Chunwon

The Chunwon was a Go competition in Korea. Begun in 1996, it was held nineteen times and was discontinued after 2015.
The winner of the Chunwon went on to play the winner of the Chinese equivalent, in the annual China–Korea Tengen competition.

Outline

The Chunwon Cup was the equivalent to the Tengen in Japan. This tournament replaced the Baccus Cup. The sponsors were Far East Pharmaceuticals and Daily Economic Newspaper. The komi was 6.5 points. The time limits were 5 hours in the final, 4 in the main knockout, and 3 in the preliminaries. The winner's purse was 20,000,000.