Ing Cup

The Ing Cup (Chinese: 应氏杯; pinyin: Yīng Shì Bēi) is an international Go tournament with a cash prize of over US$400,000. It was created by, and is named after, Ing Chang-ki.[1] The tournament is held once every four years and hence often nicknamed the Go Olympics.

This article is about the Go tournament. For other uses, see ING Cup (cricket) and ING Cup (football).
This article is about an international Go tournament. It is not to be confused with Chang-ki Cup, an affiliated annual domestic Go tournament in China.
Ing Cup
Full nameIng Cup
Started1988
SponsorsIng Chang-ki Weiqi Educational Foundation
Prize moneyUS$400,000

In the 7th Ing Cup, held in 2012/13, Fan Tingyu defeated Park Junghwan and became the youngest Ing Cup winner in history. In the semifinal, Fan defeated Xie He, and Park defeated Lee Chang-ho.

Overview

The Ing Cup is sponsored by Ing Chang-ki Weichi Educational Foundation, Yomiuri Shimbun, the Nihon-Kiin, and Kansai-Kiin, and is held every four years (and thus often nicknamed Go Olympics). The competition has its own special rules. The time allotment is three hours for each player, with no byoyomi; instead, players who run out of time pay a two-point penalty to receive an extra twenty minutes, and can receive extra time this way at most twice.[2][3] The komi is 8 points, but Black wins ties.[4] The first rounds are knockouts, while the semi-finals and finals are a best-of-three and best-of-five respectively.[5][6]

Past winners and runners-up
EditionYearNat.WinnerNat.Runner-upScore
1st 1988–1989 Cho Hunhyun Nie Weiping 3–2
2nd 1992–1993 Seo Bongsoo Otake Hideo 3–2
3rd 1996 Yoo Changhyuk Yoda Norimoto 3–1
4th 2000–2001 Lee Changho Chang Hao 3–1
5th 2004–2005 Chang Hao Choi Cheolhan 3–1
6th 2008–2009 Choi Cheolhan Lee Changho 3–1
7th 2012–2013 Fan Tingyu Park Junghwan 3–1
8th 2016 Tang Weixing Park Junghwan 3–2
9th 2020–

The 9th Ing Cup has been significantly delayed, for reasons related to the COVID-19 pandemic. No date for final match has been announced, as of February 2023.[7] The finalists are Shin Jin-seo and Xie Ke, who each advanced from the semifinals in January 2021.[8]

By nation
Nation Winners Runners-up
 South Korea 5 4
 China 3 2
 Japan 0 2

References
  1. "应昌期之子应明皓辞世享年76岁 父子俩为推广围棋贡献巨大_体育_腾讯网". sports.qq.com. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  2. "The Power Report: Korea wins Go Legends National Competition; Ing Cup". American Go E-Journal. 2021-02-27.
  3. "应氏杯决胜局唐韦星胜朴廷桓 中国第三度捧杯". www.ycqweiqi.com (in Chinese). 2016-10-27.
  4. "The Power Report (4/4): Kono to challenge for Kisei; Tang wins Ing Cup; Tri-country Young Stars". American Go E-Journal. 2016-11-16.
  5. "Go Tournament: Ing Cup". gogameworld.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  6. "Introduction". gobase.org. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  7. "22岁丁浩LG杯夺冠！00后棋手也是时候担起大任了". Xinmin. 2023-02-02.
  8. "The Power Report: Korea wins Go Legends National Competition; Ing Cup". American Go E-Journal. 2021-02-27.
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