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

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

This page was last edited on 28 July 2023, at 11:20