Chunlan Cup
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The Chunlan Cup, officially the Chunlan Cup World Professional Weiqi Championship (Chinese: 春兰杯世界职业围棋锦标赛), is an international Go competition.
The Chunlan Cup is an international Go tournament sponsored and hosted by the Chunlan Group of China. 24 players are chosen as follows:
- 3 top players of last tournament
- 8 from
China - 5 from
Japan - 4 from
South Korea - 2 from
Chinese Taipei - 1 from North America
- 1 from Europe
The 24 players are reduced to 16 after the first round. The top 8 players are qualified for the next round while the bottom 8 play each other in a knockout tournament.
Each player has 2 hours and 30 minutes of time with five 60-second byoyomi periods, since the 12th cup.[1] (Formerly, the time limit was 3 hours with five 60-second byoyomi periods.[2]) The komi is 7.5 points. The winner's prize is US$150,000.
