In the first round of the 15th LG Cup, 11 players of China, and 5 players of Korea advanced to the round of 16. Unfortunately, Japan(4) and Taiwan(1) are eliminated.

Lee Sedol 9P, who made a good showing recently, was defeated by Gu Li 9P.

The 15th LG Cup World Baduk Championship is sponsored by LG and supervised by the Korea Baduk Association. It allows each player 3 hours and 1 minute's overtime counting for 5 times for the time control. The winner's prize is 250 Million Won (about $ 224,000) and runner-up prize is 80 Million Won (about $ 71,658)