The picture shows the 5 players of the Korean team of the 2022 Lakeside Cup. From the left, Cui Jingjiudan, Xu Ruiying 3rd, Jin Caiying 7th, Li Sezhu Chu, and Wu Youzhen 9th.
The 2022 Lakeside Cup World Women's Go King's Battle between China, Japan and South Korea will compete from May 22.
Jin Caiying, who ranked third in the women's ranking, joined the card status as a foreign card. At this point, the 2022 Lakeside Cup Korean team has been assembled, which are the seed Choi Seung-9 Dan (1st place), the wu Youzhen 9 dan (2nd place), the Hsu Swee Ying 3rd dan (17th place), and the Lee Se-joo chu dan (36th place).
Although Jin Caiying participated in the selection competition, she was diagnosed with new crown during the competition and abstained in the third round. Kim Chae-young is the champion of the 19th Women's National Hand Tournament in 2014 and the champion of the 1st Wu Qingyuan Cup World Women's Go Tournament in 2018, etc., and is a strong player in the Korean women's Go world.
The Lakeside Cup, which was created this year, is composed of five people each from China, Japan and South Korea, and is a national match between female chess players who compete for the championship in the ring, which is the same as the Nongshim Cup.
The picture shows the selection match held in mid-April
In addition, the Chinese team consisted of Zhiying 7 dan, Zhou Hongyu 6 dan, Lu Minquan 6 dan, Li Hyuk 5 dan and Wu Yiming 3 dan, while the Japanese team consisted of Fujisawa Risai 5 dan, Ueno AiSami 4 dan, Xie Yimin 7 dan, Suzuki step 7 dan, and Nakai Ei 2 dan. The average age of China, Japan and South Korea is 22.8 years, 26 years and 22.4 years, respectively.
The tournament will open online on May 22, and the first stage of the official tournament (rounds 1-7) will end on May 28, followed by the second stage from October 16 to 22 to determine the first winner. Previously, South Korean players will hold an opening ceremony at the Lakeside Hotel on May 12.
The total prize money of the 2022 Lakeside Cup is 300 million won, and the prize money for the champion is 100 million won. Individuals won three consecutive wins and won a 2 million yuan streak, after which an additional 2 million won were added to each win. Each match costs 1.2 million won.