SK Gas Cup
The SK Gas Cup is a Go competition.
Outline
The SK Gas Cup is sponsored by SK Gas. The participants must be under the age of 25 and under the rank of 5 dan. The komi is 6.5 points. Thinking time is 3 hours. The winner's prize is 10,000,000 Won ($8,500).
Past winners
Player | Years Held |
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An Choyoung | 1997 |
Lee Seong-Jae | 1998 |
Mok Jin-seok | 1999 |
Lee Sang-Hoon | 2000 |
Kang Jisung | 2001 |
Lee Sedol | 2002 |
Cho Hanseung | 2003 |
Park Jungsang | 2004 |
Kang Dongyun | 2005 |
Paek Hongsuk | 2006 |
Previous winners (and defeated finalists):
12nd 2008 Kim Kiyoung (d. Park Jung Hwan 2-1) 11st 2007 Yun Junsang (d. Heo Yeongho 2-1) 10th 2006 Baek Hongsuk (d. Lee Yeongkyu 2-0) 9th 2005 Kang Dongyun (d. Ko Geuntae 2-0) 8th 2004 Park Jungsang (d. An Younggil 2-1) 7th 2003 Cho Hanseung (d. Paek Tae-hyeon 2-0) 6th 2002 Yi Se-tol (d. Paek Tae-hyeon 2-0) 5th 2001 Kang Chi-seong (d. Paek Tae-hyeon 2-0) 4th 2000 Yi Sang-hun (d. Yi Se-tol 2-1) 3rd 1999 Mok Chin-seok (d. Weon Seong-chin 2-0) 2nd 1998 Yi Seong-chae (d. Mok Chin-seok 1-0) 1st 1997 An Cho-yeong (d. Kim Yeong-sam 1-0)
"It is very important for junior players like me to study harder and harder. I am replaying and analyzing pro games daily. I think, it’s more important than playing Go a lot." - said Park Jungsang[1]
References
- ^ ""GOAMA", International Go Newsletter, Archive, 15th issue". gogame.info. Retrieved 2023-07-25.