Ing Cup

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The Ing Cup was the second world go championship, starting in August 1988, a few months after the 1st Fujitsu Cup. It has been held regularly every 4 years (notice how the schedule matches that of the Olympics). The event was conceived of by Ing Chang-ki, and is partly sponsored by the Ing Chang-ki Weichi Educational Foundation. The winner's prize is $400,000.

The 1st Ing Cup was a 16-player knockout tournament. This was increased to a 24-player knockout for the 2nd Ing Cup, with 8 players being seeded into the second round. The semifinals are best of three matches, and the final is best of five. Games are played according to the Ing rules, including an eight point komi.

So far the event has been won by a different player every time.

Winners and defeated finalists
Edition Time Winner Runner-up Result
7th May 2012 - Mar 2013 Fan Tingyu Park Junghwan 3-1
6th Apr 2008 - Apr 2009 Ch'oe Ch'eol-han Yi Ch'ang-ho 3-1
5th Apr 2004 - Mar 2005 Chang Hao Ch'oe Ch'eol-han 3-1
4th Apr 2000 - Feb 2001 Yi Ch'ang-ho Chang Hao 3-1
3rd Apr 1996 - Nov 1996 Yu Ch'ang-hyeok Yoda Norimoto 3-1
2nd Jul 1992 - May 1993 Seo Pong-su Otake Hideo 3-2
1st Aug 1988 - Sep 1989 Cho Hun-hyeon Nie Weiping 3-2

For full results of each event, see the following articles:

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