The Ing Cup () is an international Go tournament with a cash prize of over US$400,000. It was created by, and is named after, Ing Chang-ki. The tournament is held once every four years and hence often nicknamed the Go Olympics.
In the 7th Ing Cup, held in 2012/13, Fan Tingyu defeated Park Junghwan and became the youngest Ing Cup winner in history. In the semifinal, Fan defeated Xie He, and Park defeated Lee Chang-ho.
Overview The Ing Cup is sponsored by Ing Chang-ki Weichi Educational Foundation, Yomiuri Shimbun, the Nihon-Kiin, and Kansai-Kiin, and is held every four years (and thus often nicknamed Go Olympics). The competition has its own special rules. There is no byoyomi; instead, players who run out of time pay a two-point penalty to receive some extra time. The precise amount of time has varied historically; in the 10th cup final in 2024, the time allotment was three and a half hours for each player, with a two-point penalty to receive an extra 35 minutes, and players could receive extra time this way at most three times. The komi is 8 points, but Black wins ties. The first rounds are single-elimination knockouts, the semifinals are best-of-three, and the finals are best-of-five (except in 2023, when the final was best-of-three).
Past winners and runners-up Edition Year Winner Score Runner-up 1st 1988–1989 Cho Hunhyun 3–2 Nie Weiping 2nd 1992–1993 Seo Bongsoo 3–2 Otake Hideo 3rd 1996 Yoo Changhyuk 3–1 Yoda Norimoto 4th 2000–2001 Lee Changho 3–1 Chang Hao 5th 2004–2005 Chang Hao 3–1 Choi Cheolhan 6th 2008–2009 Choi Cheolhan 3–1 Lee Changho 7th 2012–2013 Fan Tingyu 3–1 Park Junghwan 8th 2016 Tang Weixing 3–2 Park Junghwan 9th 2020–2023 Shin Jinseo 2–0 Xie Ke 10th 2024 Ryo Ichiriki 3–0 Xie Ke
By nation Nation Winners Runners-up 6 4 3 4 1 2
8th Ing Cup (2016)
First round20 Apr 2016 Second round22 Apr Quarterfinals24 Apr Semifinals10–14 Jun Final10–12 Aug, 22–26 Oct bye Fan Tingyu Shi Yue Shi Yue Tang Weixing (3–2) Shi Yue – Yamashita Keigo Shi Yue Kono Rin – Chen Yaoye Kono Rin Kono Rin Park Yeong-hun – Gu Li Park Yeong-hun Hane Naoki – Eric Lui Hane Naoki Tang Weixing Tang Weixing (2–1) Tang Weixing – Yuki Satoshi Tang Weixing Mi Yuting – Fan Hui Mi Yuting Kim Ji-seok Kim Ji-seok – Lian Xiao Kim Ji-seok Kang Dong-yun – Qiu Jun Kang Dong-yun Kang Dong-yun Lee Sedol Park Junghwan Won Seong-jin – Tuo Jiaxi Won Seong-jin Lee Sedol – Andy Liu Lee Sedol Lee Sedol Lin Lixiang – Na Hyeon Lin Lixiang Wang Yuanjun – Mateusz Surma Wang Yuanjun Ke Jie Park Junghwan (2–1) Ke Jie – Cho U Ke Jie Huang Yunsong – So Yokoku Huang Yunsong Park Junghwan bye Park Junghwan
9th Ing Cup (2020–2023)
The 9th Ing Cup began in 2020, but its conclusion was significantly delayed, because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the organizers' decision to hold the final match face-to-face rather than online. The finalists were Shin Jin-seo and Xie Ke, who each advanced from the semifinals in January 2021. Shin Jin-seo beat Xie Ke 2–0 in the final matches, held on August 21 and 23, 2023.
First round8 Sep 2020 Second round9 Sep 2020 Quarterfinals10 Sep 2020 Semifinals10 & 12 Jan 2021 Final21–24 Aug 2023 bye Tang Weixing Tao Xinran Ichiriki Ryo Xie Ke Tao Xinran – Lee Dong-hun Tao Xinran Ichiriki Ryo – Mi Yuting Ichiriki Ryo Ichiriki Ryo An Seong-jun – Li Wei An Seong-jun Ke Jie – Kim Ji-seok Ke Jie Ke Jie Xie Ke (2–0) Jiang Weijie – Murakawa Daisuke Jiang Weijie Xie Ke – Ali Jabarin Xie Ke Xie Ke Yang Dingxin – Shibano Toramaru Yang Dingxin Shin Jinseo – Xie Erhao Shin Jinseo Shin Jinseo Shin Jinseo (2–0) Shin Jinseo (2–0) Fan Tingyu – Shin Min-jun Fan Tingyu Kono Rin – Lin Lixiang Kono Rin Gu Zihao Gu Zihao – Iyama Yuta Gu Zihao Xu Haohong – Byun Sang-il Xu Haohong Xu Haohong Zhao Chenyu Hsu Chia-yuan – Dang Yifei Hsu Chia-yuan Zhao Chenyu – Ryan Li Zhao Chenyu Zhao Chenyu bye Park Junghwan
10th Ing Cup (2024) The 10th Ing Cup expanded the number of players from 30 to 58. The finalists of the previous tournament, Shin Jinseo and Xie Ke, automatically qualified for the round of 16. The first and second round were played online on April 20–21, 2024. The round of 16, round of 8, and semifinals were played July 3–9. Match-ups were not determined by a pre-set bracket, but randomly drawn each round. Time controls in games before the semifinals were 2 hours per player, and players could pay a penalty to receive an extra 20 minutes up to three times. Games in the semifinals were played with 2.5 hours and up to three 25-minute extra periods; games in the finals were played with 3.5 hours and up to three 35-minute extra periods.
Round of 16 (July 3): Ichiriki Ryo defeated Liu Yuhang Li Qincheng def. Liao Yuanhe Xie Ke def. Kim Jin-hwi Xu Jiayang def. Park Junghwan Xu Haohong def. Peng Liyao Wang Xinghao def. Shin Jinseo Won Seong-jin def. Li Xuanhao Ke Jie def. Shin Min-jun Round of 8 (July 4): Ichiriki Ryo defeated Xu Jiayang Ke Jie def. Wang Xinghao Xie Ke def. Won Seong-jin Xu Haohong def. Li Qincheng Semifinals (July 6, 8, 9): Ichiriki Ryo 2–1 Ke Jie Xie Ke 2–0 Xu Haohong Final (August 12, 14, and September 8): Ichiriki Ryo 3–0 Xie Ke
References
External links Ing Cup games