Title matches

For the seven major titles (Kisei, Meijin, Honinbo, Oza, Tengen, Gosei and Judan), the chance of the holder defending or the challenger taking the title is calculated from rating-based expected scores.

Title matches

Meijin2026	In progress	best-of-7	Final Prelim.
Tengen2026	Not started	best-of-5
Oza2026	Challenger not decided	best-of-5
Gosei2026	Defended	best-of-5
Honinbo2026	Title taken	best-of-5
Judan2026	Defended	best-of-5
Kisei2026	Title taken	best-of-7	Challenger

Other tournaments

NHK Cup2026	In progress	Main Tournament

The probabilities are an estimate based on the rating gap alone and take no account of the Black-to-play adjustment or other conditions. No result table or probability is shown for a match with games we have not collected.