According to Hangame Han Changgui, the lakeside cup that pioneered the women's Go Renaissance opened on May 12, and the first Chinese Wu Yiming vs. Japan's Zhongyi Wei on the 22nd, South Korea's Li Sezhu watched from the sidelines.
The 2022 Lakeside Cup Seoul News World Women's Go Overlord Battle, resurrected with the "Women's Go romance of the Three Kingdoms", held its opening ceremony on May 12 at the Ruby Hall of the Seoul Lakeside Hotel, announcing the start of its first season.
Created this year, the Lakeside Cup is a national match between five female players from South Korea, China and Japan to compete for supremacy in a row of victories, in the same way that the World Go Tournament, known as the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms of Go" and continuing the tradition of the 23rd Nongshim Sim Ramen Cup, is held in the world.
At the draw site, South Korea drew a banner with the words "Seoul News" to confirm the first bye and not to participate in the opener. From left are President Han Jong-jin, General Manager Park Chul-hee, and General Manager Koo Tae-hyun, who are acting as the drawers.
The Korea-China-Japan women's tournament, which uses a winning streak, includes the abolished Jeonggunzhuang Cup (2002-2011) and the Hwangryushi Cup (2011-2019), which was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The representatives of the lakeside cup countries are as follows (the average age of the three teams in China, Japan and South Korea is 22.8 years old, 26 years old and 22.4 years old, and South Korea is younger than the top 5 teams selected by the Chinese Asian Games)
-Korea: Choi Seung 9 Dan Wu YouZhen 9 Dan Kim Cai Ying 7 Dan Hsu Swee Young 3 Dan Lee Se Joo Chu Chu
-China: Yu Zhiying 7 duan Zhou Hongyu 6 duan Lu Minquan 6 duan Li He 5 dan Wu Yiming 3 duan
- Japan: Xie Yimin 7 dan Suzuki step 7 dan Fujisawa Rishi 5 dan Ueno Ai Sakami 4 dan Nakai Eiji 2nd dan
The opening ceremony was attended by Park Chul-hee, General Manager of the Sponsoring Company Lakeside Group, Koo Tae-hyun, President of seoul News Agency, Yoon Seung-yong, Vice President of the Korea Chess Academy, Director of Affairs, Leung Jae-ho, President of the Chess Club, Han Jong-jin, President of the Chess Club, and Korean players.
The opening ceremony lasted about 1 hour, and the guest introduction, video screening, speech, lottery, interview, commemorative chessboard, group photo, toast celebration, lunch, etc. were carried out in turn. Chinese and Japanese players who were unable to participate due to the COVID-19 pandemic delivered video speeches.
According to the results of the draw, the opening match on the 22nd was bye bye by the South Korean team, and the pioneer players of the Sino-Japanese war were Wu Yiming Sandan, who represented China, and the japanese Zhongyi Wei 2nd Dan, the winner of the round, in the second set on the 23rd, played against the first player announced by South Korea, Lee Se-joo Chu. South Korea's emerging talents will engage their opponents for the first time.
Cui Jingjiu proposed to toast. Use "Lakeside" as a two-line poem, and a toast of "Lakeside Cup Must Win".
The limit time for online matches is 1 hour, and the time for reading seconds is 1 time and 1 minute. The first round consists of 7 rounds, one per day, which will last until the 28th, starting from October 16 until the winner is decided, and the second round will be played.
The prize money for the winner is 100 million won. Individual triple wins will earn 2 million won, and each win thereafter will increase by 2 million won. In addition, the match fee is 1.2 million won per set.
▲ Park Chul-hee, general manager of Lakeside Group: "I sincerely hope that this competition can become a famous brand competition that repays the three countries of Korea, China and Japan for Go exchanges and the support of Go fans." "
▲ Seoul News Agency Director Kook Tae-hyun: "After the end of the 2003 competition, the interrupted overlord battle, after 19 years, it is very happy to return to the world women's Go overlord battle. "
Yoon Seung-yong, vice president of the Korea Chess Academy: "I would like to express my deep gratitude to the Lakeside Group and the relevant people of the Seoul News and conference who have spared no effort to hold the conference. "
▲ Choi Seung-kudan presented the players' signed chessboard to Park Chul-hee, general manager of Lakeside Group
▲ Oh Youzhen Jiudan was given to Guo Tae-hyun, president of the Seoul News.
▲ The lakeside cup Tai Chi Girl Scout Army that competed for the championship for the first time.
▲ Cui Jingjiudan: "As a seed player, I feel a heavy responsibility and will show everyone a better look." The new players and the veterans will play a synergy, and I think if I don't win one game or only one game, the Korean team will win the championship. "
▲ Wu Youzhen Jiudan: "If you want to win a lot, you may not be friendly to other teammates, I will target 2 wins." Because it was a world competition that had been going on for a long time, I wanted to play against many players, but because I was very happy every time, I wanted to play against Yu Zhiying of China. As Cui Xianshou said, I hope we show a good tacit understanding and achieve good results."
▲ Jin Caiying seven paragraphs: "Five people decided on the list of appearances after consultation, and the subsequent order of players also roughly thought about it, but it should be possible to change according to the situation." Due to the infection with the new crown, I regret to abstain from the pre-selection, I am grateful to give me a wild card, I wanted to say a simple goal, but they forced, I will choose 3 consecutive wins. "
▲ Heo Seo-young Sandan: "I am very lucky to be selected, I will try my best to prepare for the game, do my best to help the Korean team, all the opponents are very strong, I hope to win as many chess as possible." "
▲ Li Sezhu in the first paragraph: "Because of the youngest age, the lowest ranking, and the worst strength, the No. 1 appeared." The Lakeside Cup is a very important game for me, so I am trying to prepare for it, and I hope you will wait and see. "
▲The World Women's World Championship hosted by South Korea is held again in 11 years after the Baohai Cup (1994-1998), which has hosted five competitions, and the Zhengguanzhuang Cup (2002-2011), which has hosted nine competitions.
(Compiled by Li Xinzhou)