The Chunlan Cup, officially the Chunlan Cup World Professional Weiqi Championship (Chinese: 春兰杯世界职业围棋锦标赛), is an international Go competition.

Outline

The Chunlan Cup is an international Go tournament sponsored and hosted by the Chunlan Group of China. 24 players are chosen as follows:

The 24 players are reduced to 16 after the first round. The top 8 players are qualified for the next round while the bottom 8 play each other in a knockout tournament.

Each player has 2 hours and 30 minutes of time with five 60-second byoyomi periods, since the 12th cup.[1] (Formerly, the time limit was 3 hours with five 60-second byoyomi periods.[2]) The komi is 7.5 points. The winner's prize is US$150,000.

Past winners and runners-up

EditionYearWinnerScoreRunner-up
1st1998–1999South Korea Cho Hunhyun2–1South Korea Lee Chang-ho
2nd1999–2000Japan O Rissei2–1China Ma Xiaochun
3rd2000–2001South Korea Yoo Changhyuk2–1Japan O Rissei
4th2002–2003South Korea Lee Chang-ho2–0Japan Hane Naoki
5th2003–2005South Korea Lee Chang-ho2–1China Zhou Heyang
6th2006–2007China Gu Li2–0China Chang Hao
7th2008–2009China Chang Hao2–0South Korea Lee Chang-ho
8th2010–2011South Korea Lee Sedol2–1[3]China Xie He
9th2012–2013China Chen Yaoye2–1[4]South Korea Lee Sedol
10th2014–2015China Gu Li2–0China Zhou Ruiyang
11th2016–2017China Tan Xiao2–1[2]South Korea Park Yeong-hun
12th2018–2019South Korea Park Junghwan2–0[1]South Korea Park Yeong-hun
13th2020–2021South Korea Shin Jin-seo2–0[5]China Tang Weixing
14th2022–2023South Korea Byun Sang-il2–0[6]China Li Xuanhao

By nation

Nation Winners Runners-up
 South Korea 8 5
 China 5 7
 Japan 1 2

References

  1. 1 2 "박정환, 춘란배 우승… 메이저 세계대회 4번째 챔피언". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 2019-06-27.
  2. 1 2 "春兰杯决赛檀啸2-1朴永训 夺个人世界首冠". sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 2017-06-26.
  3. ↑ Jing (2011-06-30). "Lee Sedol wins 8th Chunlan Cup". Go Game Guru. Archived from the original on 2016-12-28.
  4. ↑ Jing (2013-06-20). "Chen Yaoye wins 9th Chunlan Cup, finally achieves international success". Go Game Guru. Archived from the original on 2016-12-28.
  5. ↑ "春兰杯决赛不敌申真谞：唐韦星告诫年轻棋手多练棋艺少玩游戏". Xinmin Evening News (in Chinese). 2021-09-15.
  6. ↑ "변상일 메이저 첫 우승...'남버 3′ 설움 털었다". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 2023-07-19.


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