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YU ROMPS HOME IN 7th PAEDAL WANG
Holder Yu Ch'ang-hyeok 9-dan made a comfortable defence of the 7th Paedal Wang title when he beat Cho Hun-hyeon 9-dan in three straight games. In Game 1 on 11 November, Yu won by 3.5 points in 289 moves, in Game 2 on 18 November by 3.5 points in 293 moves, and in Game 3 on 29 November by 7.5 points in 261 moves.
KNOCKOUT RESULTS 1999
Semi-finals (September 1999):
Cho Hun-hyeon 1-0 Ch'oe Myeong-hun, Kim Yeong-hwan 1-0 Seo Pong-su. Takao 1-0 O Meien; Kobayashi K. 1-0 Hane N.
HOW DOES THE PAEDAL WANG TOURNAMENT WORK?
Also known as Korean PC Communications Cup after its sponsors (Han-kuk PC T'ong-sin) or, most recently, the (n) 016 Cup (the n being in a circle like the @ sign).
The main challengers tournament is a 16-man knockout culminating in a best-of-three match to challenge the holder in a best-of-five final early in the year.
Total prize fund up to 1996 was 150 million won (winner 20 million won; second 6 million won). In 1999 it was 200 million won, with a first prize of 30 million won, making it the second richest domestic event.
Komi is 5.5 points. Time limits are 4 hours each.
Paedal Wang means King of Korea. Pae-tal is the earliest name for Korea.
Click here for a list of PAEDAL WANG FINALISTS.
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