Veteran Seo Pong-su 9-dan, in good form this year, took the 4th Techron Cup by defeating Yu Ch'ang-heok 9-dan in the final of their best-of-five on 5 November. Seo took the first two games, only to see Yu come back and win the next two. The final game was over in just 135 moves.
RESULTS 1999
Game 1: 25 August 1999, Seo (White) won by 1.5 points in 257 moves
Game 2: 18 September, Seo (Black) won without counting in 225 moves
Game 3: 2 October, Yu (Black) won without counting in 227 moves
Game 4: 26 October, Yu (White) won without counting in 166 moves
Game 5: 5 November, Seo won without counting in 135 moves
Click here to download the decisive Game 5 of the 4th Final in sgf format.
In the semi-finals, Seo beat Kim Man-su 4-dan on 19 August, and Yu beat Yi Ch'ang-ho 9-dan on 26 July.
HOW DOES THE LG REFINED OILS/TECHRON CUP TOURNAMENT WORK?
The Techron Pro Go Cup, which appears to have been renamed the LG Petroleum Cup in 1999, is sponsored by LG-Caltex Oil Corporation and the Mae-il Kyeong-che Sin-mun (Daily Economic News).
It culminates in a best-of-five final. Full details of the revamp are awaited, but as there is already an international LG Cup, we will stick with the name Techron Cup for the time being.
The winner's prize is 35 million won, about one-sixth of the total prize fund. Second prize is 7 million won. This is slightly down on Term 1 when first and second prizes were 30 million and 8 million won.
The main tournament is a 16-man knockout culminating in a best-of-five final played in the Autumn. Komi is 5.5 points. Time limits 5 hours each.
Techron (NB not Tekron) is a gasoline brand name.
LG REFINED OILS/TECHRON CUP FINALISTS
Year
Term
Winner
Score
Losers
1996
1
Yu Ch'ang-hyeok 9d
3-2
Cho Hun-hyeon 9d
1997
2
Yi Ch'ang-ho 9d
3-0
Ch'oe Myeong-hun 5d
1998
3
Yi Ch'ang-ho 9d
3-0
Ch'oe Myeong-hun 6d
1999
4
Seo Pong-su 9d
3-2
Yu Ch'ang-hyeok 9d
Note: All Korean names are in McCune-Reischauer transcription.
