Editing Meijin (Go) (section)

== The tournament ==
The Meijin tournament is sponsored by the ''[[Asahi Shimbun|Asahi]]'' newspaper, and has prize money of [[¥]]30,000,000 for the winner (since the 45th Meijin in 2020).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/match/meijin/045.html |title=第45期 名人戦 |website=Nihon Ki-in |language=ja}}</ref>

The tournament is open to [[Nihon Ki-in]] and [[Kansai Ki-in]] players. A nine-player league decides the challenger each year. Every year, the three worst-ranked players in the league drop out. Entrance into the league is decided by three preliminaries. The first is between 1-4 dans (6 winners: 4 Nihon ki-in and 2 Kansai ki-in). The second is between 5-9 dans and the six winners (18 winners). The third is between these 18 and the 3 people dropped from the league (3 winners, who enter the league). [[komidashi|Komi]] is 6.5. The time limit is 8 hours each in the title matches and 3 hours in the league and prelims. [[Byo-yomi]] is 1 minute per move.