Choegowi

{{Short description|Go competition that ran from 1959 to 1997}}

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{{Infobox Korean name/auto

| hangul = ^최고위

| hanja = 最高位

}}

The Choegowi ({{Korean|hangul=최고위|lit=Top Position}}) was a Go competition that ran from 1959 to 1997. The preliminary stages were 8-player knockout rounds, with the players who won the preliminary split into two sections. The winners of those sections played a best-of-three match to decide who would challenge the holder of the title. The final was played in a best-of-five format. The thinking time was 5 hours, and komi was 5.5 points.

Past winners

class="wikitable"

!Player

Years held
Cho Namchul

| 1959 - 1966

Kim In

| 1967, 1971, 1972

Kang Cheol-min

| 1968, 1970

Cho Hunhyun

| 1973 - 1979, 1981 - 1988, 1992

Seo Bongsoo

| 1980

Lee Chang-ho

| 1989 - 1991, 1993 - 1997

{{Korean go titles}}

References