On September 1, 2021, the 26th Samsung Cup Chinese mainland Qualifiers ended, and the main entrants of china and South Korea in this Samsung Cup were selected:
The 12 continental chess players who played in this tournament are: Ke Jie Jiu Dan, Yang Dingxin Jiu Dan, Xie Erhao Nine Dan (last four finals), Mi Yuting 9 Dan, Xie Ke 9 Dan (national seed), Zhao Chenyu 8 dan, Peng Liyao 7 dan, Dang Yifei 9 dan, Lian Xiao 9 dan, Fan Tingyu 9 dan, Li Weiqing 8 dan, Fang Ruoxi 4 dan.
The 15 Korean chess players who played in the tournament were Lee Chang-ho 9-dan, Cho Seung-ya 3-dan, Lee Dong-hoon 9-dan, Yoon Chan-hee 9-dan, Ahn Sung-joon 9-dan, Kim Seung-jae 8-dan, Han Seung-joo 7-dan, Lee Chang-seok 8-dan, and Hyun-joon-joon 6-dan.
Shin Jin-hyun 9-dan (last runner-up), Park Young-hwan 9-dan (national seed), Shin Min-min-9 -9-dan (national seed), Bian Sang-il 9-dan (national seed), Kim Ji-seok 9-dan (national seed).
At present, the wild card is not known to whom.
The Samsung Cup World Open Baduk Championship is an international go tournament held in South Korea and one of the world's most famous world Go tournaments. The Samsung Cup has been held for the first time since 1996, and has been held for 25 times so far, and the 26th Samsung Cup competition is underway.
The achievements of Chinese chess players have always been very eye-catching in the Samsung Cup: they have won the championship 11 times, won the top three in the top four many times, and won the top four in 2019.
After the main list of Chinese and Korean participants came out, Go fans found two accidents:
1, a generation of Go legend Lee Chang-ho actually entered the Samsung Cup through the qualifiers, this is Lee Chang-ho's 20th time to enter the Samsung Cup, which is admirable, 46-year-old Lee Chang-ho can be called a historical witness of the Samsung Cup.
2. Tang Weixing, who is known as the man of the Samsung Cup, did not enter the Samsung Cup competition, which is regrettable.
Tang Xuanzong lay tired on the bed and could not move. Li Bai's fighting wine poems, Yang Guifei's various styles, can not arouse his slightest nostalgia, time seems to be like this to say goodbye to him. Suddenly, the drums and horns outside the palace shouted in unison, and Tang Xuanzong asked in surprise what was going on? Left and right; the Samsung Cup is about to go to war. Tang Xuanzong said busily: Help me up quickly, I think I am OK.
Tang Weixing's results in domestic chess battles and domestic sieges are very general, and the ranking of points is often 10 outside, but once he arrives at the Samsung Cup competition, Tang Weixing is particularly in a state, and the results are surprisingly good, in the Samsung Cup, Tang Weixing has achieved an impressive record of the second championship, the second runner-up and the second four finals.
The Sino-Korean showdown is the main theme of the Samsung Cup. In the 25 final matches of the 25th Samsung Cup so far, a total of 14 Sino-Korean showdowns have been staged, and China has lagged behind South Korea 6:8.
Chinese chess players have won the championship eleven times in total, of which Ke Jie has won the championship four times; Tang Weixing has won the championship twice.
Korean players have won the championship 12 times, including Lee Sedol four times, Lee Chang-ho won the second, third and fourth consecutive championships, and Cho Hoon-hyun won the sixth and seventh championships.
As can be seen from the chart statistics, Lee Sedol and Ke Jie each won the Samsung Cup 4 times, Lee Chang-ho won 3 Samsung Cup titles, and Cao Xuanxuan and Tang Weixing won 2 world championships.
All four of them are qualified to be called the men of the three-star cup, so an interesting topic comes, who is the real man of the three-star cup?
Let's measure it in three dimensions:
1. Number of champions: If the number of champions is the same, the number of runners-up is compared, and if the number of runners-up is the same, the number of final four is compared.
2, the age to win the championship: the younger and older, it shows that the strength is indeed strong.
3. Difficulty of winning the championship: Mainly consider the number and level of major competitors at that time.
In terms of the number of champions: Li Shishi 4 crowns and 1 sub-> Ke Jie 4 crowns> Lee Chang-ho 3 crowns> Tang Weixing 2 crowns and 2 sub-> Cao Xuanxuan 2 crowns
From the age of winning the championship: Ke Jie won the championship for the first time at the age of 18; Tang Weixing won the championship for the first time at the age of 20; Lee Sedol won the championship for the first time at the age of 21; Lee Chang-ho won the championship for the first time at the age of 22; and Cao Xuanxuan won the championship for the first time at the age of 48.
Difficulty of winning the championship: Ke Jie> Tang Weixing> Cao Xuanxuan> Lee Sedol> Lee Chang-ho
In the Era of Ke Jie, the group of heroes rose together, and the post-90s chess players were at their peak, which can be called the most fiercely competitive era in the history of human Go; the post-90s chess players in the Tang Weixing era have just begun to rise in an all-round way, and the double pride era of Guli Li Shishi has sunset; the era of Cao Xuanxuan, Li Changhao and Chang Hao are at their peak, cao Xuanxuan's golden age has passed, from a personal point of view, Cao Xuanxuan's championship is actually the most difficult; Li Shishi's era: Li Changhao, Chang Hao's peak has passed, the post-90s have not yet risen, and the post-80s Couli is called double pride, but Coulee is very powerful. In the era of Lee Chang-ho, the contemporaries of the post-70s generation only had Chang Hao, and the post-60s chess players Ma Xiaochun, Liu Changhe, and Yitian Kiji had passed the peak.
Therefore, in summary, Ke Jie is the most gold-rich Samsung Cup man, especially Ke Jie has just turned 24 years old, there will be at least 5 years of peak period, and there will be a chance to win the Samsung Cup championship.
Dear friends, what do you think?