At the beginning of the year, another baduk tournament kicks off. Yanggu-gun, Gangwon-do, the ‘centre of the Korean peninsula,’ hosts the ‘National Territory Central Cup Baduk Competition’.

The business agreement ceremony for the successful hosting of the 2023 Yanggu-gun National Land Administration Cup Millennium Cheonwon Exhibition was held at the Yanggu-gun White Porcelain Museum in the afternoon of the 3rd. 메이저사이트

The signing ceremony was attended by Seo Heung-won, chairman of the Yanggu-gun Sports Foundation (concurrent position as Yanggu-gun governor), Jeon Sang-ryong, Yanggu-gun Baduk Association president, Yang Jae-ho, secretary general of the Korea National Association, and Lee Chang-ho, 9th dan.

Chairman Seo Heung-won said, “I think it is inevitable fate that Cheonwon, the center of Baduk, and Yanggu, the center of the country, met.”

Secretary-General Yang Jae-ho said, “I am very happy to have a business agreement ceremony for the 2023 Yanggu-gun National Territory Central Cup Millennium Cheonwon.”

Chairman Seo Heung-won and Secretary General Yang Jae-ho signed an agreement stating that they will do their best to promote the local economy of Yanggu-gun and Korean baduk, as well as to spread baduk culture around the world with Yanggu-gun as a base.

This tournament, targeting millennial professional players born after 2000, begins in earnest with the preliminaries on the 14th. On the 25th and 26th, an amateur Go tournament will be held for national Go fans and children along with the final match in Yanggu.

Sponsored by Yanggu-gun and Yanggu-gun Sports Foundation and hosted and supervised by the Korea Kiwon, the prize money for the 2023 Yanggu-gun National Land Administration Central Cup Millennium Thousand Won Competition is 10 million won for the winner and 5 million won for the runner-up. The time limit is 20 minutes for each player and 20 seconds of extra time in the Fisher method.