Daejoo Cup

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A Korean title, first held in 2010. It appears to be for older professionals--all four semifinalists are currently in their 50s. First prize is 7,000,000 Won in the first edition and 10,000,000 in the second (second prize 2 then 3 millions Won).

In the first edition, 62 players over 50 compete in the preliminar tournament; 14 pros qualified for the final konockout tournament (Cho Hunhyun and Kim In were seeded). Time is 1 hour per player.

Cho Hunhyun and Seo Bongsoo reached the final match (best of 3) and Cho won 2-0. Before this match, Cho and Seo had met in 363 games (and Cho had won 244 of them) and in 69 title match games (55 won by Cho).

Seo Neung-uk won the 2nd edition, beating Cho Hunhyun in the final on a single game.

In January 2013, Seo Neung-uk won also the 3rd edition, beating Seo Bongsoo in the final, again on a single game.

On 2013-12-16 Cho Hunhyun won the 4th edition, beating Choi Kyubyeong.


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