1st Ing Cup

The 1st Ing Cup was the first edition of the Ing Cup, an international Go tournament held every four years. The 1st Ing Cup was a sixteen player invitational, with six players representing the Nihon Ki-in (Kobayashi Koichi, Kato Masao, Fujisawa Shuko, Takemiya Masaki, Hashimoto Shoji, and Cho Chikun), five players representing the Zhongguo Qiyuan (Liu Xiaoguang, Ma Xiaochun, Jiang Zhujiu, Wu Songsheng, and Nie Weiping), three Taiwanese Nihon Ki-in players (O Rissei, O Meien, and Rin Kaiho), one player from the Hanguk Kiwon (Cho Hunhyun), and one player representing North America (Michael Redmond).[1][2][3]

The first round was held on 21 August 1988 and the tournament concluded with the fifth and final match of the finals on 5 September 1989. Cho Hunhyun won the tournament, defeating three Nihon Ki-in players along the way.[2]

Knockout round

Round of 16		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

21 August

Nie Weiping	1

Michael Redmond	0
		Nie Weiping	1
21 August
		Cho Chikun	0
Cho Chikun	1

Wu Songsheng	0
				Nie Weiping	2
21 August
				Fujisawa Shuko	0
Fujisawa Shuko	1

Ma Xiaochun	0
		Fujisawa Shuko	1
21 August
		Kato Masao	0
Kato Masao	1

Liu Xiaoguang	0
						Nie Weiping	2
21 August
						Cho Hunhyun	3
Cho Hunhyun	1

O Meien	0
		Cho Hunhyun	1
21 August
		Kobayashi Koichi	0
Kobayashi Koichi	1

O Rissei	0
				Cho Hunhyun	2
21 August
				Rin Kaiho	0
Rin Kaiho	1

Hashimoto Shoji	0
		Rin Kaiho	1
21 August
		Jiang Zhujiu	0
Jiang Zhujiu	1

Takemiya Masaki	0

Final

Player	1	2	3	4	5	T
Cho Hunhyun	W+3.5			B+1.5	B+R	3
Nie Weiping		ㅕ W+9.5	B+2.5			2

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References

"1st Ing Cup". senseis.xmp.net. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
"Ing Cup, 1st edition, 1988". gobase.org. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
"Go Tournament:Ing Cup". gogameworld.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2 June 2011.

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[senseis-1] "1st Ing Cup". senseis.xmp.net. Retrieved 2 June 2011.

[gobase-2] "Ing Cup, 1st edition, 1988". gobase.org. Retrieved 2 June 2011.

[gogameworld-3] "Go Tournament:Ing Cup". gogameworld.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2 June 2011.