 Complete the following phrase:  The event was introduced in the a href2012E280931320snooker20season20122013 seasona. It was named as the first overseas major, because the tournament had the same level of ranking points as the UK Championship. With the change in the rankings system from points to prize money, the International Championship had the third highest prize fund and winners cheque of any ranking event on the snooker calendar, behind the World and UK Championships, and the highest outside of the United Kingdom, until 2018 when the China Open had its winners cheque raised to 225,000. The 