2024 is an out-and-out "Go year", and the most important star among the stars is undoubtedly the Ying's Cup, which is known as the "Go Olympics" every four years.
In the previous World Championships this year, China and South Korea continued to play a "separate court" stance, with the Chinese team having a group advantage in the quarterfinals of the Chunlan Cup, while the South Korean team had more players advancing to the quarterfinals in the LG Cup.
This time, if it weren't for Li Xuanhao's regrettable reversal by Yuan Shengqin, the South Korean team would most likely encounter the situation of being "wiped out", and the "winning general" Park Tinghuan was also eliminated in two consecutive competitions.
And one thing that these three competitions have in common is that Shen Zhenzhen's "Golden Body Broken", which seemed invincible in the past few years, was all eliminated.
His elimination also perpetuated the curse of the reigning champions of the LG Cup and Ying's Cup, and also gave Chinese chess players, especially Ke Jie, a great opportunity to break his championship drought and chase the ninth crown.
In today's Ying's Cup 1/8 finals, post-00 rising star Wang Xinghao played a rare chess game in the world chess world to suppress Shen Zhenzhen in an all-round way, and defeated the defending champion in a real game.
Ke Jie, who has just graduated from Tsinghua University, is also in excellent condition, facing his old opponent "Dashen" Shen Minjun, and completed the dragon slaying and defeating the opponent in 152 hands.
In the LG Cup final three years ago, Ke Jie lost 1-2 to Shen Minjun in the final, unfortunately missed the ninth championship and began to fall into a career trough.
It's just a pity that these two Chinese chess players who are in the best form in the Ying Cup will usher in a "civil war" in the quarterfinals tomorrow.
However, for the remaining Chinese chess players, except for Ke Jie, almost all of them have the ability to impact the world championship, but for various reasons, they have not broken this layer of window paper.
Judging from the current situation, there is a high probability that Chinese chess players will win this important Yingshi Cup championship title, but it is not yet known who will win the 25th world championship of Chinese chess players.
Tomorrow's focus battle, facing his most optimistic junior chess player, and Xiao Shen has been eliminated, is undoubtedly Ke Jie's opportunity, but it is also very likely to be "photographed" on the beach by Houlang.
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