The 9th KGC (Korea Ginseng Corp) World Ladies' Cup has started on Jan. 8. In the first two games, Moon Dowon 2P of Korea defeated Aoki Kikuyo 8P and Lu Jia 2P. Especially in the game against Lu Jia, she won by 18.5 points.

The 9th KGC World Ladies' Cup is a ring contest where five representative players of Korea, China, and Japan participate to determine the winner of the country. Each player who wins continues to play opponents from the other two teams, alternating between them until there are no more opponents left.

Top prize is 75,000,000 Won (approx. $ 67,000), and for runner up 15,000,000 Won (approx. $ 14,000). Each player is given 1 hour and 3 periods of 40 seconds for the overtime.

The 9th KGC World Ladies' Cup is sponsored by Korea Ginseng Corp. and managed by KBA, WorldCyberkiwon Corp., and BadukTV.

¡Þ Representative players

Korea: Park Jieun 9P, Lee Hajin 3P, Moon Dowon 2P, Park Jiyeon 2P, Kim Miri 1P
China: Lui Nai Wei 9P, Song Rong Hui 5P, Li He 2P, Lu Jia 2P, Tang Yi 2P
Japan: Aoki Kikuyo 8P, Yoshida Mika 8P, Chinen Kaori 4P, Suzuki Ayumi 5P, Mukai Chiaki 4P