Cho Hun-hyeon handed out a lesson to his pupil Yi Ch'ang-ho
with a 2-0 victory in the 18th KBS King of Go final. Cho allowed neither game to reach the
endgame, Yi's strongpoint. The games were broadcast on 8 and 9 November.
Click here to download Game 2 of the final in sgf format. The game features a new move
(36) in the Large Avalanche opening.
HOW DOES THE KBS KING OF GO TOURNAMENT WORK?
Also known in the West as the Paduk Wang (meaning King of Go) or King of Paduk or Baduk
King, but always referred to in Korean by the name of its sponsors, the Korean
Broadcasting Service (KBS).
It is a televised quickplay event. The total prize fund in 1996 was 96m won (winner 11m
won; 2nd 4m won) but this was reduced in 1999 to 89,450,000 won total, though first prize
remained 11 million won. The winner and runner-up also qualify to play in the international
TV Asia Championship.
The main tournament is a 32-man knockout culminating in a three-game final which was
originally broadcast in August and September, but this has now been brought forward to
March-April.
Komi was still 5.5 points in the 1999 final. Time limits are 5 minutes each, with
overtime.
