1st Ing Cup

The 1st Ing Cup was the first edition of the Ing Cup, an international Go tournament held every four years. The 1st Ing Cup was a sixteen player invitational, with six players representing the Nihon Ki-in (Kobayashi Koichi, Kato Masao, Fujisawa Shuko, Takemiya Masaki, Hashimoto Shoji, and Cho Chikun), five players representing the Zhongguo Qiyuan (Liu Xiaoguang, Ma Xiaochun, Jiang Zhujiu, Wu Songsheng, and Nie Weiping), three Taiwanese Nihon Ki-in players (O Rissei, O Meien, and Rin Kaiho), one player from the Hanguk Kiwon (Cho Hunhyun), and one player representing North America (Michael Redmond).^[1][2][3]

The first round was held on 21 August 1988 and the tournament concluded with the fifth and final match of the finals on 5 September 1989. Cho Hunhyun won the tournament, defeating three Nihon Ki-in players along the way.^[2]

Knockout round

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	21 August
	Nie Weiping	1
	Michael Redmond	0
					Nie Weiping	1
	21 August
					Cho Chikun	0
	Cho Chikun	1
	Wu Songsheng	0
									Nie Weiping	2
	21 August
									Fujisawa Shuko	0
	Fujisawa Shuko	1
	Ma Xiaochun	0
					Fujisawa Shuko	1
	21 August
					Kato Masao	0
	Kato Masao	1
	Liu Xiaoguang	0
													Nie Weiping	2
	21 August
													Cho Hunhyun	3
	Cho Hunhyun	1
	O Meien	0
					Cho Hunhyun	1
	21 August
					Kobayashi Koichi	0
	Kobayashi Koichi	1
	O Rissei	0
									Cho Hunhyun	2
	21 August
									Rin Kaiho	0
	Rin Kaiho	1
	Hashimoto Shoji	0
					Rin Kaiho	1
	21 August
					Jiang Zhujiu	0
	Jiang Zhujiu	1
	Takemiya Masaki	0

Final

Player	1	2	3	4	5	T
Cho Hunhyun	W+3.5			B+1.5	B+R	3
Nie Weiping		W+9.5	B+2.5			2

References

1. "1st Ing Cup". senseis.xmp.net. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
2. "Ing Cup, 1st edition, 1988". gobase.org. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
3. "Go Tournament:Ing Cup". gogameworld.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011.