GS Caltex Cup

The GS Caltex Cup is a major Korean professional Go tournament founded in 1996, originally as the LG Refined Oil Cup before transitioning to GS Caltex sponsorship. Organized jointly by the Maeil Business Newspaper and the Korea Baduk Association, it is open to all Korean professionals who compete through a 16-player knockout preliminary, with finalists meeting in a best-of-five title match. The winner receives 70 million won and the runner-up 30 million won. The GS Caltex Cup is notable for maintaining steady corporate sponsorship across nearly three decades.

Paese Korea Tipo Invitational Formato Knockout Cadenza 1 a Komi 6.5 Edizioni 22

2026 · Edizione #31

Campione: Shin Minjun · Finalista: Kim Cheong-hyeon Jr.

Final, Game 2/5 1 partita

21 giu Park Junghwan W+R Shin Minjun

Final 4 partite

13 mag Park Junghwan B+R Shin Minjun 29 mag Shin Minjun B+R Kim Cheong-hyeon Jr. 20 giu Shin Minjun B+0.5 Park Junghwan 4 lug Shin Minjun B+R Park Junghwan

Semifinal 2 partite

24 apr Shin Minjun B+R Kim Cheong-hyeon Jr. 1 mag Park Junghwan B+R Kim Seungjin

Quarterfinal 4 partite

25 mar Hwang Chae-yeon W+R Shin Jinseo 26 mar Byun Sangil W+R Shin Minjun 2 apr Pak Min-kyu W+R Kim Seungjin 3 apr Park Junghwan B+R Kang Dongyun

Round of 16 3 partite

18 mar Hwang Chae-yeon W+R Shin Minjun 19 mar Byun Sangil B+R Pak Ha-min 20 mar Kim Seungjin B+R An Sungjoon

Semifinals 2 partite

27 mar Weon Seongjin W+0.5 Kim Cheong-hyeon Jr. 22 apr Hong Sungji B+0.5 Weon Seongjin

Round 1 5 partite

4 mar Park Junghwan B+R Hong Sungji 5 mar Kang Yu-t'aek W+R Weon Seongjin 6 mar Kim Myeonghoon W+R Pak Min-kyu 11 mar Choi Jeong W+0.5 Kim Cheong-hyeon Jr. 12 mar Shin Jinseo W+R Kang Dongyun

Preliminaries 7 partite

5 gen Yu Ch'ang-hyeok B+R Yi Weon-yeong 5 gen O Yu-chin B+0.5 Yi Chae-seong 6 gen Park Junghwan B+R P'yo Hyeon-u 6 gen Kim Hyeon-ch'an W+R Choi Jeong 7 gen Yu Ch'ang-hyeok B+R Mok Chin-seok 8 gen Shin Minjun B+R Kim Eun-chi 9 gen Lee Changho W+3.5 Choi Jeong

2026-05-27 1 partita

27 mag Kim Cheong-hyeon Jr. B+R Kang Dongyun

2026-05-15 1 partita

15 mag Kang Dongyun B+R Kim Seungjin

2026-05-14 1 partita

14 mag Hong Seong-chi W+R Kim Cheong-hyeon Jr.

2026-05-07 1 partita

7 mag Shin Jinseo W+R Hong Seong-chi

2026-05-06 1 partita

6 mag Kang Dongyun B+R Byun Sangil

2026-04-23 1 partita

23 apr Byun Sangil B+2.5 Kim Myeong-hun

2026-04-22 1 partita

22 apr Pak Min-kyu W+R Shin Jinseo

2026-04-17 1 partita

17 apr Kang Dongyun B+R An Sungjoon

2026-04-01 3 partite

1 apr Kang Yu-t'aek W+R Kim Myeong-hun 1 apr Hong Seong-chi B+R Pak Ha-min 1 apr Choi Jeong W+R An Sungjoon