The Myeongin (Korean: 명인전, Hanja: 名人戰) is a Go competition in South Korea. The word myeongin in Korean language, literally meaning "Brilliant Man", is same as meijin in Japanese and as mingren in Chinese. The Myeongin is the Hanguk Kiwon equivalent to the Nihon-Kiin's Meijin title. The tournament was defunct from 2004-2006.
The tournament was discontinued again in 2016 after the 43rd tournament, but was revived in 2021 with the SG Group as the new sponsor.
Outline The Myeongin was formerly sponsored by the Kangwon Land Corporation.
The winner's prize is 70,000,000 won and the runner-up's prize is 25,000,000 won, as of 2025. The format is double elimination. The sponsor is the SG Group, with the Hankook Ilbo newspaper and Korea Baduk Association as co-hosts.
Past winners and runners-up Year Winner Score Runner-up 1 1968 Cho Namchul 1–0 Kim In 2 1969 Kim In 3–1 Cho Namchul 3 1970 Cho Namchul 3–1 Kim In 4 1971 Seo Bongsoo 3–1 Cho Namchul 5 1972 Seo Bongsoo 3–0 Jeong Chang-hyun 6 1973 Seo Bongsoo 3–1 Cho Hunhyun 7 1974 Seo Bongsoo 3–0 Cho Namchul 8 1976 Seo Bongsoo 3–2 Yun Kihyun 9 1977 Cho Hunhyun 3–1 Seo Bongsoo 10 1978 Seo Bongsoo 3–1 Cho Hunhyun 11 1979 Cho Hunhyun 3–2 Seo Bongsoo 12 1980 Cho Hunhyun 3–1 Seo Bongsoo 13 1981 Cho Hunhyun 3–1 Seo Bongsoo 14 1983 Seo Bongsoo 3–2 Cho Hunhyun 15 1984 Cho Hunhyun 3–1 Seo Bongsoo 16 1985 Cho Hunhyun 3–0 Kim Su-chang 17 1986 Cho Hunhyun 3–1 Seo Bongsoo 18 1987 Cho Hunhyun 3–0 Chang Tu-chin 19 1988 Cho Hunhyun 3–0 Seo Bongsoo 20 1989 Cho Hunhyun 3–0 Seo Bongsoo 21 1990 Cho Hunhyun 3–1 Lee Chang-ho 22 1991 Lee Chang-ho 3–0 Cho Hunhyun 23 1992 Lee Chang-ho 3–1 Yang Chae-ho 24 1993 Lee Chang-ho 3–2 Yoo Changhyuk 25 1994 Lee Chang-ho 3–0 Im Seon-keun 26 1995 Lee Chang-ho 3–0 Yang Chae-ho 27 1996 Lee Chang-ho 3–1 Choi Myung-hoon 28 1997 Cho Hunhyun 3–2 Lee Chang-ho 29 1998 Lee Chang-ho 3–1 Cho Hunhyun 30 1999 Lee Chang-ho 3–1 Choi Myung-hoon 31 2000 Lee Chang-ho 3–0 Cho Hunhyun 32 2001 Lee Chang-ho 3–2 Yoo Changhyuk 33 2002 Lee Chang-ho 3–0 An Choyoung 34 2003 Lee Chang-ho 3–2 Cho Hunhyun 35 2007 Lee Sedol 3–0 Cho Hanseung 36 2008 Lee Sedol 3–0 Kang Dongyun 37 2009 Lee Chang-ho 3–1 Won Seong-jin 38 2010 Park Yeong-hun 3–2 Won Seong-jin 39 2011 3–1 Paek Hong-suk 40 2012 Lee Sedol 3–2 41 2013 Choi Cheol-han 3–2 Lee Sedol 42 2014 Park Yeong-hun 3–1 Lee Dong-hoon 43 2015 Lee Sedol 3–1 Park Jung-hwan 44 2021 Shin Jin-seo 2–1 Byun Sang-il 45 2022 Shin Min-jun 2–0 Shin Jin-seo 46 2023 Shin Jin-seo 2–0 Byun Sang-il 47 2024 Park Junghwan 2–0 Lee Ji-hyun 8 2025 Shin Jin-seo 2–0 Park Junghwan
See also Meijin Mingren
References
External links Sensei's Library Go to Everyone! Korea Baduk Association (in Korean)