Special correspondent Coca reported that on April 29, the 5th Mlily Dream Lily Cup 0 Pressure Mattress Cup World Go Open Finals 5 Chess was held in Rugao, Jiangsu New Century Grand Hotel, in the first game, Li Xuanhao 9 Duan held 241 hands to defeat Dang Yifei 9 Duan, the first to take the lead. The two sides will play the second game tomorrow.
This year's Mlily Dream Lily Cup kicked off in Zhengzhou in August, and after Li Xuanhao defeated Ueno Aisaki Mei 5 Duan, Shibano Tiger Maru 9 Duan, Shen Zhenzhen 9 Duan, and Tan Xiao 9 Duan, and then beat Liu Yuhang 7 Duan 2-0 in the semi-finals trilogy, following the semi-finals of the 14th Chunlan Cup in 2023, he once again attacked the world champion.
Dang Yifei 9 dan defeated Bai Hongxi 9 dan in a row, Onishi Yongping 7 dan, Park Jianhao 9 dan and Gu Zihao 9 dan in this match, and defeated Wei Jia teammate Liao Yuanhe 9 dan 2-0 in the semi-finals trilogy, reaching the World Series final for the third time after the 2012 BC Card Cup and the 2017 LG Cup. Previously, he defeated Zhou Ruiyang Jiudan 2-0 in the final of the 21st LG Cup in 2017 to win the first championship of his career.
In the latest rating rankings, Li Xuanhao and Dang Yifei ranked 3rd and 7th respectively. In the past five months of 2024, neither of them has achieved anything, Dang Yifei has 16 wins and 13 losses, with a winning rate of 55.17%, and Li Xuanhao has 11 wins and 6 losses, with a winning rate of 64.71%. In the past, Dang Yifei led with 13 wins and 11 losses, but since 2023, the two have played 6 games, and Dang Yifei is 2-4 behind.
In the first game of the finals, Li Xuanhao guessed the black chess to start with Xiaomu, and Dang Yifei should use stars and three-three. In the handover of the lower sideboard, Black's attack on the white chunk had little effect, and instead gave White the opportunity to break the counterattack. After Bai Guqi turned into a thick momentum, he won the lead.
Under the advantage, Dang Yifei continued to fish for the ground, clicked into the upper left black corner, and the dove occupied the magpie's nest and continued to maintain the lead in the winning rate. It may be that this game is quite easy, Dang Yifei then played a question when the right board was set, he was worried that the black chess would play in the white air on the upper board, so he spent more chess to protect the big space, but let Li Xuanhao cleverly take the lead in the right board to finalize, and the momentum was both, especially the first hand to hold the upper right black corner of the ground, the value was very ten, and the winning rate was also reversed.
At this time, Dang Yifei ushered in an opportunity to fight desperately in the lower left corner, but when Li Xuanhao increased the bargaining chips for this robbery, Dang Yifei took the initiative to retreat, and the hidden danger of robbery was lifted, and the advantage of black chess winning rate was further expanded.
Because Li Xuanhao overturned the ship with an obvious advantage over Park Tinghuan in the second round of the Rotten Ke Cup, and finally lost by the smallest margin, so at this point in this game, he did not dare to be too optimistic about Li Xuanhao, who had the advantage. However, today Li Xuanhao controlled the situation perfectly, advancing thickly, and did not give Dang Yifei any chance to take advantage of. Black's advantage, although not very large, is enough to ensure a win.
To 241 hands, Dang Yifei had no choice but to admit defeat, and Li Xuanhao took the lead 1-0. The two sides will play the second game tomorrow, with a break on May 1 and a third game on May 2. The first four champions of the Mlily Dream Lily Cup 0 Pressure Mattress Cup were 1.8 million yuan and 600,000 yuan respectively, and the first four champions were the ninth section of the Yuting Section, the ninth section of Ke Jie, the ninth section of the Park Tinghuan, and the ninth section of the Ting Yuting.