Started 1996 | Sponsors LG | |
Full name LG Cup World Baduk Championship Prize money 250,000,000 Won ($200,000) |
Outline
The LG Cup is sponsored by the LG Group of Korea. The LG Cup was created after the Kiwang 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.
The final is a best-of-three match. The komi is currently 6.5 points. The winner's purse is 250,000,000 Won ($200,000).
References
LG Cup (Go) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA