The just-concluded LG Cup has opened the curtain for the waves of the Go world in 2022, according to the current schedule, there are 5 world championships this year, LG, Samsung Cup will be held as scheduled every year, Chunlan Cup will also open in March, Tianfu Cup will be restarted again after four years, and the first Rotten Ke Cup World Go Championship is the icing on the cake.
Coupled with the expected Ying's Cup final and the basically determined 5th Dream Lily Cup, this year's Go session will be much livelier than last year. However, the most important game in the recent chess world is the third stage of the Nongshim Cup, and on the 21st, China's vice-admiral Mi Yuting will attack Yuta Jingshan. At present, the rare game is beneficial to the Japanese team, they are still left with Jingshan, Yu Zhengqi and Yili Liao, the Chinese team is left with Mi Yuting and Ke Jie, and South Korea's "dream lineup" has fallen apart, leaving only the main player Shin Zhenchen alone.
A few days ago, the 14th Chunlan Cup announced the schedule, march 15 will be held a draw ceremony, the first general 22nd eh section competition, the day to determine the round of 16, the 24th to determine the top 8; the second stage is expected to be held at the end of the year, will determine the final opponent, next March to carry out the final tri-game competition.
There are 24 places in the competition, the last champion and runner-up Shen Zhenchen and Tang Weixing were exempted, the Chinese quota was 9, the Korean and Japanese 5 people each, and the Chinese Taipei, the Americas and Europe each had a quota. The winner prize money is $150,000, the runner-up is $50,000, and the competition still follows the Chinese rule of sticking three and three-quarters.
Before the Nongshim Cup, the 36th Tongli Cup China Go Tianyuan Tournament will also determine the top 8, and the february 14-18 qualifiers and the first two rounds of this tournament will be held online. On the 14th and 15th, 32 chess players will participate in the preliminary selection, and 16 players will be selected to participate in the tournament together with 16 seeded chess players such as Ding Hao and Ke Jie. The first round of the tournament will be held on the 16th and 17th, and the 16-in-8 competition will be held on the 18th.
This year's competition is many and the schedule is close, which is a very critical year for China and South Korea. Last year, the Korean Wave re-emerged, and Shin Jin-chan provoked the South Korean flag, but this year his momentum will continue to soar, or will it be suppressed? We'll see.