Group photo of the Chinese team after winning the championship, from left to right: Yu Zhiying, Zhou Hongyu, Li He, Lu Minquan. Photo: Hua Xueming
Beijing News (Chief Reporter Sun Haiguang) On October 20, the first 2022 Lake Pan Cup World Women's Go Overlord Battle was played online, and the Chinese team's deputy Zhou Hongyu defeated Japan's Esaki Mi 4 dan in six dan, and the Chinese team won the championship while receiving 100 million won (about 500,000 yuan) championship bonus.
In the 12th game yesterday, Lu Min lost a good game in six dan to Esakimi Ueno, who ushered in a wave of three consecutive wins. Today, the Chinese team sent adjutant general Zhou Hongyu to attack. Zhou Hongyu is only 20 years old, second only to Yu Zhiying, and ranks second in the Chinese women's Go ranking.
In this game, Zhou Hongyuchi took the lead and dominated from the beginning of the sequence. In the middle stage, the two sides entered a chaotic situation, after which Zhou Hongyu had the advantage in winning rate. Subsequently, Ueno Esakimi used the dead son to make profit on the left and upper sides at the same time, but Zhou Hongyu handled calmly and kept the victory until the end. In the end, Zhou Hongyu defeated Ueno Esakimi in the 207 hand-set.
Zhou Hongyu helped the Chinese team win the Lake Pan Cup championship. Photo: Hua Xueming
In this way, before the main player Yu Zhiying played, the Chinese team had won the first Lake Pan Cup championship and received 100 million won in prize money.
The Hupan Cup World Women's Go Overlord Battle is known as the "Women's Nongshim Cup", with 5 players each from China, Japan and South Korea, and 5 members of the Chinese team being Yu Zhiying, Zhou Hongyu , Lu Minquan , Li He and Wu Yiming.
Championship trophy.
Lake Cup lineup and wins:
China: Yu Zhiying (not played), Zhou Hongyu (1 win), Lu Minquan (1 loss), Li He (2 wins, 1 loss), Wu Yiming (5 wins, 1 loss)
Japan: Esakimi Ueno (3 wins, 1 loss) Rina Fujisawa (1 win, 1 loss) Xie Yimin (1 loss) Ayumi Suzuki (1 loss) Pansy Nakayi (1 loss)
South Korea: Choi Jing (1 loss) Oh Yoo-jin (1 loss) Kim Chae-young (1 win, 1 loss) Heo Seo-hyun (1 loss) Lee Se-joo (1 loss)
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