The 5th

Ing Cup The Ing Cup () is an international Go tournament with a cash prize of over US$400,000. It was created by, and is named after, Ing Chang-ki. The tournament is held once every four years and hence often nicknamed the Go Olympics. In the 7th Ing ...

began on 20 April 2004 and concluded on 5 March 2005. Chang Hao defeated

Choi Cheol-han Choi Cheol-han is a South Korean professional Go player. He is the fourth youngest (12 years 2 months) to become a professional Go player in South Korean history behind Cho Hun-hyun (9 years 7 months), Lee Chang-ho (11 years 1 months) and ...

3–1 in the finals. The main tournament featured 24 players: *China (8): Chang Hao, Gu Li,

Kong Jie Kong Jie (; born 25 November 1982) is a Chinese professional Go player. Biography Kong Jie turned professional in 1994 at the age of 12. He was promoted to 7-dan after eight years in 2001. In 2004 he was sent into the Teda Cup as Ch ...

Liu Xing Liu Xing (; born December 10, 1984) is a Chinese professional Go player. Biography Liu started to learn Go at the age of 6. He turned professional in 1995, and joined the Chinese national squad in 1997. He was promoted to 7 dan in 200 ...

Ma Xiaochun Ma Xiaochun (; born 26 August 1964) is a Chinese people, Chinese professional Go (board game), Go player. Biography Ma was born in Zhejiang, China. He began playing Go at the age of nine and was awarded 7 dan rank in 1982. In 1983, Ma was pro ...

, Peng Quan, Yu Bin,

Zhou Heyang Zhou Heyang (Traditional: 周鶴洋; Simplified: 周鹤洋; Pinyin: Zhōu Hèyáng; born June 18, 1976) is a Chinese professional Go player. Biography Zhou Heyang was born in Luoyang, Henan, China. He is a Chinese professional Go player. ...

*Japan (7):

Hane Naoki is a professional Japanese 9 dan Go player currently affiliated with the Nihon Ki-in. He is both the son and student of Yasumasa Hane is a professional Go player. Hane was one of the best players in the Nagoya branch of the Nihon Ki-in ...

O Meien Wang Ming-wan (; born November 22, 1961), also known as O Meien, is a professional Go player. Biography Wang was born in Taipei, Taiwan. He is known for his quick fuseki and fighting ability. He became a pro in 1977, two years after moving to ...

O Rissei O, or o, is the fifteenth letter and the fourth vowel letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''o'' (pronounced ), pl ...

Otake Hideo is a Japanese retired professional Go player. Biography Otake was born in Kitakyūshū City, Japan. He joined the legendary Kitani Minoru school when he was 9, and quickly rose up the ranks to turn professional in 1956, when he was 14. He ...

Rin Kaiho Rin Kaihō or Lin Haifeng (; born May 6, 1942) is a professional Taiwanese Go player who made his name in Japan. He is, along with Cho Chikun, Kobayashi Koichi, Otake Hideo, Takemiya Masaki and Kato Masao, considered one of the 'Six Supers' ...

Yamashita Keigo is a professional Go player. Yamashita adopted the name Honinbo Dowa after winning his first Honinbo title in 2010. Biography A student of Yasuro Kikuchi, Yamashita turned professional in 1993. He won the 19th Kisei 2 dan division in 199 ...

Yoda Norimoto is a professional Go player. Biography Yoda is a student of Takeo Ando. He has won 35 titles so far in his career, the seventh highest in Japan. He became a professional in 1980, and reached 9 dan in 1993. In 2006, he was the heart of the Ja ...

*Korea (5):

Lee Chang-ho Lee Chang-ho ( ko, 이창호; born 29 July 1975 in Jeonju, North Jeolla) is a South Korean professional Go player of 9-dan rank. He is regarded by many as the best Go player of the late 1990s and early 2000s. He was a student of Cho Hu ...

Lee Sedol Lee Sedol ( ko, 이세돌; born 2 March 1983), or Lee Se-dol, is a former South Korean professional Go player of 9 dan rank. As of February 2016, he ranked second in international titles (18), behind only Lee Chang-ho (21). He is the f ...

Song Tae Kon Song Tae-kon (born September 8, 1986) is a Korean professional Go player. Biography Song Tae-kon started learning Go when he was 6. He turned pro when he was 13. He is one of the best young players in South Korea. His biggest moment came in ...

Yoo Changhyuk Yoo Changhyuk (born April 25, 1966) is a professional Go player in South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land bor ...

*Taiwan (2):

Cho U Cho U (; born on 20 January 1980) is a Taiwanese professional Go player. He currently ranks 6th in the most titles won by a Japanese professional; his NEC Cup win in 2011 put him past his teacher Rin Kaiho and Norimoto Yoda. Cho is the first ...

Zhou Junxun Chou Chun-hsun ( Taiwanese POJ: Chiu Chùn-hun; born February 23, 1980) is a Go player."Youngsters dominate Ing Cup". Xinhua News Agency. April 22, 2004 (via Lexis-Nexis). Retrieved February 13, 2010. Biography Chou was born in Taipei, Taiwan ...

*North America (1): Jimmy Cha *Europe (1):

Alexandre Dinerchtein Alexandre (also Alexander) Grigorievich Dinerchtein (''Александр Григорьевич Динерштейн'', born April 19, 1980) is a professional Go player from Russia. He is one of only a few non-Asian players to reach professional ...

Lee Chang-ho, Ma Xiaochun, Otake Hideo, Yoda Norimoto, Chang Hao, Rin Kaiho, O Meien, and Yu Bin were given first round byes.

Tournament

Finals

References

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