Bailing Cup

Bailing Cup (百灵杯), Chinese international tournament created in 2012. In the first edition, 12 players were seeded (Gu Li, Kong Jie, Piao Wenyao, Jiang Weijie, Gu Lingyi, Lee Sedol, Park Junghwan, Choi Cheolhan, Yamashita Keigo, Iyama Yuta, Hane Naoki and Zhou Junxun) and 50 players come from preliminaries (37 pros from China, 11 from Korea, 1 from Japan and 1 Korean amateur; last two places to Chang Hao and Cho Hanseung).

First Prize is 1,800,000 Yuan, second 600,000; time is 2 hours 45 per player and komi 7.5 points; the title match is a best of five.

• The 1st Bailing Cup (Zhou Ruiyang d. Chen Yaoye 3-0).
• 2nd Bailing Cup Ke Jie d. Qiu Jun 3-2.
• 3rd Bailing Cup: Chen Yaoye d. Ke Jie 3-1.
• 4th Bailing Cup: Ke Jie d. Shin Jinseo 2-0.