The International Amateur Pair Go Championship (IAPGC as known as IAPG CUP) is an international tournament for amateur Go players under the Pair Go rule, held once a year since 1990.
[1] Hisao Taki, the president of NKB inc. in traffic advertisement Industry, originated Pair Go and promoted first pair go championship named International Go Amateur Pair Tournament as known as the NKB Cup on December 23, 1990.
However, this event is officially translated as 1st International Amateur Pair Go Championship in English.
[2] On November 24, 1991, 2nd International Amateur Pair Go Championship was held at Hotel Edmont in Tokyo.
For this reason, 19th event was promoted in 2008 World Mind Sports Games.