The annual 2021 TWT Tencent Go Championship hosted by Tencent Chess and Hosted by Wild Fox Go has been eliminated in four rounds, and Ke Jie, Shen Zhenchen, Yang Dingxin and Fan Tingyu will fight with the four chess players with the highest number of points, and the winner will advance to the final four and compete for the 600,000 championship prize. The semi-finals are a showdown, and the final is decided by three pieces.
The most special thing about the TWT format is that the top four points are selected in the order of ranking and the four who have advanced. That is, the first ranked Gu Zihao selected the first person in South Korea, Shin Zhenchen, the second ranked Bian Xiangyi avoided Ke Yang and selected Fan Tingyu, and the third ranked Lian Xiao no longer chose the opponent Ke Jie of "Rotten Ke's first game and peak match", and selected Yang Dingxin, leaving Ke Jie "unconditionally" left to the youngest Wang Xinghao.
Evolution of the 2021 TWT Go Championship:
The top eight gathered the top masters of Korea, Shen Zhenchen and Bian Xiangyi, who ranked in the top three in South Korea, and Ke Jie, Gu Zihao, and Yang Dingxin, who ranked in the top three in China, all of them ranked among the final white hot battles of TWT. Among them, Bian Xiangyi is the 2020TWT champion, Gu Zihao is the 2019 TWT champion, and Yang Dingxin is the 2016 TWT champion.
Shen Zhenchen and Yang Dingxin have been playing since the first round and have passed four levels in a row. This is the third time that Shin Zhenchen has participated, losing to Tong Mengcheng in the fourth round of 2019 and Li Qincheng in the second round of 2020. In addition to defeating the same country, one old and one young Yuan Shengqin and Wu Bingyou, the Chinese world champion Mi Yuting and Tan Xiao have been eliminated by him.
Wild Fox Net Practice Match Shen Zhenchen VS Gu Zihao's winning and losing record:
Gu Zihao and Shen Zhenchen collided eight times in the official game, shook hands 4-4, and won each of the two meetings last year, but the 9th YingShi Cup and the 4th Bailing Cup in the world championship lost against Gu Zihao twice, and also fell behind 38-58 in the Wild Fox's super fast chess practice match.
Shin Jin-chan has been in the same recent past, and has won 15 consecutive games in official matches, Wild Fox Nets and Yicheng Nets so far after losing to Park Young-hwan in the Samsung Cup finals. This includes beating gu zihao in the 27th round robin of the second season of the Yicheng-Zhongshan Top Tournament on November 25.
Wild Fox Net Practice Match Bian Xiangyi VS Fan Tingyu Victory and Defeat Record:
Another Sino-Korean showdown, Bian Xiangyi vs Fan Tingyu, the official match between the two Fan Tingyu was 3-1, and the Wild Fox Super Fast Chess Practice Tournament also won an overwhelming advantage of 165-76.
The two civil battles in the quarterfinals, Ke Jie vs Wang Xinghao, will debut on December 6, followed by Yang Dingxin vs Lian Xiao on December 7, and the two Sino-Korean confrontations need to wait for notice.