BC Card Cup (Korea's national championship) explained

The BC Card Cup is a Go competition in South Korea.

Outline

The BC Card Cup is a tournament for 20 young players. It is a Go title in South Korea, the equivalent to the Shinjin-O title in Japan. The tournament first started in 1990, and is still in existence after 17 years. In order to get to the final, you must win 19 games. If you lose, you are out of the tournament. The holder of the title only plays one game, in which he needs to win to enter the final of the tournament. Once the final tournament starts, it's a knockout tournament. Players with the best record in the preliminaries are seeded into the 2nd round. The players get 3 hours in total to play each game, and the komi is 6.5 points.

Past winners

Player Years Held
Cho Hunhyun1990, 1995
Lee Chang-ho1991 - 1994, 1996
Mok Jin-seok1997
Kim Mansu1998
Lee Sang-Hoon1999
Cho Hanseung2001
Lee Sedol2002
Song Tae Kon2003
An Choyoung2004
Park Young-Hoon2005
Heo Young-ho2006
Won Seong-jin2007

See also

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