Ing Cup
The Ing Cup is an international Go tournament, with a large cash prize of over US$400,000. It was begun by, and is named after, Ing Chang-ki.
In the 7th Ing Cup (2012/13), Fan Tingyu (b. 1996) beat Park Junghwan (b. 1993) [3-1] and became the youngest Ing Cup winner in history. In the semifinal, Fan defeated Xie He, and Park defeated Lee Chang-ho.
Outline
The Ing Cup is sponsored by Ing, Yomiuri Shimbun, the Nihon-Kiin, and Kansai-Kiin, and held every 4 years (and thus often nicknamed Go Olympics). The competition has its own rules and an 8-point komi. The time allotment is 3.5 hours for each player, while players are available to buy an extra 35 minutes for an additional 2-point komi a maximum of three times. The first rounds are knockouts, while the semi-finals and finals are a best-of-3 and best-of-5 respectively.[1][2]
Past winners and runners-up
Year | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Semifinal | |
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1988/89 | Cho Hunhyun | 3–2 | Nie Weiping | Rin Kaiho | Hideyuki Fujisawa |
1992/93 | Seo Bongsoo | 3–2 | Otake Hideo | Rui Naiwei | Cho Chikun |
1996 | Yoo Changhyuk | 3–1 | Yoda Norimoto | Rin Kaiho | Cho Chikun |
2000/01 | Lee Chang-ho | 3–1 | Chang Hao | Yu Bin | Wang Ming-wan |
2004/05 | Chang Hao | 3–1 | Choi Cheol-han | Peng Quan | Song Tae-kon |
2008/09 | Choi Cheol-han | 3–1 | Lee Chang-ho | Liu Xing | Lee Sedol |
2012/13 | Fan Tingyu | 3–1 | Park Junghwan | Lee Chang-ho | Xie He |
2016 | Tang Weixing | 3–2 | Park Junghwan | Lee Sedol | Shi Yue |
References
- ↑ "Go Tournament: Ing Cup". gogameworld.com. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
- ↑ "Introduction". gobase.org. Retrieved 31 May 2011.