Beijing, 14 Sep (Xinhua) -- According to the China Weiqi Association, the first "Huludao Country Garden Cup" Sino-Japanese-Korean Go Team Tournament ended on 14 September in Huludao, Liaoning Province, and as Japan defeated South Korea 2-1, the three teams composed of nine famous Go players in China, Japan and South Korea won the final record of 3 wins and 3 losses, tied for the championship.
This tournament is part of the 6th Huludao (Longgang) Go Culture Festival, the competition adopts a team fixed platform system, the three teams of China, Japan and South Korea are three people per team, the first Nie Weiping, the second Yu Bin and the third Chang Hao of the Chinese team, the first Kobayashi Kobayashi Koichi, the second Kobayashi Jue, the third Takao Seiji; the first Korean team, the first Cho Kao Hyun, the second Liu Chang hyuk, and the third Lee Chang-ho. The three teams play in a single round of play, and the ranking is ranked by comparing the field points and innings points, and if the field points and innings points are the same, the rankings are tied.
In the first round of the match on the 12th, China and South Korea took the lead in the competition, Nie Weiping against Cao Xuanxuan, Yu Bin against Liu Changhe, Chang Hao against Lee Chang-ho. As a result, the Chinese team, which played three games of chess, lost 1:2 to South Korea, which won the opening with the victory of Cao Li's master and apprentice. The next day, China faced Japan, Nie Weiping lost to Koichi Kobayashi, Yu Bin and Chang Hao defeated Kobayashi Jue and Takao Shinji respectively, and China won 2:1, still with the hope of tied for the championship.
On the 14th, a battle was staged to determine the ranking of the three teams, and the result was that Japan played well, Kobayashi Guang single-handedly captured Cao Kaoru Hyun and Kobayashi Jue defeated Liu Changhe, only Takao Shinji lost to Lee Chang-ho. Japan defeated South Korea 2:1, so that the three teams of China, Japan and South Korea had the same score of 1 win and 1 loss, and the score of the same game was the same as winning three sets, and the record was exactly the same, according to the rules, the three teams tied for the championship. In the game, Yu Bin of the Chinese team, Lee Chang-ho of the Korean team, and Koichi Kobayashi of the Japanese team won two games and two wins, showing strong competitiveness.
Source: Xinhua News Agency