The Merriden Open
One of the few tournaments anywhere that puts three separate populations of player into the same bracket: men aged 45 and over, every professional woman on the Korean roster, and amateurs who qualify through an open selection. Founded in 2025 by the Korea Baduk Association under the title sponsorship of The Merriden, a wedding-hall company, with backing from Blitz Investment chairman Kim Sungman, it runs 32 players through single elimination to a best-of-three final. The first was won by Oh Yujin over Mok Jinseok, which is exactly the sort of result the format was built to produce.
Land Korea
Typ Open
Format Knockout
Zyklus 1 J.
Komi 6.5
Ausgaben 1
2026 · Ausgabe #2
Final, Game 2/3
1 Partie
Final, Game 1/3
1 Partie
Semifinal
2 Partien
Quarterfinal
4 Partien
Round of 16
8 Partien
23. Sept.
Kim Min-seo
B+R
Mok Jinseok
23. Sept.
Kim Ch'ae-yeong
W+R
Kim Seungjin
24. Sept.
Cho Sang-yeon (2)
B+R
Nakamura Sumire
24. Sept.
Cheong Chun-u
W+R
Heo Seohyun
7. Okt.
Choi Myunghoon
W+R
Kim Eun-chi
7. Okt.
Choi Jeong
B+4.5
Kim Donghan
8. Okt.
O Yu-chin
W+R
Han Chong-chin
8. Okt.
Song Minhyeok
W+R
Im Gyeongho (am)
Round of 32
16 Partien
14. Sept.
Im Gyeongho (am)
B+2.5
Kim Kyeongeun
14. Sept.
Song Minhyeok
B+R
Lee Changho
14. Sept.
Cho Seungah
W+R
Nakamura Sumire
15. Sept.
Choi Jeong
B+2.5
Kang Jaewoo
15. Sept.
Choi Myunghoon
B+R
Lee Hwaseop (am)
15. Sept.
Yi Ta-hye
W+R
Kim Min-seo
16. Sept.
Kim Donghan
B+R
Ch'oe Seo-pi
16. Sept.
Kang Gyeong-hyeon
W+R
Han Chong-chin
16. Sept.
Heo Seohyun
B+0.5
Ki Min-chan
16. Sept.
Shin Hyeonseok (am)
W+R
Kim Ch'ae-yeong
16. Sept.
Kim Seungjin
B+1.5
Seo Bongsoo
17. Sept.
Baek Unki
W+2.5
Cho Sang-yeon (2)
17. Sept.
Kim Su-chang
W+R
Mok Jinseok
17. Sept.
Kim Yeong-sam
W+R
Cheong Chun-u
18. Sept.
Kim Eun-chi
B+6.5
Yoo Changhyuk
18. Sept.
Yi Cheong-u
W+R
O Yu-chin
Preliminary
3 Partien