KBS Cup

The KBS Cup is a South Korean Go competition.

Outline

The KBS Cup is sponsored by KBS. From 1980 to 2003, the tournament was named the KBS Baduk Wang, but was recently renamed to the KBS Cup. The main tournament consists of 16 players who compete in a knockout tournament. There is a winner's and a loser's round to decide the challenger. The thinking time is 5 minutes with byo-yomi.

Formerly, the final was a best-of-3 match. In 2023, the final match was a single game.[1]

It is broadcast live by KBS 1TV.

Past winners

PlayerTitlesYears Held
Cho Hunhyun111980, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1999
Lee Chang-ho111988, 1991, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007–2009
Park Junghwan52010–2012, 2015, 2017
Shin Jinseo42019–2021, 2023
Lee Sedol32006, 2013, 2016
Seo Bongsoo11983
Ha Chan-seok11985
Yoo Changhyuk11995
Mok Jin-seok12000
Song Tae Kon12003
Lee Dong-hoon12014
Shin Minjun12018

Final Results

VolumeYearWinnersScoreRunners-up
11980Cho Hunhyun2–0No Yeongha
21981Cho Hunhyun2–0Kim Hui-jung
not held1982---
31983Seo Bongsoo2–0Kim Jwa-gi
41984Cho Hunhyun2–1Seo Bong-soo
51985Ha Chan-seok2–1Kim Hui-jung
61986Cho Hunhyun2–1Kim Hui-jung
71987Cho Hunhyun2–0Seo Nungwuk
81988Lee Chang-ho2–1Kim Soojang
91989Cho Hunhyun2–1Seo Nungwuk
101990Cho Hunhyun2–0Seo Nungwuk
111991Lee Chang-ho2–1Cho Hunhyun
121992Cho Hunhyun2–0Yoo Changhyuk
not held1993---
131994Lee Chang-ho2–0Cho Hunhyun
141995Yoo Changhyuk2–0Lee Chang-ho
151996Cho Hunhyun2–1Lee Chang-ho
161997Cho Hunhyun2–0Lee Chang-ho
171998Lee Chang-ho2–0Jeong Su-hyeon
181999Cho Hunhyun2–0Lee Chang-ho
192000Mok Jin-seok2–1Lee Chang-ho
202001Lee Chang-ho2–0Lee Sedol
212002Lee Chang-ho2–1Lee Sanghun
222003Song Tae-kon2–0Park Byeong-gyu
232004Lee Chang-ho2–0Cho Hanseung
242005Lee Chang-ho2–0Yoo Changhyuk
252006Lee Sedol2–0Choi Cheol-han
262007Lee Chang-ho2–1Cho Hanseung
272008Lee Chang-ho2–1Lee Sedol
282009Lee Chang-ho2–0Kang Dongyun
292010Park Junghwan2–0Paek Hongsuk
302011Park Junghwan2–0Paek Hongsuk
312012Park Junghwan2–1Lee Chang-ho
322013Lee Sedol2–1Park Junghwan
332014Lee Dong-hoon2–0Park Junghwan
342015Park Junghwan2–1Lee Sedol
352016Lee Sedol2–0Na Hyeon
362017Park Junghwan2–0Kim Ji-seok
372018Shin Minjun2–0Park Junghwan
382019Shin Jinseo2–1Shin Minjun
392020Shin Jinseo2–0An Seongjun
402021Shin Jinseo2–0Park Junghwan
412023Shin Jinseo1–0[1]Park Junghwan

References

  1. "'절대 1강' 신진서, 사상 첫 KBS 바둑왕전 4연패 달성". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 2023-02-26.
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