GS Caltex Cup
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The GS Caltex Cup is a Go competition.
. The main tournament is a 16 player knockout. The final is a best-of-5. Komi is 6.5 points and the time limit is 4 hours each. The winner's purse is 50,000,000 Won ($50,000).
Outline
The GS Caltex Cup replaced the LG Refined Oil Cup. It is sponsored by the GS Caltex Corporation and Daily Economic News. It currently has the biggest prize in South KoreaSouth Korea
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. The main tournament is a 16 player knockout. The final is a best-of-5. Komi is 6.5 points and the time limit is 4 hours each. The winner's purse is 50,000,000 Won ($50,000).
Past winners and runners-up
| Year | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Yoo Changhyuk Yoo Changhyuk Yoo Changhyuk is a professional Go player in South Korea.- Biography :Yoo Changhyuk was one of Korea's best Go players. Growing up without a teacher, Yoo became a professional in 1984 and was promoted to 9 dan in 1996... |
3–2 | Cho Hunhyun Cho Hunhyun Cho Hunhyun is a Korean 9-dan professional Go player. Considered one of the greatest players of all-time, Cho reached professional level in Korea in 1962. Since then, Cho has amassed 150 professional titles, more than any player in the world. He once held all nine Korea titles simultaneously in 1980... |
| 1997 | Lee Chang-ho Lee Chang-ho Lee Chang-ho is a South Korean professional Go player of 9-dan rank. He is regarded by many as one of the strongest modern Go players. He was a student of Cho Hunhyun 9-dan. He is the only player to have won all eight international competitions at least once.-Biography:He turned professional in... |
3–0 | Choi Myung-Hoon Choi Myung-Hoon Choi Myung-Hoon is a professional Go player.- Biography :Choi was promoted to 9 dan in 2004. In 2000, he won his first and only title, the LG Refined Oil Cup.- Titles & runners-up :-External Links:**... |
| 1998 | Lee Chang-ho Lee Chang-ho Lee Chang-ho is a South Korean professional Go player of 9-dan rank. He is regarded by many as one of the strongest modern Go players. He was a student of Cho Hunhyun 9-dan. He is the only player to have won all eight international competitions at least once.-Biography:He turned professional in... |
3–0 | Choi Myung-Hoon |
| 1999 | Seo Bongsoo Seo Bongsoo Seo Bongsoo is a professional Go player.- Biography :Seo Bongsoo turned professional in 1970. By 1986 he became the 4th ever Korean 9 dan. He was Cho Hunhyun's biggest rival in the 1980s. He would constantly challenge Cho in major title events. During their career, Seo and Cho played against each... |
3–2 | Yoo Changhyuk |
| 2000 | Choi Myung-Hoon | 3–1 | Rui Naiwei Rui Naiwei Rui Naiwei is a Chinese professional Go player, now active in South Korea... |
| 2001 | Lee Chang-ho | 3–0 | Choi Myung-Hoon |
| 2002 | Lee Sedol Lee Sedol Lee Sedol is a South Korean professional Go player of 9-dan rank.-Biography:Many regard Lee Sedol as one of the strongest players of all time. Lee was born in Korea in 1983 and studied at the Hanguk Kiwon. He ranks third in career titles with 37, behind Cho Hunhyun and Lee Chang-ho... |
3–1 | Choi Myung-Hoon |
| 2003 | Lee Chang-ho | 3–0 | Cho Hanseung Cho Hanseung Cho Hanseung , also known as Jo Hanseung is a professional Go player.- Biography :Cho turned professional in 1995. He was promoted to 7 dan in 2004, and 8 dan in 2005, 9 dan in 2006.- Titles & runners-up :... |
| 2004 | Lee Chang-ho | 3–0 | Pak Yeong-hun |
| 2005 | Lee Chang-ho | 2–1 | Choi Cheol-han Choi Cheol-han - Career record :*2006: 58 wins, 29 losses*2007: 45 wins, 25 losses*2008: 50 wins, 18 losses*2009: 56 wins, 18 losses*2010: 63 wins, 22 losses*2011: 18 wins, 9 losses- Titles and runners-up :... |
| 2006 | Lee Sedol | 3–0 | Choi Cheol-han |
| 2007 | Lee Sedol | 2–0 | Pak Yeong-hun |
| 2008 | Pak Yeong-hun | 3–0 | Won Seung-jin |
| 2009 | Cho Hanseung | 3–1 | Pak Yeong-hun |
| 2010 | Won Seungjin | 3–1 | Cho Hanseung |
External links
- Full tournament results for last years (in EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
) - List of tournament winners (in EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
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