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.
País Korea
Tipo Open
Formato Knockout
Ciclo 1 a
Komi 6.5
Ediciones 1
2026 · Edición #2
Final, Game 2/3
1 partida
Final, Game 1/3
1 partida
Semifinal
2 partidas
Quarterfinal
4 partidas
Round of 16
8 partidas
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 oct
Choi Myunghoon
W+R
Kim Eun-chi
7 oct
Choi Jeong
B+4.5
Kim Donghan
8 oct
O Yu-chin
W+R
Han Chong-chin
8 oct
Song Minhyeok
W+R
Im Gyeongho (am)
Round of 32
16 partidas
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 partidas