LG Cup (Go)

LG Cup (Go)
Full name	LG Cup World Baduk Championship
Started	1996
Sponsors	LG
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).^[1]

Winners & runners-up

Years	Nat.	Winner	Score	Nat.	Runner-up
1996-1997		Lee Chang-ho	3–0		Yoo Changhyuk
1997-1998		O Rissei	3–2		Yoo Changhyuk
1998-1999		Lee Chang-ho	3–0		Ma Xiaochun
1999-2000		Yu Bin	3–1		Yoo Changhyuk
2000-2001		Lee Chang-ho	3–2		Lee Sedol
2001-2002		Yoo Changhyuk	3–2		Cho Hunhyun
2002-2003		Lee Sedol	3–1		Lee Chang-ho
2003-2004		Lee Chang-ho	3–1		Mok Jin-seok
2004-2005		Cho U	3–1		Yu Bin
2005-2006		Gu Li	3–2		Chen Yaoye
2006-2007		Zhou Junxun	2–1		Hu Yaoyu
2007-2008		Lee Sedol	2–1		Han Sang-Hoon
2008-2009		Gu Li	2–0		Lee Sedol
2009-2010		Kong Jie	2–0		Lee Chang-ho
2010-2011		Piao Wenyao	2–0		Kong Jie
2011-2012		Jiang Weijie	2–0		Lee Chang-ho
2012-2013		Shi Yue	2–0		Won Seong-jin
2013-2014		Tuo Jiaxi	2-1		Zhou Ruiyang
2014-2015		Park Jeong-hwan	2-1		Kim Ji-seok
2015-2016		Kang Dong-yun	2-1		Park Yeong-hun

References

1. English LG cup website: http://baduk.lg.co.kr/eng/