BC Card Cup World Baduk Championship was an international

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Player selection

The players were picked as follows: * 3 players from * 2 players from * 2 players from * 1 player from * 2 wild-card players named by

Hanguk Kiwon The Korea Baduk Association, also known as Hanguk Kiwon (), was founded in November 1945 by Cho Namchul. Baduk is a game which was present in Korea by the 5th century. It originated in China, but the West is more familiar with the Japanese name ...

* 54 preliminary tournament winners

Format

The format was a single

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with 6.5 points' komi. The time limit was 2 hour thinking time (from 2010), and the winner's purse was 300,000,000 Won ($268,000). In 2010 Gu Li was the defending champion, but lost in the round of 16 to

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by half a point with black, while leading in territory throughout the entire match.

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 fi ...

and Chang Hao were the 2010 finalists. Lee held a 2–0 lead heading to the break on 26 April. The match resumed on the 27th. Lee was the victor, to win his 11th World Championship, and also his 23rd consecutive win after coming out of retirement. Chang had been seeking his fourth World Championship. The 2012 Championship featured 2 Dark Horse Finalists. Whilst The first finalist Dang Yifei was able to take out very tough competition throughout the latter stages of the competition, building on momentum that he gained by defeating Defending Champion

in the Round of 32, the second finalist and eventual champion

Paek Hongsuk Paek Hongsuk (백홍석, 白洪淅 born 13 August 1986) is a professional Go player. Biography Paek became a professional in August 2001. He was promoted to 5 dan in 2006. He won his first title, the SK Gas Cup, in 2006. Also in 2006, he reache ...

had a much more difficult path, having remained as one of the few remaining Korean players in the Round of 16, and the only player after the Quarterfinals, after

Pak Yeong-hun Park Yeong-hun ( ko, 박영훈, born April 1, 1985), also known as Park Young-hoon and Pak Yeong-hoon, is a South Korean professional Go player. Biography Park Yeong-hun was born in Seoul. He is a professional Go player in the Hanguk Kiwon. He ...

was defeated by Dang Yifei. A couple of close 1.5 point wins against tough Chinese opposition, and then playing a semi-final that was labelled as "a crafty fox", forcing

Hu Yaoyu Hu Yaoyu ( Chinese: 胡耀宇; Pinyin: Hú Yàoyǔ; born January 18, 1982) is a Chinese professional Go player. Biography Hu became a pro at the age most Chinese players do which is 11. He quickly achieved 5 dan in 5 years, and became 8 dan ...

, who was on the last remaining 1-minute

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, to look for attacking moves on a seemingly safe dragon of White's. The game seemed very tame, and was definitely heading towards an endgame where there was a lot of "hidden" territory for both sides. The Final was played from 12 May to the 16th, and for the 2nd time in Four Championships, the Champion won by the fourth game. Paek Hongsuk was able to Snap Dang Yifei's 19 game International win-streak, and then win 2 more games with both the black stones and white stones respectively to win the Championship.

Past winners and runners-up

References

External links

BC Card Cup at Go Game Guru
{{International go titles International Go competitions

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Format

Past winners and runners-up

See also

References

External links