LG Cup (Go)
| LG Cup (Go) | |
|---|---|
| Full name | LG Cup World Baduk Championship |
| Started | 1996 |
| Sponsors | LG |
| Prize money | 300,000,000 Won ($212,000) |
LG Cup World Baduk Championship (Korean: LG배 세계기왕전, Hanja: LG杯 世界棋王戰) is a Go competition.
Outline
[edit]The LG Cup is organized by the Chosun Ilbo newspaper and sponsored by the LG Group of Korea.[1] The LG Cup was created after the Kiwang (기왕; 棋王) 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.
- 6 from
South Korea - 3 from
Japan - 3 from
China - 1 from
Chinese Taipei - 1 wildcard
The final is a best-of-three match. The komi is 6.5 points, and each player has 3 hours main time and five 40-second byoyomi periods. The winner's purse is 300,000,000 won and the total prize pool is 1.3 billion won.[2]
Winners & runners-up
[edit]By nation
[edit]| Nation | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
 South Korea
|
14 | 16 |
 China
|
12 | 12 |
 Japan
|
2 | 1 |
 Chinese Taipei
|
1 | 0 |
29th LG Cup (2024–2025)
[edit]In the 29th LG Cup, Byun Sang-il won the best-of-three final after his opponent Ke Jie was disqualified in game 2 for rule violations and forfeited in game 3 after a dispute over another similar rule violation. Both the losses by penalty and forfeit were unprecedented in Go world championship finals.[8] The rule, adopted by the Korea Baduk Association in November 2024, required players to place captured stones on the bowl lid, to keep track of them as an aid to counting the score. Reflecting differences in scoring systems, there is no such rule in China, where players may be accustomed to setting captured stones aside anywhere near the board or putting the stones back into their opponent's bowl.[9][10]
During the second game of the LG Cup final, Ke Jie violated the rule twice. The first violation resulted in a two-point penalty and a warning. Later in the game, Ke Jie again did not place a captured stone on the bowl lid, prompting an objection from Byun Sang-il. By rule, Ke Jie was penalized for the second violation with an immediate loss.[10][11]
In the third game the next day, Ke Jie once again failed to place two captured stones on the bowl lid after capturing them. Ke Jie and the Chinese side objected to timing of the referee's intervention, because the referee paused the game several moves later, during Byun's turn, without requiring him to decide his next move before the pause. Ke Jie considered it unfair to resume the game after the pause had given Byun extra thinking time. Rather than resuming the game with a two-point penalty, Ke Jie asked for a rematch. No agreement was reached after two hours, and Ke Jie left the venue, resulting in a loss by default. The Chinese Weiqi Association released a statement saying that they did not accept the outcome of the third game. Byun Sang-il said he felt uncomfortable with the result and understood Ke Jie's position.[8][9] The Korea Baduk Association issued an apology for the incident.[12][13]
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Byun Sang-il was awarded two wins because of a penalty against Ke Jie in game 2 and because Ke Jie forfeited in game 3 after a dispute with the referee. The Chinese Weiqi Association did not accept the result of the third game. See § 29th LG Cup (2024–2025).
- ^ 29th LG Cup World Baduk Championship final controversy
References
[edit]- ^ "LG Cup World Baduk Championship". Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "Ke Jie loses LG Cup final 1-2 to top Korean Shin Min-jun, misses opportunity to become youngest nine-time champion". Tencent Sports (in Chinese). 4 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "Park Junghwan wins 19th LG Cup – Breaking international title drought". Go Game Guru. 2015-02-12. Archived from the original on 2015-09-21.
- ^ "21岁的杨鼎新：仍是当年最值得期待的少年棋手". sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 2019-11-26.
- ^ "LG杯决赛柯洁1-2负韩国名将申旻埈 无缘成为最年轻九冠王". Tencent Sports (in Chinese). 2021-02-04.
- ^ "'직선 공격' 신진서, 짜릿한 재역전극으로 LG배 우승(종합)". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 2022-02-09.
- ^ "22岁丁浩LG杯夺冠！00后棋手也是时候担起大任了". Xinmin Evening News (in Chinese). 2023-02-02.
- ^ a b "파행으로 얼룩진 LG배 결승 3번기…변상일, 커제 기권으로 우승(종합)". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 2025-01-23.
- ^ a b "新闻多一度丨柯洁选择退赛 因"死子"问题产生的争议非首例". bjnews.com.cn (in Chinese). 2025-01-25.
- ^ a b "커제 '사석 관리' 두 번 위반…LG배 결승 2국 초유의 반칙패(종합)". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 2025-01-22.
- ^ "LG杯两次提子违规罕见被判负，柯洁表态排除干扰下好决胜局". bjnews.com.cn (in Chinese). 2025-01-22.
- ^ "제29회 LG배 조선일보 기왕전 관련 한국기원 입장문". Korea Baduk Association (in Korean). 2025-01-28.
- ^ "柯洁能拿回冠军吗？ 韩国棋院就LG杯规则争议致歉". cctv.com (in Chinese). 2025-01-28.