LG Cup World Baduk Championship (Korean: LG배 세계기왕전, Hanja: LG杯 世界棋王戰) is a Go competition.
| LG Cup (Go) | |
|---|---|
| Full name | LG Cup World Baduk Championship |
| Started | 1996 |
| Sponsors | LG |
| Prize money | 300,000,000 Won ($266,000) |
Outline
editThe LG Cup is organized by the Chosun Ilbo newspaper and sponsored by the LG Group of Korea.[1] 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 each player has 3 hours main time and five 40-second byoyomi periods. The winner's purse is 300,000,000 won and the total prize pool is 1.3 billion won.[2]
Winners & runners-up
editBy nation
edit| Nation | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| South Korea
|
13 | 16 |
| China
|
12 | 11 |
| Japan
|
2 | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei
|
1 | 0 |
References
edit- ^ "LG Cup World Baduk Championship". Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "Ke Jie loses LG Cup final 1-2 to top Korean Shin Min-jun, misses opportunity to become youngest nine-time champion". Tencent Sports (in Chinese). 4 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "Park Junghwan wins 19th LG Cup – Breaking international title drought". Go Game Guru. 2015-02-12. Archived from the original on 2015-09-21.
- ^ "21岁的杨鼎新：仍是当年最值得期待的少年棋手". sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 2019-11-26.
- ^ "LG杯决赛柯洁1-2负韩国名将申旻埈 无缘成为最年轻九冠王". Tencent Sports (in Chinese). 2021-02-04.
- ^ "'직선 공격' 신진서, 짜릿한 재역전극으로 LG배 우승(종합)". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 2022-02-09.
- ^ "22岁丁浩LG杯夺冠！00后棋手也是时候担起大任了". Xinmin Evening News (in Chinese). 2023-02-02.