The 1st Ing Cup was the first edition of the
Ing Cup, an international
Go tournament held every four years. The 1st Ing Cup was a sixteen player invitational, with six players representing the
Nihon Ki-in (
Kobayashi Koichi,
Kato Masao,
Fujisawa Shuko
, also known as Shuko Fujisawa, was a Japanese professional Go player. A younger uncle of another professional, Hosai Fujisawa and grandfather of professional Go player Rina Fujisawa.
Biography
Hideyuki Fujisawa was born in Yokohama, Japan. ...
,
Takemiya Masaki,
Hashimoto Shoji
was a professional Go player.
Biography
Hashimoto turned pro in 1947 when he was just 12. It took him only 11 years to reach 9p. He learned Go from his father Hashimoto Kunisaburō and his disciples include Takahara Shūji, Moriyama Naoki, ...
, and
Cho Chikun), five players representing the
Zhongguo Qiyuan (
Liu Xiaoguang
Liu Xiaoguang (born 20 March 1960) is a professional Go player.
Biography
He started playing Go at the age of 13 and became a 6 dan professional in 1982. In 1988, he was awarded 9 dan by the Zhongguo Qiyuan China Qiyuan () is an official agency ...
,
Ma Xiaochun,
Jiang Zhujiu
Jiang Zhujiu (; born February 17, 1962 in Taiyuan) is a Chinese professional Go player.
Biography
Jiang began playing Go when he was 6. In 1982, he was 5 dan, and 1987 he was promoted to 7 dan. Earlier in his career, he competed in some of ...
,
Wu Songsheng, and
Nie Weiping
Nie Weiping (; born 17 August 1952) is a professional Go player.
Biography
Born in Shenzhou, Nie began learning Go at the age of nine and won the inaugural World Amateur Go Championship in 1979. Nie was given 9 dan rank in 1982. He became ...
), three
Taiwanese Nihon Ki-in players (
O Rissei,
O Meien, and
Rin Kaiho), one player from the
Hanguk Kiwon (
Cho Hunhyun
Cho Hunhyun ( ko, 조훈현; born 10 March 1953) is a South Korean professional Go player and politician. Considered one of the greatest players of all time, Cho reached professional level in Korea in 1962. Since then, Cho has amassed 150 profe ...
), and one player representing
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
(
Michael Redmond).
The first round was held on 21 August 1988 and the tournament concluded with the fifth and final match of the finals on 5 September 1989. Cho Hunhyun won the tournament, defeating three Nihon Ki-in players along the way.
Knockout round
Final
References
1988 in go
1989 in go
Ing Cup
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