About LG Refined Oil Cup

The LG Refined Oil Cup (now the GS Caltex Cup since term 10) is sponsored by LG-Caltex Oil Corporation and the Mae-il Kyeong-che Sin-mun (Daily Economic News), and so far it is the highest-rank Go tournament in Korea. The main tournament is a 16-man knockout culminating in a best-of-five final. Komi is 6.5 points. Time limit is 4 hours each in regular time and 5 times 1 minute in overtime. The champion prize is 50 million Won (about US$ 42.8 thousands).