Introduction of LG Cup World Go Championship

The LG Cup World Weiqi Championship is one of the major international competitions of Weiqi. In the annual international Go competition, the champion has the highest prize money. The 20th prize money totaled 654.38+0.3 billion, with 300 million champions and 654.38+0 million runners-up. The predecessor of 1LG Cup is the Korean domestic competition "Chess King Battle" sponsored by Chosun Ilbo and sponsored by LG Group. 1996, the organizer felt the internationalization trend of Go and founded the LG Cup World Chess Championship. 20 16 On February 4th, the 20th LG Cup deciding game was held in Pyeongchang, gangwon. In the end, Jiang Jiuduan defeated Young Joon Park Jiuduan with 227 hands, and Sanfangqi won the100th world championship in history with 2- 1.