[Korea Myeongin] Park Younghoon advances to the title match!
In the third round of semi finals, Park Younghoon 9P defeated Lee Changho 9P and advanced to the title match winning the best of three series by 2:1.
Therefore, Park Younghoon and Won Sungjin 9P will fight for the 38th Myeongin title. Par Younghoon's game record against Won Sungjin is 10:5.
Myeongin title match is a best of five series, and the first round is Oct. 16. It will be live broadcast on WBaduk.
Time:
Korea 10:30 a.m. (Tues & Thurs)
Berlin 3:30 a.m. (Tues & Thurs)
Bangkok 8:30 a.m. (Tues & Thurs)
Vancouver 6:30 p.m. (Mon & Wed)
New York 9:30 p.m. (Mon & Wed)
The 38th Myeongin is sponsored by High 1 resort and Hankuk Ilbo, and managed by Baduk TV and Korea Baduk Association.
Each player is given 2 hours and 1 minute for 3 times for the overtime.
The total scale of the 38th Myeongin is 800 million Won (approx. $ 712,000) and first prize is 100 million Won (approx. $ 89,000). Except the first and second prizes, game winners are given 1.5 million Won (approx. $ 1,240), and the game losers are given 700 thousand Won (approx. $ 580).
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