The Chunlan Cup, officially the Chunlan Cup World Professional Weiqi Championship (), is an international
Go competition
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Outline
The Chunlan Cup is an international
Go tournament sponsored and hosted by the
Chunlan Group
Chunlan Group Corp () is a Chinese corporation with its headquarters at Taizhou, Jiangsu province.
The founder, Tao Jianxing, took over the management of Taizhou Cooling Equipment Factory in 1985, which gradually expanded in the air conditioner ...
of China. 24 players are chosen as follows:
*3 top players of last tournament
*8 from
*5 from
*4 from
*2 from
*1 from
North America
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*1 from
Europe
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The 24 players are reduced to 16 after the first round. The top 8 players are qualified for the next round while the bottom 8 play each other in a knockout tournament.
Each player has 2 hours and 30 minutes of time with five 60-second
byoyomi
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periods, since the 12th cup.
(Formerly, the time limit was 3 hours with five 60-second byoyomi periods.
) The
komi is 7.5 points. The winner's prize is US$150,000.
Past winners and runners-up
By nation
References
External links
Official website(in Chinese)
gotoeveryone.k2ss.info
International Go competitions
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