Samsung Cup World Open

Launched in 1996 and sponsored by Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, the Samsung Cup is one of the most prestigious annual international Go championships. The format begins with a preliminary stage of group play, with group winners joining seeded players in a main knockout bracket; semifinals and the final are best-of-three. The champion takes home 300 million Korean won (roughly US$230,000), making it one of the richest prizes in professional Go. The tournament has been a proving ground for legends -- Lee Changho, Lee Sedol (who won it three times), and in recent years Chinese players like Ke Jie have dominated. It remains a centerpiece of the Korean Go calendar and a barometer of which nation currently leads the Go world.

Paese Korea Tipo Open Formato Knockout Cadenza 1 a Komi 6.5 Edizioni 33

2001 · Edizione #6

Campione: Cho Hunhyun · Finalista: Chang Hao

semi-final #3 1 partita

9 nov Lee Changho W+R Chang Hao

semi-final #1 1 partita

6 nov Lee Changho W+0.5 Chang Hao

Qualification tournament, final round 5 partite

30 lug Imamura Toshiya W+0.5 Ch'oe Kyu-pyeong 30 lug Liu Jing B+R Huang Xiangren 30 lug Kong Jie W+1.5 Gu Li 30 lug Qiu Jun W+2.5 Cho Han-seung 30 lug Kim Man-su I W+0.5 Wang Yuhui

Main qualifying tournament, final round 2 partite

30 lug Luo Xihe W+8.5 Pak Seung-hyeon 30 lug Wang Lei Sr. B+R Zhou Heyang

Korean Amateur Qualifiers Final 1 partita

9 lug Yi Kang-uk B+R Seo Chung-hwi

Final 3 partite

11 dic Cho Hunhyun W+0.5 Chang Hao 12 dic Chang Hao W+0.5 Cho Hunhyun 14 dic Cho Hunhyun B+2.5 Chang Hao

Semifinal 5 partite

6 nov Ma Xiaochun W+R Cho Hunhyun 6 nov Lee Changho W+0.5 Chang Hao 7 nov Cho Hunhyun B+R Ma Xiaochun 7 nov Chang Hao W+R Lee Changho 9 nov Lee Changho W+R Chang Hao

Quarter-final 4 partite

10 ott Lee Sedol W+R Lee Changho 10 ott Chang Hao B+29.5 Rui Naiwei 11 ott Cho Hunhyun B+R An Tal-hun 11 ott Ma Xiaochun B+R Pak Cheong-sang

Round of 16 8 partite

31 ago Han Zenki W+R Cho Hunhyun 31 ago Lee Sedol B+R Wang Yuhui 31 ago Wang Lei Sr. W+R Lee Changho 31 ago An Tal-hun B+0.5 Liu Jing 31 ago Rui Naiwei B+0.5 Yamada Kimio 31 ago Cho Han-seung W+R Chang Hao 31 ago Gu Li W+3.5 Pak Cheong-sang 31 ago Yu Ch'ang-hyeok W+4.5 Ma Xiaochun

Preliminary, Round 2 1 partita

27 lug Kono Rin B+R Ding Wei

Round of 32 16 partite

29 ago Lee Changho B+R Hikosaka Naoto 29 ago Ma Xiaochun B+R Yang Chae-ho 29 ago Pak Cheong-sang B+R O Meien 29 ago Chang Hao B+R Song T'ae-kon 29 ago Yu Bin W+14.5 Lee Sedol 29 ago Wang Yuhui B+R Pak Seung-hyeon 29 ago Liu Jing B+4.5 An Cho-yeong 29 ago Mok Chin-seok W+R Gu Li 29 ago An Tal-hun B+R Takao Shinji 29 ago Kono Rin W+R Yu Ch'ang-hyeok 29 ago Wang Lei Sr. B+R Yi Sang-hun Jr. 29 ago Cho Chikun W+R Rui Naiwei 29 ago Han Zenki B+R Seo Pong-su 29 ago Ryu Shikun W+R Cho Hunhyun 29 ago Ch'oe Kyu-pyeong W+3.5 Yamada Kimio 29 ago Cho Han-seung B+R Wang Yao

round 1 1 partita

29 ago Lee Changho B+R Hikosaka Naoto