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LG Cup (Go)

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Started
  
1996

Sponsors
  
LG

Full name
  
LG Cup World Baduk Championship

Prize money
  
250,000,000 Won ($200,000)

LG Cup World Baduk Championship (Korean: LG배 세계기왕전, Hanja: LG杯 世界棋王戰) is a Go competition.

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.

  • 2 from the holder and runner-up of the previous year.
  • 5 from South Korea
  • 4 from Japan
  • 5 from China
  • 1 from Chinese Taipei

    • 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
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