank	Player	Points	Group	Achievement
	Sadaharu [9d]	27	1	11th Main Gold trophy 19th Main trophy - [7T]11G7S1B
	rzhang20877 [9d]	22	1	2nd Main trophy - [0T]1G1S0B
	Puffin888 [6d]	21	1	3rd Main trophy - [0T]0G0S3B
4	lovecall [2d]	20	1
5	Neandertaler [3d]	18	2
6	Träumerin [1d]	18	2
7	Joachim Schmidt [4k]	17	4	SDK - 1st place
8	hokaw [2d]	17	2
9	Racines [4k]	16	3	SDK - 2nd place
10	arfn6 [1d]	16	1
11	chuck27 [1k]	16	2	SDK - 3rd place
12	yopology [1d]	16	1
13	bonjin [1d]	16	3
14	Peyrauba [1d]	16	3
15	FieldL [1d]	16	4
37	fgeza [10k]	12	7	DDK - 1st place

In Honinbo Nines 2019 ended in May 2020, Sadaharu won his 8th gold trophy for 9x9 title tournaments with 24 pts. Baklan got the 2nd place with 18 pts and Borealiz got the 3rd place with 16 pts. Here are players with 14+ pts (and the best DDK) among 120 players:

	Honinbo Nines 2019
Rank	Player	Points	Group	Achievement
	Sadaharu (9d)	24	1	8th Nines Gold trophy 14th Nines trophy - [4T]8G4S2B
	Baklan (6d)	18	1	5th Nines trophy - [0T]1G4S0B
	Borealiz (7d)	16	1	3rd Nines trophy - [1T]1G0S2B
4	Firebelcher [5k]	15	3	SDK - 1st place
5	Mitsunari [4k]	15	1	SDK - 2nd place
6	Utaha [1d]	15	1
7	pyv [1d]	15	2
8	kickaha [2k]	15	2	SDK - 3rd place
9	gamesorry [2d]	14	1
10	YennyYoung [1d]	14	1
11	popop [4k]	14	2
12	kuxiv [8k]	14	5
13	SathyaSingh [1k]	14	2
14	yq3 [7k]	14	3
15	hokysung [7k]	14	3
26	pawer13 [12k]	12	5	DDK - 1st place

gamesorry · April 12, 2021, 2:34am

The OGS Honinbo Nines Title Tournament 2021 will begin on Friday, April 16, 2021. Please sign up here and have fun!

Tournament Result Update

The 4th Oza (Treizes) title match is happening between Sadaharu [Treizes Oza] x3 and Utaha [1d], the challenger from Oza Treizes 2019.

Edition	Title	Class	Year	Player 1	Player 2			Matches
4th	Oza	Treizes	2019	Sadaharu [Treizes Oza]	Utaha [1d]	Board 1	Board 2	Board 3	Board 4	Board 5

Due to the retirement of smurph [Nines Meijin], the 12th Meijin Nines title match is happening between Sadaharu [5d] and Baklan [6d], both from Meijin Nines 2019.

Edition	Title	Class	Year	Player 1	Player 2			Matches
12th	Meijin	Nines	2019	Sadaharu [5d]	Baklan [6d]	Board 1	Board 2	Board 3	Board 4	Board 5

In Tianyuan Nines 2019 ended in June 2020, Sadaharu won his 9th gold trophy for 9x9 title tournaments with 24 pts. earlgreyhot got the 2nd place with 21 pts and Baklan got the 3rd place with 18 pts. Here are players with 15+ pts (and the best DDK) among 123 players:

	Tianyuan Nines 2019
Rank	Player	Points	Group	Achievement
	Sadaharu (9d)	24	1	9th Nines Gold trophy 15th Nines trophy - [4T]9G4S2B
	earlgreyhot [2d]	21	1	2nd Nines trophy - [0T]0G2S0B
	Baklan [7d]	18	1	6th Nines trophy - [0T]1G4S1B
4	joachim [1d]	16	2
5	husrev [6d]	15	1
6	hankchang1030 [1d]	15	1
7	找借口安静 [3d]	15	2
8	ST000MA [2k]	15	2	SDK - 1st place
9	🐬Sofiam🐬 [6k]	15	3	SDK - 2nd place
10	He Who Walks in Shadows [5k]	15	4	SDK - 3rd place
27	artus [10k]	12	3	DDK - 1st place

In Mingren Nines 2019 ended in September 2020, Uri-ChoRong won their 1st title trophy with 25 pts. 找借口安静 got the 2nd place with 20 pts and Snowman in Summer got the 3rd place with 16 pts. Here are players with 14+ pts (and the best DDK) among 100 players:

	Mingren Nines 2019
Rank	Player	Points	Group	Achievement
	Uri-ChoRong [8d]	25	1	1st Nines Gold trophy 1st Nines trophy - [0T]1G0S0B
	找借口安静 [3d]	20	1	1st Nines trophy - [0T]0G1S0B
	Snowman in Summer [2k]	16	2	1st Nines trophy - [0T]0G0S1B SDK - 1st place
4	riorraw [1d]	16	2
5	yq3 [4k]	16	2	SDK - 2nd place
6	JimGu [2k]	15	1	SDK - 3rd place
7	Mrrr [2d]	15	1
8	Firebelcher [2k]	14	2
9	Sand Badger [2k]	14	1
10	JHaworth [3k]	14	2
11	ashejandro [2k]	14	1
12	Кирил Георгиев [5k]	14	3
25	Kaizoku-o [10k]	11	5	DDK - 1st place

gamesorry · April 30, 2021, 10:04am

The OGS Alan Turing Main Title Tournament 2021 will begin in a week on May 7th, 2021. Please sign up and have fun!

Note: Alan Turing title tournament is the only title tournament that allows bots and AI-assisted players.

Tournament Result Update

In Mingren Nines title match ended this week, gamesorry, the challenger from Mingren Nines 2018, won their first title with 3-2 against Sadaharu. The title holders for each of the six Nines titles are now all different, continuing the trend of the Main Titles.

Edition	Title	Class	Year	Player 1	Player 2	Board 1	Board 2	Board 3	Board 4	Board 5
12th	Mingren	Nines	2018	Sadaharu [Nines Mingren]	gamesorry [3d]	B+1.5	W+R	B+R	B+R	B+5.5

The title match between meteor [Honinbo] and former Honinbo Sadaharu, the challenger from Honinbo Main 2017, has started.

Edition	Title	Class	Year	Player 1	Player 2			Matches
11th	2017	Honinbo	Main	meteor [Honinbo]	Sadaharu [5d]	Board 1	Board 2	Board 3	Board 4	Board 5

The 11th Tianyuan title match is happening between まいどー(^笑^)/ [Tianyuan] and former Tianyuan Sadaharu, the challenger from Tianyuan Main 2017.

Edition	Title	Class	Year	Player 1	Player 2			Matches
11th	Tianyuan	Main	2017	まいどー(^笑^)/ [Tianyuan]	Sadaharu [5d]	Board 1	Board 2	Board 3	Board 4	Board 5

The 11th Mingren title match is happening between yopology [Mingren] and Puffin888, the challenger from Mingren Main 2017.

Edition	Title	Class	Year	Player 1	Player 2			Matches
11th	Mingren	Main	2017	yopology [Mingren]	Puffin888 [6d]	Board 1	Board 2	Board 3	Board 4	Board 5

The title match between Deep Scholar [Nines Alan Turing] and Sadaharu, the challenger from Alan Turing Nines 2019, has started.

Edition	Title	Class	Year	Player 1	Player 2			Matches
8th	Alan Turing	Nines	2019	Deep Scholar [Nines Alan Turing]	Sadaharu [5d]	Board 1	Board 2	Board 3	Board 4	Board 5

In Honinbo Main 2018 finished last October, rzhang20877 won the 1st place with 23 pts. Sadaharu obtained the 2nd place with 23 pts but with a timeout flag. bigko got the 3rd place with 20 pts. Here are players with 15+ pts among 168 players as well as the best DDK participant:

	Honinbo Main 2018
Rank	Player	Points	Group	Achievement
	rzhang20877 [9d]	23	1	2nd Main Gold trophy 3rd Main trophy - [0T]2G1S0B
	Sadaharu [5d]	23	1	20th Main trophy - [7T]11G8S1B
	bigko [6d]	20	1	1st Main trophy - [0T]0G0S1B
3	Neandertaler [4d]	18	2
4	tegais [6d]	17	1
5	gugamircea [1k]	17	3	SDK - 1st place
6	sha7 [5d]	17	2
7	mipli [1d]	17	2
8	marigo [1k]	16	4	SDK - 2nd place
9	bonjin [2d]	16	3
10	Träumerin [1d]	15	1
11	micky0427 [4d]	15	1
12	ggg111 [1k]	15	5	SDK - 3rd place
13	creatspirit [1d]	15	2
14	meteor [1d]	15	3
t	Daeneris [5d]	15	1
53	Infireus [12k]	7	8	DDK - 1st place

gamesorry · October 5, 2021, 6:56am

The OGS Tianyuan Nines Title Tournament 2021 will begin this Friday, October 8, 2021. Please sign up and have fun!

Tournament Result Update

In the Meijin Main title match ended in May, Lomis successfully obtained the title with 5-0 against gamesorry. Both finalists were selected from Meijin 2017.

Edition	Title	Class	Year	Player 1	Player 2	Board 1	Board 2	Board 3	Board 4	Board 5
11th	Meijin	Main	2017	Lomis [2d]	gamesorry [2d]	W+3.5	W+7.5	W+9.5	W+29.5	B+20.5

In the Tianyuan Main title match (for Tianyuan 2017) ended in June, Sadaharu [5d] retained the title with 5-0 against まいどー(^笑^)/ [Tianyuan] by timeout. This is the 3rd Tianyuan Main title for Sadaharu and the previous two were from 2012 and 2015.

Edition	Title	Class	Year	Player 1	Player 2	Board 1	Board 2	Board 3	Board 4	Board 5
11th	Tianyuan	Main	2017	まいどー(^笑^)/ [Tianyuan]	Sadaharu [5d]	B+T	B+T	W+T	B+T	B+T

In Alan Turing Main 2017 Title Match ended in June, mark5000 [Alan Turing] successuflly defended the title with 5-0 against micky0427, the challenger from Alan Turing 2017. mark5000 has been holding the title three times in a row now.

Edition	Title	Class	Year	Player 1	Player 2	Board 1	Board 2	Board 3	Board 4	Board 5
6th	Alan Turing	Main	2017	mark5000 [Alan Turing]	micky0427 [4d]	B+R	W+R	B+R	W+R	W+R

In the Mingren Main title match ended in July, yopology [Mingren] successfully defended the title with 4-1 against Puffin888, the challenger from Mingren 2017, who forfeited 4 of the games.

Edition	Title	Class	Year	Player 1	Player 2	Board 1	Board 2	Board 3	Board 4	Board 5
11th	Mingren	Main	2017	yopology [Mingren]	Puffin888 [6d]	B+R	W+F	B+F	B+F	W+F

In the Honinbo Main Title Match ended in August, Sadaharu, the challenger from Honinbo 2017, successuflly retained the Honinbo title with 5-0 against meteor [Honinbo].

Edition	Title	Class	Year	Player 1	Player 2	Board 1	Board 2	Board 3	Board 4	Board 5
11th	Honinbo	Main	2017	meteor [Honinbo]	Sadaharu [5d]	B+R	B+R	B+R	W+R	B+R

In the Oza Treizes title match ended in June, Sadaharu [Treizes Oza] successfully defended the title with 4-1 against Utaha, the challenger from Oza Treizes 2019. Sadaharu has won all four Oza Treizes titles so far.

Edition	Title	Class	Year	Player 1	Player 2	Board 1	Board 2	Board 3	Board 4	Board 5
4th	Oza	Treizes	2019	Sadaharu [Treizes Oza]	Utaha [1d]	B+R	B+R	B+R	W+R	W+R

In the Meijin Nines title match ended in June, Sadaharu successfully obtained the Nines Meijin title for the first time, due to the timeouts of Baklan. Both finalists were selected from Meijin Nines 2019.

Edition	Title	Class	Year	Player 1	Player 2	Board 1	Board 2	Board 3	Board 4	Board 5
12th	Meijin	Nines	2019	Sadaharu [5d]	Baklan [6d]	B+T	B+T	B+T	W+T	B+T

In the Honinbo Nines Title Match ended in June, Sadaharu successfully obtained the title due to the timeouts of Baklan. Both finalists were selected from Honinbo Nines 2019. Sadaharu becomes the second player (after vitality) who have won the Honinbo Nines title 4 times.

Edition	Title	Class	Year	Player 1	Player 2	Board 1	Board 2	Board 3	Board 4	Board 5
13th	Honinbo	Nines	2019	Sadaharu [5d]	Baklan [7d]	B+T	B+T	B+T	W+T	B+T

In Alan Turing Nines Title Match ended in September, Sadaharu [5d], the challenger from Alan Turing Nines 2019, successuflly obtained the title with 4-1 against Deep Scholar [Nines Alan Turing]. With this winning streak, Sadaharu is holding 4 Nines titles (Tianyuan/Meijin/Honinbo/Alan Turing) simultaneously now.

Edition	Title	Class	Year	Player 1	Player 2	Board 1	Board 2	Board 3	Board 4	Board 5
8th	Alan Turing	Nines	2019	Deep Scholar [Nines Alan Turing]	Sadaharu [5d]	W+4.5	B+3.5	B+1.5	B+1.5	B+1.5

Groin · October 5, 2021, 8:28am

Thanks for the announcement !

A little problem with the format sorry, lot of cropping (android opera )

Can’t scroll or pincer either to see the hidden on the right.