Hefei, January 2 (Xinhua) -- According to the Chinese Go Association, the second round of the semifinals of the 5th "Dream Lily Cup" World Go Open Championship was fought in Chuzhou City, Anhui Province on the 2nd, and Dang Yifei and Li Xuanhao defeated Liao Yuanhe and Liu Yuhang 2:0 respectively to advance to the final to be held in May.
The "Dream Lily Cup" is currently one of the world's highest-level Go tournaments, with a prize of 1.8 million yuan and 600,000 yuan for the first and second runners-up, respectively. The round of 16 of this tournament will be held in Zhengzhou, Henan Province in August 2023. The Chinese chess players won all three matches between China and South Korea, swept the quarterfinals, and won the championship in advance.
The quarterfinals and semi-finals were moved to Chuzhou, Anhui Province. In the semi-finals, Dang Yifei and Liao Yuanhe are teammates of the national team and teammates of the Chengdu Rural Commercial Bank team, and they know each other well. In the first round, Dang Yifei won the black. In the second round, Liao Yuanhe took the lead in black, and the two sides fought fiercely in the upper right corner, Liao Yuanhe was bent on stability after gaining the advantage, and frequently played a slow hand in the middle stage, and white gradually reversed the situation and finally won.
"We've been teammates for many years, but this time we were drawn together in the semi-finals. In this game, he was too conservative and didn't play well. I hope Xiao Liao will break through as soon as possible. Dang Yifei said after the game.
The other semi-final was played by Li Xuanhao against the "dark horse" Liu Yuhang. Li Xuanhao, who had a difficult reversal in the first round, fell like a fly in the opening stage of the second round and took the lead in the prologue stage; Liu Yuhang was not to be outdone, and the two sides fought fiercely in the mid-abdomen. In the end, Li Xuanhao's calculation was accurate, the dragon slaying was successful, and he won the middle game and entered the final.
According to the schedule, the final will be played in a five-way format in May.
The quarterfinals and semi-finals of the 5th "Dream Lily Cup" were hosted by the China Weiqi Association, Chuzhou Municipal People's Government, and Dream Lily Home Technology Co., Ltd.