30th LG Cup

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30th LG Cup Round of 24 starts tomorrow

Lee Changho 9P joins as a past champion

Cho U 9P joins as a past champion

Wang Licheng 9p joins as a past champion

Matchups for Round of 24:

Ahn Kukhyun VS Yoo Changhyuk
Sumire VS Wang Licheng
Sim Jaeik VS Choi Jung
Hwang Jaeyeon VS Moon Minjong
Kim Beomseo VS Kyo Kagen
Lee Wondo VS Zhou Junxun
An Sungjoon VS Cho U
Lee Changho VS Kang Dongyun

The following eight players are seeded in the round of 16:

Shin Jinseo, Park Junghwan, Byun Sangil, Shin Minjun, Seol Hyunjun, Ichiriki Ryo, Iyama Yuta, Hsu Haohung

Schedule:

Round of 24: 19th May 2025
Round of 16: 21st May 2025
Quarterfinals: 4th August 2025
Semi-finals: 6th August 2025
Finals Game 1: 19th January 2026
Finals Game 2: 21st January 2026
Finals Game 3: 22nd January 2026

All games begin at 10:00 AM (GMT+9) and have a time limit of 3 hours per player, plus a 40-second byoyomi 5 times.

The prize money is 300 million Korean won for the winner, 100 million Korean won for the runner-up, 24 million Korean won for the semifinalists, 12 million Korean won for the quarterfinalists, 6 million Korean won for the round of 16 participants, and 4 million Korean won for the round of 24 participants. Historically, Korea has won the tournament 14 times, China 12 times, Japan 2 times, and Taiwan 1 time.

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LG Cup Round of 24 Streams

All games can be watched on Go servers such as Fox.
The pairings can be found here.

Baduk TV (Sumire VS Wang Licheng)

KBaduk (Choi Jung VS Sim Jaeik)

Tygem TV (Lee Changho VS Kang Dongyun)

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[LG Cup] Wildcards Sumire and Choi Jung advance to the Round of 16 with past LG Cup champions Cho U and Zhou Junxun

Round of 16 players

In the battle of generations, Sumire (left) won against O Rissei (right).

Choi Jung (right) managed to beat Sim Jaeik (left) to get into the Round of 16.

See here for the highlights.

Results for Round of 24:

Kyo Kagen 0-1 Kim Beomseo
O Rissei 0-1 Sumire
Choi Jung 1-0 Sim Jaeik
Hwang Jaeyeon 1-0 Moon Minjong
Yoo Changhyuk 0-1 Ahn Kukhyun
Lee Wondo 0-1 Zhou Junxun
An Sungjoon 0-1 Cho U
Kang Dongyun 1-0 Lee Changho

Matchups for Round of 16:

Kim Beomseo VS Ichiriki Ryo
Shin Jinseo VS Park Junghwan
Kang Dongyun VS Iyama Yuta
Hwang Jaeyeon VS Seol Hyunjun
Sumire VS Hsu Haohung
Choi Jung VS Ahn Kukhyun
Byun Sangil VS Zhou Junxun
Shin Minjun VS Cho U

Schedule:

Round of 24: 19th May 2025
Round of 16: 21st May 2025
Quarterfinals: 4th August 2025
Semi-finals: 6th August 2025
Finals Game 1: 19th January 2026
Finals Game 2: 21st January 2026
Finals Game 3: 22nd January 2026

All games begin at 10:00 AM (GMT+9) and have a time limit of 3 hours per player, plus a 40-second byoyomi 5 times.

The prize money is 300 million Korean won for the winner, 100 million Korean won for the runner-up, 24 million Korean won for the semifinalists, 12 million Korean won for the quarterfinalists, 6 million Korean won for the round of 16 participants, and 4 million Korean won for the round of 24 participants. Historically, Korea has won the tournament 14 times, China 12 times, Japan 2 times, and Taiwan 1 time.

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Zhou Junxun is Rui Neiwei husband, right?

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Rui Naiwei’s husband is Jiang Zhujiu. Zhou Junxun is from Taiwan and used to be called the Red-Faced Prince. His wife is O Meien’s sister and is older than him by 13 years.

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Thanks

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I remember Zhou Junxun winning the LG Cup back when I started playing in 2007. I didn’t appreciate how unusual it was for a non-CJK player to win back then.

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What a nice gesture that there is a special tournament for the L Group.
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Huh, L group??

L-group at Sensei's Library

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LG Cup Round of 16 Streams

All games can be watched on Go servers such as Fox.
The pairings can be found here.

Baduk TV (Shin Jinseo VS Park Junghwan)

KBaduk (Choi Jung VS Ahn Kukhyun)

Tygem TV (Sumire VS Hsu Haohung)

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[LG Cup] Park Junghwan wins against Shin Jinseo after 17 consecutive losses over 3 years; Ichiriki and Hsu Haohung get into the top 8

LG Cup Top 8

Park Junghwan (left) wins against Shin Jinseo (right) after losing 17 times consecutively

Ichiriki Ryo (right) wins against Kim Beomseo (left)

Sumire (left) loses to Hsu Haohung (right)

Please see here for the highlights.

All matchups and kifus can be found here.

Results for Round of 16:

Ichiriki Ryo 1-0 Kim Beomseo
Shin Jinseo 0-1 Park Junghwan
Iyama Yuta 0-1 Kang Dongyun
Seol Hyunjun 1-0 Hwang Jaeyeon
Sumire 0-1 Hsu Haohung
Choi Jung 0-1 Ahn Kukhyun
Zhou Junxun 0-1 Byun Sangil
Cho U 0-1 Shin Minjun

Matchups for Quarterfinals:

Ichiriki Ryo VS Ahn Kukhyun
Seol Hyunjun VS Hsu Haohung
Park Junghwan VS Byun Sangil
Kang Dongyun VS Shin Minjun

Schedule:

Round of 24: 19th May 2025
Round of 16: 21st May 2025
Quarterfinals: 4th August 2025
Semi-finals: 6th August 2025
Finals Game 1: 19th January 2026
Finals Game 2: 21st January 2026
Finals Game 3: 22nd January 2026

All games begin at 10:00 AM (GMT+9) and have a time limit of 3 hours per player, plus a 40-second byoyomi 5 times.

The prize money is 300 million Korean won for the winner, 100 million Korean won for the runner-up, 24 million Korean won for the semifinalists, 12 million Korean won for the quarterfinalists, 6 million Korean won for the round of 16 participants, and 4 million Korean won for the round of 24 participants. Historically, Korea has won the tournament 14 times, China 12 times, Japan 2 times, and Taiwan 1 time.

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First more pics link without pics?

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