The Myeongin (
Korean
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People and culture
* Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula
* Korean cuisine
* Korean culture
* Korean language
**Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl
**Korean dialects and the Jeju language
** ...
: 명인전,
Hanja
Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom.
(, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, ...
: 名人戰) is a
Go competition
This is a list of professional Go tournaments, for competitors in the board game of ''Go''. The tradition, initiated by the Honinbo Tournament in Japan, is for an event to be run annually, leading up to a title match and the award of a title f ...
in
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
. The word ''myeongin'' in Korean language, literally meaning "Brilliant Man", is same as ''meijin'' in Japanese and as ''mingren'' in Chinese. The Myeongin is the
Hanguk Kiwon equivalent to the
Nihon-Kiin's
Meijin title. The tournament was defunct from 2004-2006.
The tournament was discontinued again in 2016 after the 43rd tournament, but was revived in 2021 with the SG Group as the new sponsor.
Outline
The Myeongin was formerly sponsored by the
Kangwon Land Corporation.
In the 44th Myeongin, the winner's prize is 60,000,000
won
Won may refer to:
*The Korean won from 1902–1910
*South Korean won, the currency of the Republic of Korea
*North Korean won, the currency of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
* Won (Korean surname)
* Won (Korean given name)
* Won Buddhis ...
and the runner-up's prize is 20,000,000 won. The format is
double elimination
A double-elimination tournament is a type of elimination tournament competition in which a participant ceases to be eligible to win the tournament's championship upon having lost ''two'' games or matches. It stands in contrast to a single-elimi ...
. The sponsor is the SG Group, with the ''
Hankook Ilbo
''Hankook Ilbo'' () is a Korean-language daily newspaper in Seoul, South Korea. As of 2017, it had a daily circulation of about 213,200.
It was previously published by the Hankook Ilbo Media Group, however following an embezzlement scandal ...
'' newspaper and
Korea Baduk Association as co-hosts.
Past winners and runners-up
See also
*
Meijin
*
Mingren
References
External links
Sensei's LibraryGo to Everyone!Korea Baduk Association(in Korean)
{{Korean go titles
Go competitions in South Korea