Participants are 10 professionals from Japan, 5 from China, 5 from Korea, 7 invited players, and the winners of preliminaries held in Europe, North America, South America, and in Asia-Oceania-Africa.
Time is 3h each, komi 5.5 the first edition, 6.5 afterwards. The final was a single game the first edition, a best-of-three afterwards.
| # | year | winner | runner-up | score | sgf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2003 | Lee Changho | Chang Hao | 1-0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2005 | Lee Sedol | Chang Hao | 2-1 | 1 2 3 |
| 3 | 2007 | Lee Sedol | Cho U | 2-1 | 1 2 3 |
| 4 | 2009 | Gu Li | Piao Wenyao | 2-0 | 1 2 |
(The year given is the year of the final.)
Discontinued.