▲ In the women's group confrontation, Cui Jingjiu dan and Wu Youzhen seventh dan of the 26th duel, 134 hands after Cui Jing did not count points to win. The women's group had the most competitive rate, reaching 35-1.
The 2021 Samsung Cup World Go Masters Domestic Selection Tournament opened its fourth day of matchmaking at the Korea Chess Academy On the 23rd, and the final four in each group were released. Focus on Lee Dong-hoon, Kim Myung-hoon, and Choi Chul-han to advance; Not long ago, Won Sung-jin, who had just won the Nongshim Cup wild card, was defeated by Yoon Chan-hee.
Today, a total of 36 matches were played, namely the third round of the regular group (groups 1 to 7) and the adult group, and the fourth round of the women's group was held in the morning and afternoon respectively.
In the general group, top players such as Lee Dong-hoon Jiudan, An Sung-jun Jiudan and Lee Chang-seok Eighth Duan (10th) successfully advanced. Yuan Shengqin, who ranked 5th in the selection tournament, was eliminated by Yin Canxi 9dan, who was 45th.
Among the newcomers, the first stage of Lin Jinyu, who participated in the first stage, the first stage of Park Shin-young, who entered the stage in April this year, and the first stage of Kim Seung-jin, who entered the stage in June, continued the pace of the challenge. The 12 participating amateur chess players (top 6 graduate students of the Korea Chess Academy, the top 6 amateur players) were all eliminated after this round.
In the women's category, Choi Jung-kudan, Lee Hyun-jin 8-dan, Cho Seung-ya 3-dan and Park Ji-juan 5-dan will compete for tickets to the final.
In terms of the elder group, Lee Chang-ho's 9-dan against Kim Il-hwan's 9-dan, Andyo Chang-hyuk's 9-dan against Choi Myung-hoon's 9-dan formed a four-final duel.
In order to prevent the spread of the epidemic, the online method is adopted, and in order to reduce the number of simultaneous matches, the game will also be divided into upper and lower levels.
The domestic pass will last until the 25th, and the nine players who pass will participate in the round of 32 competitions that open online on October 20, along with 7 Chinese mainland, 2 from Japan, and 1 from Taiwan.
Four seeded players from Korea, two players from China, two players from Japan and one wild card player will directly participate in the main stage of the competition. South Korea's national seeded players are Park Young-hwan, Shin Min-ho, Bian Sang-il and Kim Ji-seok Nine Dan, and China's Mi Yu-ting and Hsieh Ko Nine Dan. Japan has not yet decided. (Ke Jie, Shen Zhenchen, Yang Dingxin and Xie Erhao directly advanced to this competition in the last four rounds).
(liz compiled)