LG Cup (Go)
LG Cup World Baduk Championship (Korean: LG배 세계기왕전, Hanja: LG杯 世界棋王戰) is a Go competition.
LG Cup (Go) | |
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Full name | LG Cup World Baduk Championship |
Started | 1996 |
Sponsors | LG |
Prize money | 300,000,000 Won ($266,000) |
Outline
The LG Cup is sponsored by the LG Group of Korea. The LG Cup was created after the Kiwang (기왕; 棋王) title from Korea was abolished. There are 16 players who compete in a preliminary, and another 16 players are invited. The latest edition had 256 competitors in the preliminary, the biggest in history. The players are invited from the following Weiqi/Go/Baduk associations.
- 2 from the holder and runner-up of the previous year.
- 6 from
South Korea - 3 from
Japan - 3 from
China - 1 from
Chinese Taipei - 1 wildcard
The final is a best-of-three match. The komi is 6.5 points, and the winner's purse is 300,000,000 Won ($266,000) as of 2019.[1]
Winners & runners-up
Edition | Years | Nat. | Winner | Score | Nat. | Runner-up |
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1st | 1996-1997 | ![]() |
Lee Changho | 3–0 | ![]() |
Yoo Changhyuk |
2nd | 1997-1998 | ![]() |
O Rissei | 3–2 | ||
3rd | 1998-1999 | ![]() |
Lee Changho | 3–0 | ![]() |
Ma Xiaochun |
4th | 1999-2000 | ![]() |
Yu Bin | 3–1 | ![]() |
Yoo Changhyuk |
5th | 2000-2001 | ![]() |
Lee Changho | 3–2 | Lee Sedol | |
6th | 2001-2002 | Yoo Changhyuk | 3–2 | Cho Hunhyun | ||
7th | 2002-2003 | Lee Sedol | 3–1 | Lee Changho | ||
8th | 2003-2004 | Lee Changho | 3–1 | Mok Jinseok | ||
9th | 2004-2005 | ![]() |
Cho U | 3–1 | ![]() |
Yu Bin |
10th | 2005-2006 | ![]() |
Gu Li | 3–2 | Chen Yaoye | |
11th | 2006-2007 | ![]() |
Chou Chun-hsun | 2–1 | Hu Yaoyu | |
12th | 2007-2008 | ![]() |
Lee Sedol | 2–1 | ![]() |
Han Sanghoon |
13th | 2008-2009 | ![]() |
Gu Li | 2–0 | Lee Sedol | |
14th | 2009-2010 | Kong Jie | 2–0 | Lee Changho | ||
15th | 2010-2011 | Piao Wenyao | 2–0 | ![]() |
Kong Jie | |
16th | 2011-2012 | Jiang Weijie | 2–0 | ![]() |
Lee Changho | |
17th | 2012-2013 | Shi Yue | 2–0 | Won Seongjin | ||
18th | 2013-2014 | Tuo Jiaxi | 2–1 | ![]() |
Zhou Ruiyang | |
19th | 2014-2015 | ![]() |
Park Junghwan | 2–1 | ![]() |
Kim Jiseok |
20th | 2015-2016 | Kang Dong-yun | 2–1 | Park Yeonghun | ||
21st | 2016-2017 | ![]() |
Dang Yifei | 2–0 | ![]() |
Zhou Ruiyang |
22nd | 2017-2018 | Xie Erhao | 2-1 | ![]() |
Iyama Yuta | |
23rd | 2018-2019 | Yang Dingxin | 2-1 | ![]() |
Shi Yue | |
24th | 2019-2020 | ![]() |
Shin Jin-seo | 2-0 | ![]() |
Park Junghwan |
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References
- English LG cup website: http://baduk.lg.co.kr/eng/
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