The 15th LG Cup World Baduk Championship prelim started on April 17. Total 343 players participated in it, and 16 players will advance to the final competition with 16 seeded players from June 7. 

In the preliminary round 2, three amateur players won professionals.(Min Sangyoen 5D, Kim Namhun 7D, Kang Seungmin 7D)

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)

Preliminary games will be live broadcast on Wbaduk server (4 games a day)

￠º The 15th LG Cup World Championship Preliminary Round Schedule.

Preliminary Round 1    :  April 17
Preliminary Round 2-1 :  April 18
Preliminary Round 2-2 :  April 19
Preliminary Round 3    :  April 20
Preliminary Round 4    :  April 22
Preliminary Finals       :  April 23

¡Ø All games are played at 10 a.m. in Korean Standard Time

Berlin        : 3 a.m.
Bangkok    : 8 a.m.
Vancouver : 6 p.m.
New York   : 9 p.m.

 
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