The above picture is according to Korean media
On November 28, in the third game of the trilogy final of the 28th Samsung Cup World Go Championship, Ding Hao defeated Xie Erhao with a black half of the eyes and won the Samsung Cup for the first time with a big score of 2-1, which was also his second individual world championship. Today's championship is also his second summit after defeating Yang Dingxin to win the 27th LG Cup in early February, and at the same time, it took him less than 10 months to catch up, surpassing Yang Dingxin, Xie Erhao and other famous players, breaking out of the first crown group and entering the second crown group.
This year, Ding Hao is not the only one who has rushed out of the crown group. In June, Gu Zihao defeated Shen Zhenzhen 2-1 in the Rotten Ke Cup and rushed out of the first championship group. In July, Chunlan Cup Bian Xiangyi defeated Li Xuanhao 2-0 and rushed out of the championship group, and he had won the National Hand Mountain Cup before. Also in July, Shin Minjun defeated Shin Jinjin in the National Hands Mountain Cup and broke out of the first championship group, and he had won the LG Cup before.
So far, on the overall gold medal list of the World Go Individual Championship, the first is Lee Chang-ho, with 18 championships.
No. 2 is Lee Sedol, 14 crowns.
The third is Cho Hoon-hyun, 9 crowns.
Gu Li and Ke Jie won 8 crowns, tied for 4th.
Yoo Chang-hyuk, Park Ting-hwan, and Shin Jin-jin won 6 crowns and tied for 6th.
Chen Yaoye ranked 9th with 4 crowns.
Chang Hao, Park Yongxun, Tang Weixing, Choi Zhehan, Kong Jie, and Kang Dongyun tied for 10th with 3 crowns.
Ma Xiaochun, Qi Yuting, Gu Zihao, Shen Minjun, Bian Xiangyi, Ding Hao and other 2 crowns.
Yang Dingxin, Xie Erhao and other 1 crown.
(Nishi Zilin)