The main tournament has 24 participants: the #1, #2, #3 from the previous edition, 8 from China, 5 from Japan, 4 from Korea, 2 from Taiwan, 1 from North America, and 1 from Europe. (For the 1st edition, 9 from China, 6 from Japan, 5 from Korea.) Since the 13th edition there is no longer a 3rd Place Playoff.
Below we give the sgfs of the final games. The first column gives links to more information on the separate tournaments.
| # | year | winner | second | third | score | sgf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1999 | Cho Hunhyun | Lee Changho | Choi Myeonghun | 2-1 | 1 2 3 |
| 2 | 2000 | O Rissei | Ma Xiaochun | Kong Jie | 2-1 | 1 2 3 |
| 3 | 2001 | Yoo Changhyuk | O Rissei | Cho Hunhyun | 2-1 | 1 2 3 |
| 4 | 2003 | Lee Changho | Hane Naoki | Luo Xihe | 2-0 | 1 2 |
| 5 | 2005 | Lee Changho | Zhou Heyang | Peng Quan | 2-1 | 1 2 3 |
| 6 | 2007 | Gu Li | Chang Hao | Xie He | 2-0 | 1 2 |
| 7 | 2009 | Chang Hao | Lee Changho | Kong Jie | 2-0 | 1 2 |
| 8 | 2011 | Lee Sedol | Xie He | Gu Lingyi | 2-1 | 1 2 3 |
| 9 | 2013 | Chen Yaoye | Lee Sedol | Jiang Weijie | 2-1 | 1 2 3 |
| 10 | 2015 | Gu Li | Zhou Ruiyang | Chen Yaoye | 2-0 | 1 2 |
| 11 | 2017 | Tan Xiao | Park Yeonghun | Ke Jie | 2-1 | 1 2 3 |
| 12 | 2019 | Park Junghwan | Park Yeonghun | Ke Jie | 2-0 | 1 2 |
| 13 | 2021 | Shin Jinseo | Tang Weixing | 2-0 | 1 2 | |
| 14 | 2023 | Byun Sangil | Li Xuanhao | 2-0 | 1 2 |
(Here "year" is the year of the final.)