Chunwon

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The Chunwon Cup (Korean: 천원전, Hanja: 天元戰) is a Go competition in Korea.

[edit] Outline

The Chunwon Cup is the equivalent to the Tengen in Japan. This tournament replaced the Baccus Cup. The sponsors are Far East Pharmaceuticals and Daily Economic Newspaper. The komi is 6.5 points. The time limits are 5 hours in the final, 4 in the main knockout, and 3 in the preliminaries. The winner's purse is 13,000,000 ($11,300).

[edit] Past winners

Player Years Held
Yoo Changhyuk 1996
Lee Chang-ho 1997 - 1999
Lee Sedol 2000
Park Young-Hoon 2001
Song Tae Kon 2002
Choi Cheol-han 2003, 2004
Ko Geuntae 2005
Cho Hanseung 2006
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