Upset, Cho Wanjue Samsung Cup World Champion Kim Ji-seok successfully scored into the GS Caltex Cup Quarterfinals! Today, the last game of the GS Caltex Cup Round of 16 in South Korea, Kim Ji-seok was upset and regrettably out. In this way, all 8 top 8 chess players are produced, led by Shin Jin-hyun, and 8 players, including Park Ting-hwan, Bian Sang-il, Kim Myung-hoon, Ahn Sung-jun, Park Jin-min, Park Ha-min and Cho Wan-joo, will compete for the semi-finals.
Today, in the specific battle, Zhao Wanjue held the black chess piece, and Kim Ji-seok responded with white. In the first half of the game, although the two chess players made small mistakes, it allowed Kim Ji-seok, who was in charge of the white, to seize the opportunity, and gradually took a good advantage and gained a lead. Just when chess fans think that Kim Ji-seok is going to advance to the quarterfinals and meet Shin Jin-hyun, the competition for Kim Ji-seok in the middle and back sets has an accident.
Kim Ji-seok, who holds 98% of the winning rate, in the middle and lower engagements, 162 hands appeared to be seriously spooned, and the situation was reversed by Zhao Guanjue in just two or three rounds, and the black chess saw that the situation had no hope of overturning, so he stopped the clock in 199 hands and conceded defeat.
Quarter-finals
Shin Jin-chan vs An Sung-joon
Park Jin-ri vs Cho Wan-joo
Bian Sang-il vs Park Ha-min
Kim Myung-hoon vs Park Young-hwan