The Kiseong () was a

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The Kiseong was a Go competition used by the

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 ...

. It was the Hanguk Kiwon equivalent to the

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's Kisei competition and was sponsored by the ''

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'' (World Newspaper). The white komi was 6.5 points. The time limits for the final was five hours, while the rest of the tournament had four hours of thinking time. The winner's purse was 18,000,000 SKW ($18,000). The last year of the competition was 2008.

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