Holding cycle: it will be held once a year in the initial stage; It has been held every two years since 2000. 1, with 24 participants. Distribution of the number of first-place players: China 9, Japanese 6, Korean 5, Taiwan Province 2, America 1, Europe 1. From the second session, the ranking is the top three in the last session, with 8 in China, 5 in Japan, 4 in South Korea, 2 in Taiwan Province Province of China, the United States 1 and Europe 1.
2. The first four rounds of elimination, 1 round of lottery decision. The final adopts the three-time winning and losing system.
3. In the first round of competition, 8 people were bye-bye, and the places were allocated according to the places of the last 8 (including the last 3). * * * Number of participants 16, 8 scenic spots and bye-bye participants entered the second round.
4. In the second round 16 people participated in the competition, and the top eight were decided. In the third round, eight people participated in the competition, and the top four were decided. In the fourth round (semi-final), four people competed and the winner entered the final.
5. In the final, the third runner-up was decided by three wins and losses. At the same time, the third and fourth place competitions will be held, and the outcome will be decided by one game. The game adopts the latest rules of Go in China, and the black side also gives 3/4 pieces (equivalent to posting 7.5 sheets).
Each party takes 3 hours, leaving 5 minutes to count seconds, counting seconds 1 minute 5 times. The total prize is $400,000.
Bonus distribution:
First prize: $654.38+$500,000.
Runner-up bonus: $50,000
Third prize: $30,000
Bonus: 65,438+5,000 USD.
Other competition fees: 2000 dollars for the top 24, 4000 dollars for the top 16 and 7000 dollars for the top 8. The Chunlan Cup is 30cm high and 30cm in diameter, and it is a model of Yangshao pottery. Yangshao culture has a history of more than 7000 years and is one of the symbols of Chinese civilization. Weiqi has the same long history and is the quintessence of China, which means "with a long history" and "with a long history".
The design of Chunlan Cup has carried out the thought of China's classical philosophy, that is, "the wise see wisdom, the wise see stupidity". The shape of the cup is round, simple and solemn, noble and elegant, showing "broad-minded" and "simple and natural", which means "majestic, heavy, calm" and "inclusive". The pattern on the round pottery belly is the symbol of Chunlan "CL", followed by a deformed chessboard composed of longitude and latitude lines, similar to a globe, which means "Chunlan goes to the world" and "World-class Go Competition".
The upper part of Chunlan Cup is round, and the lower part is square, which accords with China's ancient theory that the sky is round and the place is round. The left and right ears are black and white Weiqi-shaped, and black and white means "Yin" and "Yang". The word "gold" on the cup is 24K, with a mahogany base. Pottery is a vessel for holding water, red is the color of fire, and earthen is the background color of pottery, in which the yin and yang elements of "golden wood fire, water and earth" are hidden, which is consistent with the ever-changing and mysterious way of Go.
The Chunlan Cup was made by Qiu Yulin, a famous contemporary ceramic artist and senior craftsman. Chunlan Cup has profound cultural background, elegant style, dignified and profound connotation, distinctive national style and strong artistic color, and is a rare boutique in the treasure house of Chinese art.
The logo design of Chunlan Cup takes the basic shape of the logo, and the circle represents "perfection" and symbolizes success. Red and blue are the standard colors of Chunlan enterprises, the outer ring of logo is a game diagram with symmetrical figures overlooking deformation, and the inner ring * * * is a chessboard figure with black and white chessboard, all of which reflect the Go game.
The inner circle of logo is a chessboard, which looks like the earth graphically. Many CL squares in the chessboard mean that "Chunlan Cup is influential all over the world". The characters in the outer ring also hugged, symbolizing "Chunlan embraces the world and looks up". The upper part of the logo is round, symbolizing the newly rising sun, and the lower part of the logo is the blue Chunlan logo, symbolizing the sea, which means that this competition originated from Chunlan. The whole logo pattern represents "Chunlan Cup World Professional Go Championship".