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The Ing Cup is one of the most prominent Go competitions.

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The Ing Cup is sponsored by Ing Chang-ki, Ing, Yomiuri Shimbun, the Nihon-Kiin, and Kansai-Kiin, and held every 4 years. The competition has its own rules and a rather large 8 point komi. The initial time allotment is 3 hours for each player. The first rounds are knockouts, while the semi-finals and finals are a best-of-3 and best-of-5 respectively.

The winner's purse is the biggest in the world, giving almost $500,000 to the winner.

[edit] Winners & runners-up

Winner	Runner Up	Years Played
Cho Hunhyun	Nie Weiping	1988
Seo Bongsoo	Otake Hideo	1992
Yoo Changhyuk	Yoda Norimoto	1996
Lee Chang-ho	Chang Hao	2000
Chang Hao	Choi Cheol-han	2004
Choi Cheol-han	Lee Chang-ho	2008