GS Caltex Cup

The GS Caltex Cup (Korean: GS칼텍스배) is a Go competition.

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 Korea. 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 10 min main time with 3 x 40s byo-yomi. The winner's purse is 50,000,000 Won (~US$50,000).[1]

Past Winners and Runners-up

YearWinnerScoreRunner-up
1996Yoo Changhyuk3–2Cho Hunhyun
1997Lee Changho3–0Choi Myung-hoon
19983–0
1999Seo Bongsoo3–2Yoo Changhyuk
2000Choi Myunghoon3–1Rui Naiwei
2001Lee Chang-ho3–0Choi Myunghoon
2002Lee Sedol3–1
2003Lee Changho3–0Cho Hanseung
20043–0Park Yeonghun
2005Choi Cheol-han2–1Lee Changho
2006Lee Sedol3–0Choi Cheol-han
20072–0Park Yeonghun
2008Park Yeonghun3–0Won Seongjin
2009Cho Hanseung3–1Park Yeonghun
2010Won Seungjin3–1Cho Hanseung
2011Park Junghwan3–0Park Yeonghun
2012Lee Sedol3–2
2013Kim Jiseok3–0Lee Sedol
20143–0Choi Cheolhan
2015Mok Jinseok3–1
2016Lee Donghoon3-0Yun Chanhee
2017Ahn Kukhyun3–2Kim Jiseok
2018Shin Jinseo3–2Lee Sedol

References

  1. "Go Tournament: GS Caltex Cup". gogameworld.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
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