Ing Cup

(應氏杯世界職業圍棋錦標賽) 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.

The 9th edition is being seriously affected by the pandemic. Up to quarterfinals were played online in September 2020 and semifinals in January 2021, the time and place of the final between Xie Ke (China) and Shin Jinseo (Korea) is not decided yet (as of March 2023 !!).

Winners and defeated finalists

Edition	Time	Winner	Runner-up	Result
8th	Apr 2016 - Oct 2016	Tang Weixing	Park Junghwan	3-2
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:

• 8th Ing Cup?
• 7th Ing Cup?
• 6th Ing Cup
• 5th Ing Cup
• 4th Ing Cup
• 3rd Ing Cup
• 2nd Ing Cup
• 1st Ing Cup

External links

• GoBase page about the Ing Cup
• Go Topics page about the Ing Cup (with game records)