The Chunwon (Korean: 천원전, Hanja: 天元戰) was a Go competition in Korea. Begun in 1996, it was held nineteen times and was discontinued after 2015.

The winner of the Chunwon went on to play the winner of the Chinese equivalent (the Tianyuan), in the annual China–Korea Tengen competition.[1]

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The Chunwon Cup was the equivalent to the Tengen in Japan. This tournament replaced the Baccus Cup. The sponsors were Far East Pharmaceuticals and Daily Economic Newspaper. The komi was 6.5 points. The time limits were 5 hours in the final, 4 in the main knockout, and 3 in the preliminaries. The winner's purse was 20,000,000 ($17,000).[2]

Past winners and runners-up

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Year Winner Score Runner-up
1996 Yoo Changhyuk 3–2 Cho Hunhyun
1997 Lee Changho 3–0 Choi Myunghoon
1998 3–1
1999 3–0 Seo Bongsoo
2000 Lee Sedol 3–0 Yoo Jaehung
2001 Park Yeonghun 3–1 Yoon Seounghyun
2002 Song Taekon 3–2 Cho Hunhyun
2003 Choi Cheolhan 3–1 Won Seongjin
2004 3–0 An Dalhun
2005 Ko Geuntae 3–2 Park Yeonghun
2006 Cho Hanseung 3–1 Lee Sedol
2007 Won Seungjin 1–0 Kang Dongyun
2008 Kang Dongyun 3–2 Lee Sedol
2009 Park Junghwan 3–0 Kim Jiseok
2010 Choi Cheolhan 3–0 Lee Taehyun
2011 2–1 Yun Junsang
2012 Park Yeonghun 2–0 Choi Cheolhan
2013 Park Junghwan 2–0
2014 Na Hyun 2–0 Shin Minjun

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "China Korea Tengen". Sensei's Library. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Go Tournament: Chunwon Title". gogameworld.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
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