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.
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).
References
Chunwon Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA