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The Chunwon (Korean: 천원전, Hanja: 天元戰) is a Go competition in Korea.
The winner of the Chunwon goes on to play the winner of the Chinese equivalent (the Tianyuan), in the annual China–Korea Tengen competition. [1]
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The Chunwon Cup is the equivalent to the Tengen in Japan. This tournament replaced the Baccus Cup. The sponsors are Far East Pharmaceuticals and Daily Economic Newspaper. The komi is 6.5 points. The time limits are 5 hours in the final, 4 in the main knockout, and 3 in the preliminaries. The winner's purse is 20,000,000 ($17,000).[2]
Past winners and runners-up
Year Winner Score Runner-up 1996 Yoo Changhyuk 3–2 Cho Hunhyun 1997 Lee Chang-ho 3–0 Choi Myung-Hoon 1998 Lee Chang-ho 3–1 Choi Myung-Hoon 1999 Lee Chang-ho 3–0 Seo Bongsoo 2000 Lee Sedol 3–0 Yoo Jaehung 2001 Pak Yeong-hun 3–1 Yoon Seounghyun 2002 Song Tae Kon 3–2 Cho Hunhyun 2003 Choi Cheol-han 3–1 Won Seung-jin 2004 Choi Choel-han 3–0 An Dalhun 2005 Ko Geuntae 3–2 Pak Yeong-hun 2006 Cho Hanseung 3–1 Lee Sedol 2007 Won Seungjin 1–0 Kang Dongyun 2008 Kang Dongyun 3–2 Lee Sedol 2009 Park Junghwan 3–0 Kim Jiseok 2010 Choi Cheol-han 3–0 Lee Taehyun See also
- Tianyuan (Go)
- Tengen (Go)
References
- ^ "China Korea Tengen". Sensei's Library. http://senseis.xmp.net/?ChinaKoreaTengen. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ^ "Go Tournament: Chunwon Title". gogameworld.com. http://www.gogameworld.com/gophp/pg_titlelist_detail.php?title=Chunwon%20Title. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
External links
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