South Korea's 5th Women's Chess Jihad Finals ended prematurely with a score of 2-0 on December 13 and 14, and surprisingly, the clean sheet opponent won not Choi Jung, the first Korean women's champion who had won the championship from the second consecutive championship, but Wu Youzhen, the big bitter hand who had swallowed fifteen consecutive defeats against Choi Jing. This is Wu Youzhen's defeat of Choi Jing in two consecutive chess finals in twenty days, and the "Choi Seong Dynasty" that has remained unchanged in the Korean women's chess industry for ten years has a clear crack sound.
Unique award-winning photos. On the contrary, the vegetarian Cui Jing (b. 1996) appears younger than Wu Youzhen (b. 1998).
The preliminaries for this year's Korean Women's Chess Jihad began in September, and the round of 16 of this tournament began in October. Choi Kyung won consecutive victories over Kim Sang-jin, Kim Min-so and Park Ji-juan, and Oh Yoo-jin won consecutive victories over Kim Eun-sun, Kwon Hyo-jin and Jeong You-jin in a row to meet the finals. Since the launch of the new version of the Korean Women's Chess Jihad in 2017, Kim Do-young won the first championship, and Choi Jing defeated Kim Hye-min and Kim Chae-young (twice) in the second to fourth finals, showing absolute dominance.
The final was played in the studio of Go TELEVISION in South Korea.
However, in the final of the 26th Women's National Hand Competition in South Korea from November 23 to 25, Choi Jing faced Wu Youzhen, who had a historical record of 25 wins and 2 losses, and lost the first and third sets of three wins and losses in a near-defeat posture, losing the first and third games of the Korean women's tournament after ten years, which was regarded as a symbol of "dynasty collapse". However, from 2 to 4 December, Cui Jing defeated his old rival Yu Zhiying 2–1 in the final of the 4th Wu Qingyuan Cup World Women's Championship and was once again crowned the women's world champion, still in a solid position.
Dim lights and reflected light on the trophy before the final starts.
But Choi Jing has really been adjusting recently, according to South Korean media reports, she not only got up at 6 a.m. to study Go, but also refused to eat meat, becoming a complete vegetarian. This major change in living habits and dietary structure will inevitably have an impact on the competitive state. Coupled with the recent tight schedule and the best efforts in the world competition, the domestic arena will be consolidated, because the number of matches is too large, Choi Jing gave up the newly created South Korean women's competition Nam Seok Heon Cup on December 18 and 19.
After Wu Qingyuan Cup won the championship, he changed to Cui Jing, who had short hair style.
South Korea's 5th Women's Chess Holy War thus became the place where Wu Youzhen staged a one-man show, took the initiative to change the style of chess, and Wu Youzhen, who became steady and active, reached the suppression of Choi Jing in the final two games, which made the TV commentator Lee Hyun Wook shout loudly: "In addition to Yu Zhiying, can anyone torture Choi Jing like this?" ”
Wu Youzhen, who won the Korean women's national hand and women's chess double crown.
Wu Youzhen, who achieved an overwhelming advantage of 4 wins and 1 loss for Cui Jing in twenty days, changed her delicate and pitiful bitter face and left behind the bold words of "hoping to become a threat to her existence in the future".
The result of the first set of the final was Wu Youzhen's 206 hand-to-hand victory.
The result of the second set of the final was Wu Youzhen's 213 hand-to-hand victory.
The prize money for the runner-up of the Korean Women's Chess Jihad Championship is 30 million yuan and 10 million won (about 160,000 yuan and 50,000 yuan), which takes three 40-second second readings after each side after one hour, and has been sponsored by a Korean paper company since 2017.