Maxim Cup
The Maxim Coffee Cup, sponsored by Dong Suh Foods, is a distinctive Korean Go tournament founded in 2000 that is exclusively restricted to 9-dan players, the highest professional rank. This elite restriction makes it unique among major tournaments and ensures top-level play in every game. The format uses rapid time controls of just 10 minutes per player with overtime periods, with the top four players advancing to a round-robin mini-league and the top two meeting in a best-of-three final. Park Jeonghwan has been the most successful player with four titles, while Shin Jinseo won consecutive cups in 2023 and 2024.
Country Korea
Type Invitational
Format Knockout
Cycle 1y
Komi 6.5
Editions 27
2026 · Edition #27
Champion:
Byun Sangil
· Runner-up:
Park Junghwan
Final, Game 1/3
1 game
Final Deciding Game
1 game
Final
1 game
Semifinal
2 games
Quarterfinals
4 games
Round of 16
8 games
Feb 2
Byun Sangil
B+1.5
Kim Eun-chi
Feb 3
Li Yuanrong
B+R
Pak Yeong-hun
Feb 9
Song Chi-hun
B+R
Kim Jiseok
Feb 10
Kim Cheong-hyeon Jr.
W+R
Shin Jinseo
Feb 16
Kim Myeonghoon
B+R
Cho Hanseung
Feb 17
Kang Yu-t'aek
W+R
Park Junghwan
Feb 23
Pak Pyeong-kyu
B+R
Kim Seung-chae
Feb 24
Choi Jeong
B+R
Lee Jihyun
Round of 32
16 games
Jan 5
Kang Seung-min
W+R
Kim Eun-chi
Jan 5
Kang Yu-t'aek
B+3.5
Pak Chin-sol
Jan 6
Shin Jinseo
B+R
Han Seungjoo
Jan 6
Song Chi-hun
B+R
An Sungjoon
Jan 12
Kim Myeonghoon
B+R
Pak Ha-min
Jan 12
Yun Junsang
W+R
Park Junghwan
Jan 13
Na Hyun
W+0.5
Lee Jihyun
Jan 13
Hong Sungji
W+2.5
Pak Yeong-hun
Jan 19
Byun Sangil
B+R
An Kukhyun
Jan 19
Yi Ch'ang-seok
W+R
Cho Hanseung
Jan 20
Kim Seung-chae
B+R
Pak Sang-chin
Jan 20
Li Yuanrong
B+R
Kang Dongyun
Jan 26
Choi Jeong
B+R
Weon Seongjin
Jan 26
Kim Jiseok
B+R
Ryu Min-hyeong
Jan 27
Shin Minjun
W+R
Pak Min-kyu
Jan 27
Kim Cheong-hyeon Jr.
B+2.5
Mok Chin-seok