In the quarter finals, 3 Korean players including Lee Changho 9P were eliminated, and only Chinese players advanced to the semi finals. Therefore the semi finals were like a Chinese tournament.
In the semi finals, Kong Jie 9P and Piao Wen Yao 5P advanced to the title matches defeating Meng Tai Ling 5P and Wang Yao 6P.
The title matches are best of series, and it will be held in Feb, 2011.
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 $ 223,934) and runner-up prize is 80 Million Won (about $ 71,658)