LG Cup (Go)

LG Cup (Go)
Full name	LG Cup World Baduk Championship
Started	1997
Sponsors	LG
Prize money	250,000,000 Won ($200,000)

LG Cup World Baduk Championship (Korean: LG배 세계기왕전, Hanja: LG杯 世界棋王戰) is a Go competition.

Outline

The LG Cup is sponsored by the LG Group of Korea. The LG Cup was created after the Kiwang title from Korea was abolished. There are 16 players who compete in a preliminary, and another 16 players are invited. The latest edition had 256 competitors in the preliminary, the biggest in history. The players are invited from the following WeiQi/Go/Baduk associations.

• 2 from the holder and runner-up of the previous year.
• 5 from South Korea
• 4 from Japan
• 5 from China
• 1 from Chinese Taipei

The final is a best-of-three match. The komi is currently 6.5 points. The winner's purse is 250,000,000 Won ($200,000).

Winners & runners-up

Years	Winner	Score	Runner-up
1997	Lee Chang-ho	3–0	Yoo Changhyuk
1998	O Rissei	3–2	Yoo Changhyuk
1999	Lee Chang-ho	3–0	Ma Xiaochun
2000	Yu Bin	3–1	Yoo Changhyuk
2001	Lee Chang-ho	3–2	Lee Sedol
2002	Yoo Changhyuk	3–2	Cho Hunhyun
2003	Lee Sedol	3–1	Lee Chang-ho
2004	Lee Chang-ho	3–1	Mok Jin-seok
2005	Cho U	3–1	Yu Bin
2006	Gu Li	3–2	Chen Yaoye
2007	Zhou Junxun	2–1	Hu Yaoyu
2008	Lee Sedol	2–1	Han Sang-Hoon
2009	Gu Li	2–0	Lee Sedol
2010	Kong Jie	2–0	Lee Chang-ho
2011	Piao Wenyao	2–0	Kong Jie
2012	Jiang Weijie	2–0	Lee Changho