On July 3, the top 16 of the 10th Yingshi Cup World Professional Go Championship were defeated. Wang Xinghao won the last champion, Shin Jinzhen from South Korea, in the middle game. In this round of the competition, the Chinese chess players performed well, and finally Wang Xinghao, Ke Jie, Xu Jiayang, Xie Ke and Li Qincheng advanced to the quarterfinals.
The game of the day staged a number of Sino-Korean duels, among which Wang Xinghao vs. Shin Zhenzhen was the focus of the battle. During the game, Wang Xinghao did not give Shen Zhenzhen too many opportunities, starting from more than 80 hands to lead, and expanding the advantage all the way to 180 hands, Shen Zhenzhen conceded defeat, Wang Xinghao won in the middle game, eliminated the first person in South Korea, and the law of no defense of the Ying Cup was fulfilled again.
Ke Jie, Xu Jiayang, Xie Ke and other Chinese chess players also defeated their South Korean opponents to advance to the quarterfinals. The situation of the top 8 battles is: Ke Jie vs. Wang Xinghao, Xie Ke vs. Yuan Shengqin, Xu Jiayang vs. Yili Liao, Li Qincheng vs. Xu Haohong.
The total prize money of this year's Yingshi Cup is 689,200 US dollars, and the championship and runner-up prizes are 400,000 US dollars and 100,000 US dollars respectively.
Founded in 1988, the Ying Cup is known as the "Olympics of Go". In the 10th tournament, the Ying Cup has witnessed the change of the world's top chess players, including the "Go Emperor" Cao Xunxuan, the "Chess Saint" Nie Weiping, and the "Stone Buddha" Lee Changho.
This year's Ying's Cup has made a series of innovations in the competition format and scale to further expand the participation and give more players the opportunity to pursue their ideals. According to reports, the number of participants this year has increased to 58, and the penalty point system of five-way chess, long time and one-sixth base hour in the final has been restored to make the event more exciting.
Reporter / Shao Linfeng Qu Huangjun
Editor / Zhang Shan
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