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.
Paese Korea
Tipo Open
Formato Knockout
Cadenza 1 a
Komi 6.5
Edizioni 1
2026 · Edizione #2
Round of 16
4 partite
Round of 32
16 partite
14 set
Im Gyeongho (am)
B+2.5
Kim Kyeongeun
14 set
Song Minhyeok
B+R
Lee Changho
14 set
Cho Seungah
W+R
Nakamura Sumire
15 set
Choi Jeong
B+2.5
Kang Jaewoo
15 set
Ch'oe Myeong-hun
B+R
Lee Hwaseop (am)
15 set
Yi Ta-hye
W+R
Kim Min-seo
16 set
Kim Donghan
B+R
Ch'oe Seo-pi
16 set
Kang Gyeong-hyeon
W+R
Han Chong-chin
16 set
Heo Seohyun
B+0.5
Ki Min-chan
16 set
Shin Hyeonseok (am)
W+R
Kim Ch'ae-yeong
16 set
Kim Seungjin
B+1.5
Seo Pong-su
17 set
Baek Unki
W+2.5
Cho Sang-yeon (2)
17 set
Kim Su-chang
W+R
Mok Chin-seok
17 set
Kim Yeong-sam
W+R
Jeong Junwoo
18 set
Kim Eun-chi
B+6.5
Yu Ch'ang-hyeok
18 set
Yi Cheong-u
W+R
O Yu-chin
Preliminary
3 partite