Chunlan Cup

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The Chunlan Cup is a Go competition.

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The Chunlan Cup is an international competition. The Chunlan Group of China host this international Go competition. The players are picked like the following.

9 from China
6 from Japan
5 from South Korea
2 from Taiwan
1 from North America
1 from Europe

The 24 players are shortened to 16 after the first round. The top 8 players are qualified for the next round while the bottom 8 play each other in a knockout tournament. The komi is 5.5 points with 3 hour time limits. The winner's purse is 10,000,000 Yuan ($150,000).