The 26th Samsung Cup China-South Korea qualifiers have begun one after another, South Korea's elite are in the ranks of exemption, and the pre-selection is only a long set of money and running dragons. China's free election is led by Ke Yang, and Gu Zihao, who is trapped by the epidemic, missed the opportunity of the last world competition this year, and Zhonghao competed for only 6 places, including 28 rookies such as Tu Xiaoyu and Wang Xinghao, who took 9 rounds of points system, and finally took the top six to advance to the competition.
Looking back at the past 25 competitions, the Samsung Cup has produced a total of 15 champions, of which Li Shishi and Ke Jie each won 4 crowns to become the biggest winner, ranking Li Sedol slightly better with a runner-up, but Ke Jie participated in 7 times and reached the top 4 times, and the efficiency of winning the championship was higher. Compared with the LG Cup, which is difficult to find, the Samsung Cup favors Ke Jie. The 24-year-old Ke Jie was hit hard by Shen Min in the LG Cup final at the beginning of the year, and whether he could find the feeling of winning the championship in the most familiar Samsung Cup was not only related to the realization of the "one crown a year" ambition, but also tested the breakthrough of the limit of China's 8 world championships.
Past Samsung Cup Rankings: (For winners only)
Although Shi Fo only won 3 crowns in the Samsung Cup, it was not as brilliant as the LG Cup 4 crowns, but the 2nd, 3rd and 4th consecutive championships, and the 1999 two three-star cups were even more unparalleled dominance.
The Samsung Cup contributed 4 crowns to Lee Sedol, the first of all competitions. In 2012, the 17th and xiao Li's last championship, defeated the biggest opponent of his career, Gu Li.
Big and small Li and Li advanced to the final of the Three Star Cup five times each, the most of all chess players. Lee Chang-ho lost to Luo Xihe and Chang Hao in the 10th and 11th three-star cups. Lee Sedol's three-star cup 1 is a loss to Tang Weixing, the "man of the three-star cup" who is 10 years younger.
In a single event, 2 championships, 2 asian and 2 semifinals, the strange male Tang Weixing and the Three Star Cup also have an indissoluble relationship. This year's selection competition will determine whether Elder Tang can participate in the Samsung Cup for 10 consecutive years.
Yoshiki Ida won the Samsung Cup top prize, but Tiger Roar also became a masterpiece. The first Samsung Cup and LG Cup both advanced to the final Of Liu Chang hyuk, the Samsung Cup failed to leave a trophy for South Korea, the LG Cup achieved Lee Chang-ho's grand ambition to dominate, and finally won the championship in the 5th.
Big and small Lee after the Korean leader missed the Samsung Cup:
In terms of the number of competitions, the top five are all Korean chess players. Lee Chang-ho 19 times, Lee Se-seok 18 times, Roo Chang-hyuk 16 times, Cho Hwan-hyun and Park Young-hwan 14 times. Park Tinghuan, who competed 14 times, did not receive any results in the Samsung Cup, and lost 12 times to block Chinese chess players, including Tang Weixing 3 times, Xie Erhao and Chen Yaoye 2 times each, and the best result was 3 degrees to stop in the top 4.
Oldest and youngest in the Samsung Cup:
In the 8th final, 47-year-old Cho Ji-hoon defeated Park Yong-hoon, who was almost 30 years younger, to win the second crown of his career. But Cho Ji-hoon is not the oldest in the history of the Samsung Cup, and the 7th nearly 50-year-old Cao Xuanxuan defeated the 25-year-old Wang Lei at the age of 49 and 10 months. The 20th 18-year-old and 4-month Ke Jie defeated Shi Yue, which is the youngest world champion in the Samsung Cup.
The most shocking and regrettable final of the Samsung Cup:
The most exciting thing for chess fans in the Samsung Cup final is the earth-shattering blow of the 10th LuoChahe, although the divine pig is short-lived and ranks among the champions, but the stone Buddha fell off the altar and had no chance of the world crown, which further changed the territory of the world Of Go.
And the most regrettable thing is not the 25th Shen Zhenchen sliding incident, the epidemic caused by the net chess, the first 21st hand all the way to the slide tragedy, the authorities onlookers are horrified and have inexplicable regrets.
25 Samsung Cup, 2 crowns in Japan, 12 crowns in South Korea, and 11 crowns in China. South Korea has been seized by the four kings of the old days, and in recent years, China has been dominated by Ke, Tang and Gu for six consecutive years, can this year be equalized? After October 19th, the event will be completed in one go!