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| LG Cup (Go) |
| Full name |
LG Cup World Baduk Championship |
| Started |
1997 |
| Sponsors |
LG |
| Prize money |
200,000,000 Won ($169,000) |
LG Cup World Baduk Championship (Korean: LG배 세계기왕전, Hanja: LG杯 世界棋王戰) , is a Go competition.
[edit] 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 countries.
The final is a best-of-five match. The komi is currently 6.5 points. The winner's purse is 250,000,000 Won ($201,000).
[edit] Winners & runners-up
South Korea
Japan
China
Taiwan
