9-dan Choi Jeong, Inaugural Champion of the IBK Industrial Bank Women's Baduk Tournament
Runner-up is Oh Jeong-ah 5-dan
The photo shows (from left) Yoon Jong-won, President of Industrial Bank of Korea, Choi Jeong 9-dan, Oh Jeong-ah 5-dan (accepting the award on behalf), and Lim Chae-jung, President of the Korea Baduk Association, posing for a commemorative photo after the award ceremony at the Industrial Bank of Korea headquarters in Euljiro, Seoul on the 7th.
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter Jin-ho Kim] IBK Industrial Bank of Korea held an awards ceremony for the ‘IBK Industrial Bank of Korea Women's Baduk Masters’ tournament at the IBK Industrial Bank of Korea headquarters in Euljiro, Seoul, on the 7th.
At the ceremony, IBK Bank President Yoon Jong-won and Korea Baduk Association President Lim Chae-jung, along with other officials, attended to congratulate Choi Jeong 9-dan, who won the championship, and Oh Jung-ah 5-dan, the runner-up.
Choi Jeong 9-dan won the first game of the best-of-three final match of the ‘IBK Industrial Bank of Korea Women's Baduk Masters’ tournament by defeating Oh Jung-ah 5-dan with a white win by resignation after 188 moves. In the following second game, she also won by black resignation after 173 moves, securing the overall score of 2-0 and becoming the inaugural champion.
Choi Jeong 9-dan, the champion, was awarded a prize of 30 million KRW and a trophy, while Oh Jung-ah 5-dan, the runner-up, received a prize of 12 million KRW and a trophy.
The ‘IBK Industrial Bank of Korea Women's Baduk Masters’ tournament opened its doors to amateur female players as well to promote women's Baduk. It provided a total prize fund of 76 million KRW, the highest ever for a domestic women's Baduk individual competition, to players who advanced to the main tournament.
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IBK Bank President Yoon Jong-won stated, “We will continue to pay sustained attention and effort to contribute to the popularization of Baduk culture. We will also actively support projects to discover and nurture promising players for the development of less popular sports.”
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