Chunwon

The Chunwon (Korean: 천원전, Hanja: 天元戰) is a Go competition in Korea.

The winner of the Chunwon goes on to play the winner of the Chinese equivalent (the Tianyuan), in the annual China–Korea Tengen competition.[1]

Outline

The Chunwon Cup is the equivalent to the Tengen in Japan. This tournament replaced the Baccus Cup. The sponsors are Far East Pharmaceuticals and Daily Economic Newspaper. The komi is 6.5 points. The time limits are 5 hours in the final, 4 in the main knockout, and 3 in the preliminaries. The winner's purse is 20,000,000 ($17,000).[2]

Past winners and runners-up

YearWinnerScoreRunner-up
1996Yoo Changhyuk3–2Cho Hunhyun
1997Lee Changho3–0Choi Myunghoon
19983–1
19993–0Seo Bongsoo
2000Lee Sedol3–0Yoo Jaehung
2001Park Yeonghun3–1Yoon Seounghyun
2002Song Taekon3–2Cho Hunhyun
2003Choi Cheolhan3–1Won Seongjin
20043–0An Dalhun
2005Ko Geuntae3–2Park Yeonghun
2006Cho Hanseung3–1Lee Sedol
2007Won Seungjin1–0Kang Dongyun
2008Kang Dongyun3–2Lee Sedol
2009Park Junghwan3–0Kim Jiseok
2010Choi Cheolhan3–0Lee Taehyun
20112–1Yun Junsang
2012Park Yeonghun2–0Choi Cheolhan
2013Park Junghwan2–0
2014Na Hyun2–0Shin Minjun
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See also

References

  1. "China Korea Tengen". Sensei's Library. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  2. "Go Tournament: Chunwon Title". gogameworld.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.


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