The 1st Ing Cup was the first edition of the Ing Cup, an international Go tournament held every four years. The 1st Ing Cup was a sixteen player invitational, with six players representing the Nihon Ki-in (Kobayashi Koichi, Kato Masao, Fujisawa Shuko, Takemiya Masaki, Hashimoto Shoji, and Cho Chikun), five players representing the Zhongguo Qiyuan (Liu Xiaoguang, Ma Xiaochun, Jiang Zhujiu, Wu Songsheng, and Nie Weiping), three Taiwanese Nihon Ki-in players (O Rissei, O Meien, and Rin Kaiho), one player from the Hanguk Kiwon (Cho Hunhyun), and one player representing North America (Michael Redmond).[1][2][3]

The first round was held on 21 August 1988 and the tournament concluded with the fifth and final match of the finals on 5 September 1989. Cho Hunhyun won the tournament, defeating three Nihon Ki-in players along the way.[2]

Knockout round

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
21 August
 
 
China Nie Weiping1
 
 
 
United States Michael Redmond0
 
Nie Weiping1
 
21 August
 
Cho Chikun0
 
South Korea Cho Chikun1
 
 
 
China Wu Songsheng0
 
Nie Weiping2
 
21 August
 
Fujisawa Shuko0
 
Japan Fujisawa Shuko1
 
 
 
China Ma Xiaochun0
 
Fujisawa Shuko1
 
21 August
 
Kato Masao0
 
Japan Kato Masao1
 
 
 
China Liu Xiaoguang0
 
Nie Weiping2
 
21 August
 
Cho Hunhyun3
 
South Korea Cho Hunhyun1
 
 
 
Taiwan O Meien0
 
Cho Hunhyun1
 
21 August
 
Kobayashi Koichi0
 
Japan Kobayashi Koichi1
 
 
 
Taiwan O Rissei0
 
Cho Hunhyun2
 
21 August
 
Rin Kaiho0
 
Taiwan Rin Kaiho1
 
 
 
Japan Hashimoto Shoji0
 
Rin Kaiho1
 
21 August
 
Jiang Zhujiu0
 
China Jiang Zhujiu1
 
 
Japan Takemiya Masaki0
 

Final

Player
1
2
3
4
5
T
South Korea Cho HunhyunW+3.5B+1.5B+R3
China Nie Weipingใ…• W+9.5B+2.52

References

  1. โ†‘ "1st Ing Cup". senseis.xmp.net. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Ing Cup, 1st edition, 1988". gobase.org. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  3. โ†‘ "Go Tournament:Ing Cup". gogameworld.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
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