Beijing time on March 23 news, Chunlan Cup World Go Championship continues, tomorrow will start a 16-into-8 match. At present, in the top 16, the main theme is still the confrontation between China and South Korea, including Chinese Taipei chess players, China occupies 9 seats in the top 16, South Korea occupies 6 seats, and Japan has only 1 person.
This is following the Nongshim Cup World Go Tournament in February, another direct pk of China and South Korea, in terms of numbers, China is 9-6 ahead of South Korea, however, on the chess players with the strength to win the championship, Chinese Go does not have any advantage, in the South Korean team, with Shin Jin-chan and Park Tinghuan 2 major champions are popular, of which, Shin Jin-chan is also the defending champion of this Chunlan Cup, and, in last month's Nongshim Cup, Shin Jin-chan turned the tide, Lianke China and Japan's several strong players, swept 5 consecutive wins, After defeating Chinese team leader Ke Jie, he helped The South Korean team win the championship.
It can be said that Shin Jin-chan is in good shape, and at present, he is not only the first person in The Korean rank, but also the first person in the world. In addition, in the round of 16, the Korean team also has our old rival Park Tinghuan.
On the side of the Chinese team, Ke Jie is naturally the chess player with the strongest comprehensive strength! In addition, the last runner-up Tang Weixing is also very strong. Ke Jie's opponent in this round is South Korean Kim Myung-hoon, past hand-to-hand records, Ke Jie won 4 games, never lost an opponent in his career, Ke Jie is expected to complete a 5-game winning streak against Kim Myung-hoon.
In the round of 16, the only Japanese chess player is Sada Tokushi, and in the last round, Sada Tokushi eliminated the Chinese chess player Mi Yuting. Chinese Taipei's Xu Haofeng directly advanced to the round of 16 as a seeded chess player.
In the 1/8 finals, there will be 6 direct confrontations between China and South Korea: Ke Jie - Kim Myung-hoon, Lee Wei-ching - Park Ting-hwan, Lee Chin-shing - Shin Jin-chen, Koo Zi-ho - Bian Sang-yi, Yang Dingxin - Kim Ji-seok, Ding Hao - Shin Min-suk. Two other games: Tang Weixing vs Sada Tokushi, Lee Hyun Ho - Heo Hao Ho.