The dust settled on February 9 of the 26th LG Cup, and South Korea's Shin Jin-hyun defeated China's Yang Dingxin 2-0 to win his third world championship, becoming the fourth multiple LG Cup winner after Lee Chang-ho (4 times) and Lee Sedol Guli (2 times), and the second winner after Lee Chang-ho to win the next year.
In the finals of the World Series that have ended since 2021, 25 LG Cup Shen Min won over Ke Jie, 4 sessions of dream lily cup Yu Yu Ting won over Xie Ke, 13 sessions of Chunlan Cup Shen Zhen zhen sheng tang Wei xing, 26 sessions of the Samsung Cup Park Ting Huan sheng Shen Zhen Chen, 26 lg cup Shen Zhen chen sheng yang Dingxin. World champion South Korea 4-1 China, the final of the 9-time YingShi Cup is yet to be determined, between Shin Jin-chan and Xie Ke.
Due to the impact of the epidemic, the World Series has been changed to online chess, and the allocation of places has changed from the original unified audition to "one-size-fits-all". The seeding quota of this LG Cup is the last champion and runner-up Shen Minjie, Ke Jie + South Korea 4 + China 2 + Japan 2 + Taiwan 1, rated as 7 from South Korea, 4 from China, 1 from Japan, and 1 from Wild Card Yuan Shengqin. In this way, South Korea finally played 13 people, more than half of the number of people in the round of 24, almost twice as many as China. The thickness advantage of Chinese Go is gone.
In the first round of this tournament, Xie Ke and Xie Erhao were in poor shape and lost to Kim Myung-hoon and Jiang Dongrun, Tan Xiao took The Park Jin rate lightly, Tao Xinran slaughtered the dragon Xu Yinghao, Mi Yuting reversed the victory over Lee Chang-seok, and the China-South Korea war was 3-2. In addition, South Korea's Kim Ji-seok and Won Seung-jin eliminated Japan's Itachi Anda Tak-shi and Hsu Ka-won respectively, and Treasure Island Chen Qirui defeated Hong Jizhi.
In the round of 16, Mi Yuting defeated Lee Dong Hoon, Yang Dingxin slaughtered the dragon Kim Ji Seok, Ke Jie narrowly defeated Won Seung-jin, Tao Xinran and Tan Xiao lost to Shin Jin-chan and Park Ting-hwan, and China and South Korea were once again 3-2. In addition, Yili Liao eliminated Chen Qirui, and Shen Min and Bian Xiangyi were promoted to the civil war.
In the quarter-finals, the Battle between China and South Korea was 3-0, and the Chinese sharp sword broke through the Sea of Koreans. Ke Jie and Park Tinghuan launched the battle of Tianwangshan, stabilized the first half of the set, and in the second half of the game, the robbery was used to press forward step by step, the official battle did not relax, and the excellent personal performance made Park Tinghuan crushed, and the battle record was rewritten to 15-14. Mi Yuting seized Bian Xiangyi's mid-set mistake to win quickly. Yang Dingxin and the defending champion Shen Min fought until the end of the whole field, the tenacious pursuit finally ushered in the dawn, and the central dragon suddenly cast a cold arrow, Shen Minqi was shocked to feel that the miscalculation, did not know whether it was a slide or chose to back down, resulting in a large loss of the number of eyes The situation was leaked. All of China's top 3 advanced to the semifinals. In another game, Shin Jin-jin slaughtered Long Sheng and saved the fire for Korea.
In the semi-finals, Ke Jie fought again again again, and the improper partial supplement led to the chess, and the reading of the seconds was urgently unable to stabilize, and he lamented that he wanted to strengthen the ability to read the seconds in the second half of the game. In another set, Yang Dingxin defeated compatriot Mi Yuting. Finally, the two former champions Yang Dingxin and Shin Jin-chan advanced, and the final staged a Sino-Korean showdown again.
During the Spring Festival, Shin Jin-chan practiced in the competition and won Park Chang-jin in the Korean League. Yang Dingxin, on the other hand, has national teammates taking turns to accompany the training and prepare for the battle with all their might. Yang Ding started the first game of the final with a new diagonal start, full of innovative layout to lead the most of the set, but a simple miscalculation in the second reading can be described as a trick careless. After Shen Zhen was patient, he saw that the ghost hand successfully flipped the plate. Hu Yaoyu, who served as the interpreter, lamented that this game of chess was almost crushing Shen Zhenchen in terms of overall quality, but unfortunately, the 187/195/199 hand made three choices and the ducks that ate it flew away.
In the second game of the three chess pieces, Yang Ding's new sequence was backward but stubbornly pursued, and successfully led to Shen Zhenchen's killing heart, forming a three-hundred-eyed big kill, but unfortunately, the complex robbery was a white loss, and finally the vicissitudes of the sea and the mulberry field were insufficient after the great conversion, and the achievements were lost. Shin Jin-chan won the LG Cup 2-0.
After the game, Yang Dingxin admitted that the good situation in the first set was very remorseful, and the opportunity to spell out the second set was unfortunately not seized, and it was necessary to redouble his efforts. Shen Zhenchen said that in the end, he was nervous, risky and strong enough, and the two sides were open in a chaotic battle, and the content of the chess game was not good, but the result was satisfactory. LG Cup takes 5 times 40 seconds after 3 hours per side, which is equivalent to entering the super fast chess reading seconds immediately after the slow chess long exam, China has not yet played this time, the reading seconds are mostly 1 minute, and it is easier to make mistakes in 40 seconds of urging.
In 1998, Yang Dingxin's record against the post-00s Shen Zhenchen was roughly 7-7, but the last 5 consecutive losses. Shen Zhenchen won 80 wins and 17 losses in 2021, with a winning percentage of 82.5%, and this year 11 wins and 1 loss. Yang Dingxin won 38 wins and 22 losses in 2021, with a winning rate of 63.3%, and this year 1 win and 3 losses. Shin zhenchen won 21 consecutive games against Chinese players in the official tournament. Since november 24, 2020, the Nongshim Cup has won 17 consecutive games against Chinese players in the international arena after the Ying Cup, Chunlan Cup, LG Cup, Samsung Cup and other battles, and it has been 444 days. In the next Nongshim Cup showdown, it remains to be seen whether Ke Jie and Mi Yuting, who are only half of South Korea, can turn the tide.
Previous LG Cup Top 4:
Champion Runner-up Tied for 4
1st Lee Chang-ho 3-0 Liu Chang-hyuk Ma Xiaochun Choi Myung-hoon
2nd Term Wang Licheng 3-2 Liu Chang-hyuk Choi Myung-hoon Lee Chang-hoon
Three-time Lee Chang-ho 3-0 Ma Xiaochun Shao Weigang Yu Bin
4th Yu Bin 3-1 Liu Chang-hyuk Cao Xuan-hyun Lee Chang-ho
5th Lee Chang-ho 3-2 Lee Shi-seok Wang Licheng Zhou Heyang
6th Roo Chang-hyuk 3-2 Cho Hyun Lee Se-seok Lee Chang-ho
7th Lee Sedol 3-1 Lee Chang-ho Zhao Han by Won Seung-jin
8th Lee Chang-ho 3-1 Mu Jin Shuo Yuan Sheng Qin Zhao Han Cheng
9th Zhang Xu 3-1 Yu Bin Zhao Han by Lee Chang-ho
10th Coulee 3-2 Chen Yaoye Lee Sedol Park Moon-yao
11th Zhou Junxun 2-1 Hu Yaoyu Hong Min Li Zhao Hansheng
12th Lee Sedol 2-1 Han Sang-hoon Hu Yao-woo Wen Zhaozhen
13th Coulee 2-0 Lee Sedol Lee Chang-ho Park Yong-hoon
14th Kong Jie 2-0 Lee Chang-ho Park Moon-yeol Park Yong-hoon
15th Park Wenyao 2-0 Kong Jie Wang Yao Meng Tae-ling
16th Jiang Weijie 2-0 Lee Chang-ho Kim Ji-seok Sheikh
17th ShiYue 2-0 Yuan Shengqin Jiang Dongrun Cui Zhehan
18th Yu Jiaxi 2-1 Zhou Ruiyang Li Zhe Chen Yaoye
19th Park Young-hwan 2-1 Kim Ji-seok Park Yong-hoon Choi Chul-han
20th Kang Dong-yun 2-1 Park Yong-hoon Shi Yue JiaXi
21st Dang Yifei 2-0 Zhou Ruiyang Shin Jin Chen Park Tinghuan
22nd Serho 2-1 Yuta Iyama Jiang Weijie KeJie
23rd Yang Dingxin 2-1 Shi Yue Shen Min Wei Fan Tingyu
24th Shin Jin-chan 2-0 Park Ting-hwan Ke Jie Tao Xinran
25th Shin Min-ho 2-1 Ke Jie Park Tinghuan Bian Xiangyi
26th Shen Zhenchen 2-0 Yang Dingxin Ke Jie Mi Yuting