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6. Baduk Tournaments in Korea
 
At the time of writing in 2000, the professional Baduk community is very active. There are many sponsors for the 15 KBA tournaments. The KBA also arranges a special tournament/league for professional grading, continuing throughout the year.
There are two principal tournament systems. One system has a champion who plays one successful challenger for a title; in the other system all players must start from scratch. Then, in both cases, there are three possible types of system to find the challenger or the finalists: regular knockout, all-play-all leagues and winner-stays-on (continue until loss). Korea leads the professional Baduk world by organizing the most international events, including the Samsung Cup, LG Cup, Hung Chang Cup and Nong Sim Cup, amongst others.
There are other annual events, co-organized with China and Japan, such as the TV Asian Quickplay Championship and many friendly events.

※ National Professional Tournaments

 

>The LG Refined Oils Cup Seo Bong-su 9 dan
The 5th LG Cup held in 2000 sponsored by LG Caltex Ltd. and the Mae-il Economic Newspaper, with a prize fund of 250 million won of which 35 million won goes to the winner, making it the richest national tournament. Unusually, title-holder is expected to play in the first round. The main tournament is a 16-player knockout culminating with a best-of-five final. The 4th LG Cup was won by Seo Bong-su, by beating Yu Chang-hyuk three games to two.
 

 

 

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