The CCTV Cup is a Chinese
Go competition.
Outline
The CCTV Cup is the longest running fast game tournament in
China
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and the sponsor is the Chinese
CCTV
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station. The winner and the runner-up qualify for the
Asian TV Cup
The Asian TV Cup is a Go competition.
Outline
The Asian TV Cup is the oldest continental tournament, dating back to 1989. The winners and runner ups of the biggest hayago competitions from Asia
Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the ...
, where they compete against the winners and runners-up of the Japanese
NHK Cup and the South Korean
KBS Cup.
Each player has 1 hour of main time with one 60-second
byoyomi
A time control is a mechanism in the tournament play of almost all two-player board games so that each round of the match can finish in a timely way and the tournament can proceed.
For turn-based games such as chess, shogi or go, time controls ...
period.
The time control was changed in 2021 to be much slower than the previous time limit, which was one move every 30 seconds.
The winner's prize is 350,000
RMB (as of 2024).
Formerly, the winner's prize was 250,000 RMB in 2019,
increased to 300,000 RMB in 2020,
and further increased to the current 350,000 RMB for the 2023–24 cup.
Past winners and runners-up
References
{{Chinese go titles
Go competitions in China