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.
Pays Korea
Type Open
Format Knockout
Cycle 1 a
Komi 6.5
Éditions 1
2026 · Édition #2
Round of 16
4 parties
Round of 32
16 parties
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.
Ch'oe Myeong-hun
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 Pong-su
17 sept.
Baek Unki
W+2.5
Cho Sang-yeon (2)
17 sept.
Kim Su-chang
W+R
Mok Chin-seok
17 sept.
Kim Yeong-sam
W+R
Jeong Junwoo
18 sept.
Kim Eun-chi
B+6.5
Yu Ch'ang-hyeok
18 sept.
Yi Cheong-u
W+R
O Yu-chin
Preliminary
3 parties