According to South Korean media reports, on February 21, the 10th round of the 23rd Nongshim Cup began, and China's Mi Yuting challenged Japan's Izuyama Yuta. Shin Jin-chan will attack the Nongshim Cup on the 22nd, and if he wants to reproduce the "Nongshim Cup total victory myth" for two consecutive years to help South Korea win the championship, he must win 4 consecutive victories in the ring. In addition, the new Chunlan Cup has also begun, and the 13th defending champion Shin Jin-chan has launched an impact, after only Lee Chang-ho successfully won the 4th and 5th Chunlan Cup championships.
In the last Nongshim Cup, Shin Zhenchen defeated Tang Weixing, Yuta Iyama, Yang Dingxin, Yili Liao, ke Jie in a row, and won five consecutive victories to help South Korea regain the Nongshim Cup again after three years.
In the clash record with the players of this year's Nongshim Cup, Shen Zhenchen won 2-0 against Yuta Iyama, 6 wins and 3 losses against Mi Yuting, 4-0 against Yili Liao, and 6 wins and 11 losses against Ke Jie.
Shin Jin-hyun previously said when winning the LG Cup that because it was the last stick in South Korea, he felt a lot of burdens in his heart, but in order to reproduce last year's glory, he will do his best to focus on every set and go down round by round.
South Korea's national Go team coach Mu Jin-suk said that before the third stage of the Nongshim Cup, I did not have a special exchange with Shin Jin-jin, who was already carrying a heavy burden alone. Although the situation is very difficult, we should still expect Shin Zhenchen to show his heroic nature. While each set is a life-and-death battle, the first two sets seem to be more important.
On February 28, the roster for the 14th Chunlan Cup World Professional Go Championship will be closed. A lottery ceremony was held on 15 March. The first two rounds of the tournament began on March 22 and 24, with the quarterfinals and semi-finals in the fourth quarter, and the finals will be held next year. This year's Chunlan Cup is still composed of 24 players, the champion and runner-up Shen Zhenchen and Tang Weixing are exempted, in addition to 9 chinese, 1 Chinese Taipei, 5 South Korea, 5 Japan, 1 American and 1 European. Among them, 3 from South Korea and 5 from China failed in the first round.
In the other five places for the Korean team, Park Yong-hwan and Shin Min-hoon are exempted as world champions, and Bian Sang-il and Kim Myung-hoon are exempted as national team seeds. The remaining last place will be selected by 6 people, of which Lee Dong-hoon and Han Seung-joo give up the selection, and Hyun-joon and Lee Ji-hyun get the opportunity. At 9:30 a.m. on February 21, Yoon Hyun Joon vs Lee Ji Hyun, Won Seung Joon vs Ahn Sung Joon, the winners played Kim Ji Seok and Lee Chang Seok respectively.
Chunlan Cup winner prize money of 150,000, runner-up 50,000, top 4 losers 20,000, quarter-final losers 7,000, 16-round losers 4,000, 24-round losers 2,000 U.S. dollars. Each side of the game is 2 hours and 25 minutes, and 5 times 1 minute reading seconds. Previously, 7 crowns in South Korea, 5 crowns in China and 1 crown in Japan were held in the previous 13 editions.