The Siptan (
Korean: 십단전,
Hanja
Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom.
(, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, wh ...
: 十段戰) was a South Korean
Go competition
This is a list of professional Go tournaments, for competitors in the board game of ''Go''. The tradition, initiated by the Honinbo Tournament in Japan, is for an event to be run annually, leading up to a title match and the award of a title f ...
. Begun in 2005, it was held eight times and was discontinued after 2013.
Outline
The Siptan was sponsored by
Wonik Corporation and the
Hanguk Kiwon. The format was
hayago
Players of the game of Go often use jargon to describe situations on the board and surrounding the game. Such technical terms are likely to be encountered in books and articles about Go in English as well as other languages. Many of these terms ...
(blitz) with 10 minutes total and 40 seconds for
byo-yomi
A time control is a mechanism in the tournament play of almost all two-player board games so that each round of the match can finish in a timely way and the tournament can proceed. Time controls are typically enforced by means of a game clock, ...
. The final is decided in a best-of-3 match. The winner's purse was 25,000,000 Won (~US$26,000). It was the Korean equivalent of the Japanese
Judan title.
Past winners and runners-up
See also
*
Judan
References
External links
Sensei's Librarygotoeveryone.k2ss.infoKorea Baduk Association(in Korean)
{{Korean go titles
Go competitions in South Korea