10th Prime Minister World Baduk Tournament is just before to begin from 22th to 27th of November in Seoul.
It is 10th anniversary of this Prime Minister Baduk Tournament and this time as well, total 55 countries' representative will be attending to compete for thier nation.
There will be an openning ceremony on 23th and the main tournament will be held from 23th to 25th for 3 days. It is operated by Swiss league system with 6 rounds and 40 minues is given to all players.
Beside the main tournament, a variety of events will be held with it. such as experiencing of Korea traditional cultures, drawing eand so on. Kim SeongJun 9P, Jo HeaYun 9P, Lee YoungShin 5P, Kim YunYoung 4P and Kim JinHun 4P will be as refrees for this festival and the city tour of Seoul is supposed to be held on 26h.
So far, Korea won 7 times while China and Taiwan won 1 time each. Last year, Yu TaeWoong from Korea won against Hu YuChing from China in the last match and won in the end.
From Korea, Kim HeeSoo who is insei at the moment is the representative of Korea. He got through very severe selection tournament which was held from 6th to 8th on May in Korea.