Ing Cup

The Ing Cup (Chinese: 应氏杯; pinyin: Yīng Shì Bēi) is an international Go tournament with a cash prize of over US$400,000. It was created by, and is named after, Ing Chang-ki.[1] The tournament is held once every four years and hence often nicknamed the Go Olympics.

This article is about the Go tournament. For other uses, see ING Cup (cricket) and ING Cup (football).
This article is about an international Go tournament. It is not to be confused with Chang-ki Cup, an affiliated annual domestic Go tournament in China.
Ing Cup
Full nameIng Cup
Started1988
SponsorsIng Chang-ki Weiqi Educational Foundation
Prize moneyUS$400,000

In the 7th Ing Cup, held in 2012/13, Fan Tingyu defeated Park Junghwan and became the youngest Ing Cup winner in history. In the semifinal, Fan defeated Xie He, and Park defeated Lee Chang-ho.

Overview

The Ing Cup is sponsored by Ing Chang-ki Weichi Educational Foundation, Yomiuri Shimbun, the Nihon-Kiin, and Kansai-Kiin, and is held every four years (and thus often nicknamed Go Olympics). The competition has its own special rules. The time allotment is three hours for each player, with no byoyomi; instead, players who run out of time pay a two-point penalty to receive an extra twenty minutes, and can receive extra time this way at most twice.[2][3] The komi is 8 points, but Black wins ties.[4] The first rounds are knockouts, while the semi-finals and finals are a best-of-three and best-of-five respectively.[5][6]

Past winners and runners-up
EditionYearWinnerScoreRunner-up
1st 1988–1989 South Korea Cho Hunhyun 3–2 China Nie Weiping
2nd 1992–1993 South Korea Seo Bongsoo 3–2 Japan Otake Hideo
3rd 1996 South Korea Yoo Changhyuk 3–1 Japan Yoda Norimoto
4th 2000–2001 South Korea Lee Changho 3–1 China Chang Hao
5th 2004–2005 China Chang Hao 3–1 South Korea Choi Cheolhan
6th 2008–2009 South Korea Choi Cheolhan 3–1 South Korea Lee Changho
7th 2012–2013 China Fan Tingyu 3–1 South Korea Park Junghwan
8th 2016 China Tang Weixing 3–2 South Korea Park Junghwan
9th 2020–

The 9th Ing Cup has been significantly delayed, for reasons related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The final match is scheduled to take place 21−24 August 2023.[7] The finalists are Shin Jin-seo and Xie Ke, who each advanced from the semifinals in January 2021.[8]

By nation
Nation Winners Runners-up
 South Korea 5 4
 China 3 2
 Japan 0 2

References
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  2. "The Power Report: Korea wins Go Legends National Competition; Ing Cup". American Go E-Journal. 2021-02-27.
  3. "应氏杯决胜局唐韦星胜朴廷桓 中国第三度捧杯". www.ycqweiqi.com (in Chinese). 2016-10-27.
  4. "The Power Report (4/4): Kono to challenge for Kisei; Tang wins Ing Cup; Tri-country Young Stars". American Go E-Journal. 2016-11-16.
  5. "Go Tournament: Ing Cup". gogameworld.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  6. "Introduction". gobase.org. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  7. "'신진서 vs 셰커' 2년 지연된 응씨배 결승 8월 상하이 대면대국". Yonhap News Agency. 2023-03-03.
  8. "The Power Report: Korea wins Go Legends National Competition; Ing Cup". American Go E-Journal. 2021-02-27.
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