FINALS BECKON
With just one game to go (on 16 February 2001) the finalists of the 11th BC Card Cup are virtually settled. Weon Seong-chin 3-dan guaranteed himself a place by winning the necessary second game on 2 February, and he now faces Yi Sang-hun 3-dan in that last game. Yi, as holder, only has to win one game for a finals place.
Here are the full results so far:
Song T'ae-kon 1d 1-0 Han Chong-chin 3d
An Tal-hun 3d 1-0 Song T'ae-kon 1d
Mok Chin-seok 5d 1-0 An Tal-hun 3d
Yu Chae-hyeong 4d 1-0 Mok Chin-seok 5d
Yu Chae-hyeong 4d 1-0 Ok Teuk-chin 1d
Cho Han-seung 4d 1-0 Yu Chae-hyeong 4d
Cho Han-seung 4d 1-0 Yi Cheong-u 3d
Cho Han-seung 4d 1-0 Kang Chi-seong 4d
Cho Han-seung 4d 1-0 Yi Min-chin 2d
Cho Han-seung 4d 1-0 Hong Chang-sik 3d
Ch'oe Myeong-hun 7d 1-0 Cho Han-seung 4d
Ch'oe Myeong-hun 7d 1-0 Kim Yeong-sam 5d
Pak Seung-ch'eol 2d 1-0 Ch'oe Myeong-hun 7d
Pak Seung-ch'eol 2d 1-0 Pak Chi-hun 3d
Yi Heui-seong 3d 1-0 Pak Seung-ch'eol 2d
Yi Heui-seong 3d 1-0 Yi Seong-chae 6d
Weon Seong-chin 3d 1-0 Yi Heui-seong 3d
Weon Seong-chin 3d 1-0 An Cho-yeong 6d
To come
Yi Sang-hun 3d v. Weon Seong-chin 3d
The known finalists are thus Yu Chae-hyeong, Cho Han-seung, Ch'oe Myeong-hun, Pak Seung-ch'eol, Yi Heui-seong and Weon Seong-chin. Note that Pak Seung-ch'eol has also been promoted to 2-dan.
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Older News From 28 November 2000:
CH'OE ENDS CHO'S RUN
Ch'oe Myeong-hun 7-dan ended the 5-game winning streak of Cho Han-seung 4-dan in the 11th BC Card Cup on 17 November 2000. Ch'oe then followed up with his second victory on 23 November.
Results not so far reported:
Cho Han-seung 4d 1-0 Hong Chang-sik 3d
Ch'oe Myeong-hun 7d 1-0 Cho Han-seung 4d
Ch'oe Myeong-hun 7d 1-0 Kim Yeong-sam 5d
To come:
Pak Seung-ch'eol 1d
Pak Chi-hun 3d
Yi Heui-seong 3d
Yi Seong-chae 6d
Weon Seong-chin 3d
An Cho-yeong 6d
Yi Sang-hun 3d
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Older News From 9 November 2000:
NEW FORMAT FOR NEW STARS
The 11th BC Card Cup to find the King of the New Stars has resumed in its new format of a win & continue tournament. The prize fund remains the same, however, at 130 million won (18 million for the winner, 4 million for the runner-up).
The first player to make a distinctive showing has been 17-year-old Cho Han-seung 4-dan. He has so far won four in a row on the path towards holder Yi Sang-hun 3-dan (the holder always occupies the last spot in these events). All those of the 20 players who win two or more games go into a final tournament with the holder.
Komi has been uprated to 6.5.
Results
(as of 6 November 2000)
Song T'ae-kon 1d 1-0 Han Chong-chin 3d
An Tal-hun 3d 1-0 Song T'ae-kon 1d
Mok Chin-seok 5d 1-0 An Tal-hun 3d
Yu Chae-hyeong 4d 1-0 Mok Chin-seok 5d
Yu Chae-hyeong 4d 1-0 Ok Teuk-chin 1d
Cho Han-seung 4d 1-0 Yu Chae-hyeong 4d
Cho Han-seung 4d 1-0 Yi Cheong-u 3d
Cho Han-seung 4d 1-0 Kang Chi-seong 4d
Cho Han-seung 4d 1-0 Yi Min-chin 2d
To come:
Hong Chang-sik 3d
Ch'oe Myeong-hun 7d
Kim Yeong-sam 5d
Pak Seung-ch'eol 1d
Pak Chi-hun 3d
Yi Heui-seong 3d
Yi Seong-chae 6d
Weon Seong-chin 3d
An Cho-yeong 6d
Yi Sang-hun 3d
BC CARD ARCHIVES
HOW DOES THE BC CARD CUP WORK?
The current BC Card Cup tournament is more fully known as the BC Card Cup: King of the New Stars and is restricted to Korean players between 1d and 5d inclusive. But it is a continuation of a tournament (simply called the BC Card Cup) that was originally open to all players, and the numbering of the terms is continuous. The change was made because the chairman of the sponsors wanted a distinctive tournament. Apart from the support of the eponymous credit card company, main sponsorship is due to the newspaper Sports Seoul.
The main tournament in terms 1 to 7 was a 16-man knockout culminating in a three-game final in term 1 - thereafter the final was a 5-game match against the holder. From 1997 the format was changed to restrict it to players between 1d and 5d inclusive at the time of entry or seeding. Komi was 5.5 points. Time limits were 5 hours each in the title final, 4 hours in the main knockout and 3 hours elsewhere. The final took place May-June. The total prize fund in the last term in 1996 was 130 million won (the winner took 11 million won).
In term 8 the prize fund remained at 130 million won, but the winner's prize was reduced to 8 million won. As of 2000 the same levels apply. The main event is a knockout of 16 players (Winners' Section), but with a repechage system (like the Japanese Judan) where Round 2 losers join in a parallel Losers' Section knockout, entering according to the level at which they were knocked out of the Winners' Section. The final, between the winners of the two sections, is a best-of-three.
Komi remained 5.5 points at the changeover, but time limits are now 3 hours each.
The new event is also sometimes simply called the Sin-in Wang (New Stars) which is the direct equivalent of the Japanese Shinjin-O and the Chinese Xinren Wang.
Click here for a list of BC CARD CUP WINNERS AND CHALLENGERS.
