Wu Youzhen Jiudan, Xu Ruiying 3rd Dan and Li Sezhu Chu Duan (from left), who were selected as the representatives of the 2022 Lakeside Cup World Women's Go King's Battle in South Korea
2022 Lakeside Cup World Women's Go Battle Selection Tournament
Cui Jing became a ranked seeded player to attack the first champion
Wu Youzhen Jiuduan (24 years old), Xu Ruiying 3 duan (20 years old), li Sezhu Chu duan (16 years old) were selected as national representatives. These are the 3 players selected through the 2022 Lakeside Cup World Women's Go Battle Selection Tournament.
A total of 49 people submitted applications for the selection of delegates that opened on the 6th of this month, and on the afternoon of April 14, three group finals were held simultaneously in the matchroom of the Korean Chess Academy.
▲The picture shows the final of the selection tournament held in the match room of the Korean Chess Academy.
As a result, group 1 Wu Youzhen 9 dan defeated Cho Hye-jin 9 dan, group 2 Li Se-joo defeated Kim Hyun Bin 2 dan in the first group, and Xu Seo-young in group 3 defeated Park Joo-y 2 dan in 3. All three passed the selection round with four consecutive wins.
The three contestants selected will form a team together with the no. 1 female ranking winner Choi Seung-kudan (26 years old) who is exempted from the ranking as a seed and the 1 wild card selected by the organizer later.
▲ In the first group final, Wu Youzhen Jiudan (right) defeated Zhao Huilian Jiudan with 271 hands. The record for both sides is 7 wins and 3 losses.
The "Lakeside Cup", which was created this year, is composed of five representative teams from China, South Korea and Japan, and is a national competition between female chess players, which can be described as the "Three Kingdoms of Women's Go".
The main stage of the competition will open on the 22nd of next month. The winner won 100 million won in prize money. Individuals will receive 2 million won for 3 consecutive wins, and thereafter 2 million won in streak prize money will be added to each win. In addition, the match fee is set at 1.2 million won per set. China and Japan have yet to identify representatives for the war.
▲ In the final of the second group, Li Sezhu chudan (right) won 266 hands against Jin Xianbin in the second stage. The relative record is 1 win and 1 loss.
▲ In the third group final, Xu Ruiying's three-dan (right) 193 hand-to-hand victory over Park Joo-lu's second dan, the relative record also achieved 3 full victories.
With two titles in hand, Wu Youzhen Jiudan, who ranked no. 2 in the women's ranking: "There are a lot of new players participating, so I am very much looking forward to it. Since it is the first competition, I want to win the championship with everyone with good results! ”
Xu Ruiying, who was selected for the national team for the first time in 6 years, was selected in the third paragraph: "The hard work was finally selected, and I was in a good mood. Because it's the first time to participate in an important world series, it can be very nervous, and I will try my best to be prepared. ”
Li Sezhu, a pro rookie who set the stage in June last year, said: "I didn't think I would be elected as a representative, and I was very happy." In the official competition, it will also show the domineering spirit of the new sharp. ”
Zhao Huilian nine paragraphs
Jin Xianbin second paragraph
Park Joo-ry second paragraph
The Sword of Warding Off Evil was compiled on Hanyou.com