Asahi Top Eight Tournament - 1975/1976

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# Asahi Top Eight Tournament

In 1975/1976 the Asahi Shimbun newspaper organized a Top Eight Tournament (八強争覇戦). It was won by Cho Chikun. Below the tournament scheme, and seven of the games.

| Round 1 |  | Semi-finals |  | Final
| Cho Chikun |  |  |  |  |
| Hashimoto Utarosgf |
| Rin Kaiho
|  | Cho Chikun sgf |
| Rin Kaiho
| Otake Hideo |
|  |  |  | Cho Chikun2-1
|  |  |  |  |  | Fujisawa Shuko 1 2 3
| Ishida Yoshio |  |  |
| Fujisawa Shuko sgf |
| Hashimoto Shoji
|  | Fujisawa Shuko sgf |
| Hashimoto Shoji
| Sakata EioB+7.5 |

The first two rounds were knockout rounds. For these rounds, where this information is known, the upper player has Black, the lower White. The winner is indicated in bold. The final consisted of three games. Cho won 2-1.