The 1st King of Kings Tournament
A tournament sponsored by Etland features on Baduk TV. I first called it the Etland Cup, but now I know it is called the King of Kings tournament. It is the first time this is held. It is a rapid play tournament with 20 seconds per move and three extra periods of one minute.
Part 1
It has started with three knock-out divisions of eight players each. Before those divisions were formed, 197 professionals competed in the crowded playing room of the KBA building to enter (see picture below). Of course -- those games were not recorded.
The first divison is for younger players under 25. The second division is for players from 25 to 50. The third division is for players aged above 50. The following tables give the final standing. The one game missing in the Tiger group was not played: Paek had to withdraw.
Dragon group (under 25)
| Pak Seung-hun 4d | Hong | Hong | Ch'oe |
| Hong Seong-chi 3d | |||
| Pak Pyoeng-kyu 4d | Pak Y | ||
| Pak Yeong-hun 5d | |||
| Ch'oe Ch'eol-han 8d | Ch'oe | Ch'oe | |
| Cho Han-seung 7d | |||
| Song T'ae-kon 7d | Song | ||
| Kim Chu-ho 4d |
Tiger group (25-50)
| Ch'oe Kyu-peong 9d | Ch'oe | Yi | Rui |
| Kim Seong-ryong 8d | |||
| Kim Ch'an-u 3d | Yi | ||
| Yi Sang-hun 4d | |||
| Kim Yeong-sam 6d | Rui | Rui | |
| Rui Naiwei 9d | |||
| Paek Tae-hyeon 5d | Paek | ||
| Ch'oe Myeong-hun 9d |
Rui Naiwei wins the final (see picture below) against Yi Sang-hun (brother of Yi Se-tol).
Phoenix group (over 50)
| Pak Chong-yeol 4d | Pak | Pak | Cho |
| Hong Chong-hyeon 9d | |||
| Im Sun-t'aek 4d | Im | ||
| Kim Chong-chun 5d | |||
| Ko Chae-heui 7d | Ko | Cho | |
| Yun Ki-hyeon 9d | |||
| Chang Su-yeong 9d | Cho | ||
| Cho Hun-hyeon 9d |
Part 2
The second part matches all the players against each other in one big knock out tournament. The first games were played on 2004-07-06. Again there is already one game missing: probably it was not played.
| Pak Chong-yeol 4d | Kim S | ||||
| Kim Seong-ryong 8d | Kim S | ||||
| Kim Chong-chun 5d | |||||
| Ch'oe Kyu-peong 9d | Ch'oe K | ||||
| Ch'oe Myeong-hun 9d | Ch'oe M | ||||
| Cho Han-seung 7d | |||||
| Ch'oe Ch'eol-han 8d | Ch'oe C | ||||
| Im Sun-t'aek 4d | Yun | ||||
| Yun Ki-hyeon 9d | |||||
| Cho Hun-hyeon 9d | Cho H default |
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| Paek Tal-hyeon 5d | Paek | ||||
| Ko Chae-heui 7d | |||||
| Yi Sang-hun 4d | |||||
| Hong Chong-hyeon 9d | Kim C default? |
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| Kim Ch'an-u 3d | |||||
| Pak Seung-hun 4d | |||||
| Song T'ae-kon 7d | Song T | ||||
| Pak Yeong-hun 5d | |||||
| Hong Seong-chi 3d | Kim C | ||||
| Kim Yeong-sam 6d | Kim C | ||||
| Kim Chu-ho 4d | |||||
| Rui Naiwei 9d | Chang | ||||
| Pak Pyeong-kyu 4d | Chang | ||||
| Chang Su-yeong 9d | |||||
Sources: Baduk TV and the Korean Baduk Association sites. Cyberoro has a special Etland subsite, I discovered later thanks to an e-mail from Scryer.