Jimu news reporter Deng Pengwei
On November 9, Beijing time, the 26th LG Cup World Go Championship ended the first semi-final, and Yang Dingxin defeated his compatriot Mi Yuting and took the lead in entering the final.
For Chinese chess fans, another semi-final that will be played on November 10 is the focus of their attention: Ke Jie vs Shen Zhenchen, the first-man battle between China and South Korea, and the key battle for whether Chinese Go can regain its decline.
Yang Dingxin took the lead in reaching the final
In the first semi-final on November 9, Yang Dingxin was in better shape, and he defeated Mi Yuting in the middle of the game and got a ticket to the final.
It is worth mentioning that in the quarterfinals, Yang Dingxin held a white battle against the defending champion South Korea's Shin Min,900 battle, the first half of the game Yang Dingxin played quite badly, to the official stage, seeing that the defeat had been decided, did not expect to induce the black chess piece suspected of "sliding the big spoon", Yang Dingxin finally won with the "spoon" of Shen Mincheng's hand.
Yang Dingxin is the top three masters of Chinese Go level, leading most of the set in the Samsung Cup, and finally being reversed by Shen Zhenchen, but from the perspective of the game process, Yang Dingxin's state is still good.
Whether the opponents in the final are Ke Jie or Shen Zhenchen, Yang Dingxin is worth looking forward to.
The battle between China and South Korea
The battle between Yang Dingxin and Mi Yuting, the attention in the Go circle is not high, because whoever enters the final can ensure a final place in China, but it is the game of Ke Jie VS Shen Zhenchen on the 10th, and the attention is very high, because this is not only the first-person battle of Chinese and Korean Go, but also the battle of the fortunes of Chinese Go.
Ke Jie is one of Xiao Shen's most fearful Chinese masters, the two sides have fought 17 games in history, Ke Jie won 11 and lost 6, the winning rate is 65%, this year the two sides played two sets, each win. More importantly, Ke Jie defeated his opponent twice in the finals of the 4th Lark Cup in January 2019 and the 25th Samsung Cup in November 2020, making Xiao Shen miserable. In terms of chess skills and strength in the heyday, the eight-crowned ke jie undoubtedly prevailed. Ke Jie's deterrence and dominance also definitely surpass Shen Zhenchen, because Ke Jie has reached the stage of the World Series finals 10 times, and the success rate is as high as 80%. Except for the Ying Cup final, Shin's current six-time final has only two rounds, and the chance of winning is only 25%.
Previously, many chess fans had a lot of views on Ke Jie's inability to spend more time on Go, but after the defeat of China in the Samsung Cup, Ke Jie was obviously touched, and after defeating Park Tinghuan in the LG Cup, Ke Jie said in an interview with reporters, "I think that my officials are still relatively weak, so I recently used AI to conduct research and learned a lot of things, so the level of officials has improved recently." ”
This game is crucial for Ke Jie and for Chinese Go, can Ke Jie withstand it?
The Chinese side is optimistic about Ke Jie
Zhang Xin, a famous professional sixth dan in our province who has been paying attention to this LG Chess King Tournament, said in an interview with reporters that from a personal point of view, he is more optimistic about Ke Jie. "The first is the comparison of achievements, Ke Jie is dominant, although Ke Jie's age is slightly older than Xiao Shen, but in terms of strength, Ke Jie is slightly better; secondly, psychological. People who play chess have a psychological hint that if you lose to a chess player more times, it will form a shadow in the psychology, which will affect the process and outcome of the game. The impact in this regard is impossible to quantify, but it does have a great impact, because at the highest level of competition, it is not only compared to technology, but more often than psychology. After all, in the two finals of the Lark Cup and the Samsung Cup, Ke Jie's 'blow' to Xiao Shen was too big! ”
Coincidentally, in looking forward to this heavyweight game, the Chinese chess community is more optimistic about Ke Jie's side, Ande Go CEO Yang Hua, amateur 7-dan master Chen Yi Cup champion Cao Ruxu and others said in an interview with reporters that Ke Jie is more likely to win.
Another piece of good news is that after the defeat of the Samsung Cup, the Chinese Weiqi Association was deeply touched, hoping to pay attention to the threat of Korean Go, and issued relevant regulations. At the level of the National Go team, the training plan for November and December this year was announced, with twice-weekly fixed matches and a monthly technical and tactical seminar, and this month's seminar was set on the theme of "How to Defeat Shin Jin-hyun and Park Ting-hwan". At the meeting, Yang Dingxin and Zhao Chenyu shared their recent impressions of the match against the two korea finalists, and the players and coaches expressed their opinions.
The "dead sheep repair" of Chinese Go objectively allowed Chinese Go to win a big victory in the LG Cup (in the quarterfinals, China's 3 players defeated three Korean players to enter the final four), this time, can Ke Jie let the victory of Chinese Go continue?
Ke Jie, everyone is looking at you.
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