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
Final, Game 2/3
1 partita
Final, Game 1/3
1 partita
Semifinal
2 partite
Quarterfinal
4 partite
Round of 16
8 partite
23 set
Kim Min-seo
B+R
Mok Jinseok
23 set
Kim Ch'ae-yeong
W+R
Kim Seungjin
24 set
Cho Sang-yeon (2)
B+R
Nakamura Sumire
24 set
Cheong Chun-u
W+R
Heo Seohyun
7 ott
Choi Myunghoon
W+R
Kim Eun-chi
7 ott
Choi Jeong
B+4.5
Kim Donghan
8 ott
O Yu-chin
W+R
Han Chong-chin
8 ott
Song Minhyeok
W+R
Im Gyeongho (am)
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
Choi Myunghoon
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 Bongsoo
17 set
Baek Unki
W+2.5
Cho Sang-yeon (2)
17 set
Kim Su-chang
W+R
Mok Jinseok
17 set
Kim Yeong-sam
W+R
Cheong Chun-u
18 set
Kim Eun-chi
B+6.5
Yoo Changhyuk
18 set
Yi Cheong-u
W+R
O Yu-chin
Preliminary
3 partite