Asahi Top Position

Asahi Top Position
Full name	Asahi Top Position
Started	1955
Defunct	1961
Honorary Winners	none
Sponsors	Asahi shimbun
Prize money	unknown
Affiliation	Nihon Ki-in

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.

Past Winners & Runner-up's

Player	Years Held
Sakata Eio	1955, 1959, 1961
Kitani Minoru	1957, 1958
Fujisawa Hideyuki	1960

Player	Years Lost
Sakata Eio	1957, 1960
Shimamura Toshihiro	1958
Kitani Minoru	1959
Fujisawa Hideyuki	1961