LG Cup

The LG Cup World King of Baduk Tournament (LG배 세계기왕전, LG杯世界棋王戦, LG盃世界棋王戰) was founded by Korean LG Group in 1996. It is a single knockout tournament, with best-of-five final until the 10th edition, best-of-three afterwards. Komi was 5.5, since the 3rd edition 6.5. Time allotted is 3h.

Below we give the sgfs of the final games. (Here "year" is the year of the final.) The first column gives links to more information on the separate tournaments.

# year winner runner-up score sgf

1 1997 Lee Changho Yoo Changhyuk 3-0 1 2 3

2 1998 O Rissei Yoo Changhyuk 3-2 1 2 3 4 5

3 1999 Lee Changho Ma Xiaochun 3-0 1 2 3

4 2000 Yu Bin Yoo Changhyuk 3-1 1 2 3 4

5 2001 Lee Changho Lee Sedol 3-2 1 2 3 4 5

6 2002 Yoo Changhyuk Cho Hunhyun 3-2 1 2 3 4 5

7 2003 Lee Sedol Lee Changho 3-1 1 2 3 4

8 2004 Lee Changho Mok Jinseok 3-1 1 2 3 4

9 2005 Cho U Yu Bin 3-1 1 2 3 4

10 2006 Gu Li Chen Yaoye 3-2 1 2 3 4 5

11 2007 Zhou Junxun Hu Yaoyu 2-1 1 2 3

12 2008 Lee Sedol Han Sanghoon 2-1 1 2 3

13 2009 Gu Li Lee Sedol 2-0 1 2

14 2010 Kong Jie Lee Changho 2-0 1 2

15 2011 Piao Wenyao Kong Jie 2-0 1 2

16 2012 Jiang Weijie Lee Changho 2-0 1 2

17 2013 Shi Yue Won Sungjin 2-0 1 2

18 2014 Tuo Jiaxi Zhou Ruiyang 2-1 1 2 3

19 2015 Park Junghwan Kim Jiseok 2-1 1 2 3

20 2016 Kang Dongyun Park Yeonghun 2-1 1 2 3

21 2017 Dang Yifei Zhou Ruiyang 2-0 1 2

22 2018 Xie Erhao Iyama Yuta 2-1 1 2 3

23 2019 Yang Dingxin Shi Yue 2-1 1 2 3

24 2020 Shin Jinseo Park Junghwan 2-0 1 2

25 2021 Shin Minjun Ke Jie 2-1 1 2 3

26 2022 Shin Jinseo Yang Dingxin 2-0 1 2

27 2023 Ding Hao Yang Dingxin 2-0 1 2

28 2024 Shin Jinseo Byun Sangil 2-0 1 2

29 2025 Byun Sangil / Ke Jie 2-1* 1 2 3

30 2026 Shin Minjun Ichiriki Ryo 2-1 1 2 3

#	year	winner	runner-up	score	sgf
1	1997	Lee Changho	Yoo Changhyuk	3-0	1 2 3
2	1998	O Rissei	Yoo Changhyuk	3-2	1 2 3 4 5
3	1999	Lee Changho	Ma Xiaochun	3-0	1 2 3
4	2000	Yu Bin	Yoo Changhyuk	3-1	1 2 3 4
5	2001	Lee Changho	Lee Sedol	3-2	1 2 3 4 5
6	2002	Yoo Changhyuk	Cho Hunhyun	3-2	1 2 3 4 5
7	2003	Lee Sedol	Lee Changho	3-1	1 2 3 4
8	2004	Lee Changho	Mok Jinseok	3-1	1 2 3 4
9	2005	Cho U	Yu Bin	3-1	1 2 3 4
10	2006	Gu Li	Chen Yaoye	3-2	1 2 3 4 5
11	2007	Zhou Junxun	Hu Yaoyu	2-1	1 2 3
12	2008	Lee Sedol	Han Sanghoon	2-1	1 2 3
13	2009	Gu Li	Lee Sedol	2-0	1 2
14	2010	Kong Jie	Lee Changho	2-0	1 2
15	2011	Piao Wenyao	Kong Jie	2-0	1 2
16	2012	Jiang Weijie	Lee Changho	2-0	1 2
17	2013	Shi Yue	Won Sungjin	2-0	1 2
18	2014	Tuo Jiaxi	Zhou Ruiyang	2-1	1 2 3
19	2015	Park Junghwan	Kim Jiseok	2-1	1 2 3
20	2016	Kang Dongyun	Park Yeonghun	2-1	1 2 3
21	2017	Dang Yifei	Zhou Ruiyang	2-0	1 2
22	2018	Xie Erhao	Iyama Yuta	2-1	1 2 3
23	2019	Yang Dingxin	Shi Yue	2-1	1 2 3
24	2020	Shin Jinseo	Park Junghwan	2-0	1 2
25	2021	Shin Minjun	Ke Jie	2-1	1 2 3
26	2022	Shin Jinseo	Yang Dingxin	2-0	1 2
27	2023	Ding Hao	Yang Dingxin	2-0	1 2
28	2024	Shin Jinseo	Byun Sangil	2-0	1 2
29	2025	Byun Sangil / Ke Jie	2-1*	1 2 3
30	2026	Shin Minjun	Ichiriki Ryo	2-1	1 2 3

*) Ke Jie won once, and forfeited the game twice for not putting captured stones in the lid of the bowl. Byun Sangil won no games.