On October 7, the 26th Samsung Cup World Go Masters in 2021 was announced, and Ke Jie played against Kim Ji-seok Cherhow vs Shin Jin-hyun and Lian Xiao vs Kim Seung-jae.
The draw is based on the number of contestants, from the highest to the lowest, in order of Korea, China, Japan and Chinese Taipei. In the event of a "civil war", the draw will be re-drawn. The first player to draw the lottery was the eldest Lee Chang-ho Jiudan, who was eventually drawn by Zhao Chenyu. As a result, China and South Korea played out 11 matches, South Korea and Japan had 3 sets, and China and Japan had 1 set.
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Ko Jie-Kim Ji-seok
Lee Wei-ching-Park Ting-hwan
Mi Yu Ting - Bian XiangYi
Cho Chen-woo - Lee Chang-ho
Yang Dingxin - Yuan Shengqin
Even laugh - Kim Seung-jae
Dang Yifei - Shen Min
Fang Ruoxi - An Chengjun
Peng Liyao - Yin Canxi
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Fan Tingyu - Xu Jiayuan
Han Sheng Zhou - Yamashiro Hiroshi
Lee Chang-seok - Ōnishi Ryuhei
Cao Chengya - Keigo Yamashita
Li Dongxun - Wang Yuanjun
Korea (15): Shin Jin-hyun (last Round Four), Park Young-hwan, Shin Min-hoon, Bian Sang-il, Kim Ji-seok (National Seed), Lee Dong-hoon, Ahn Sung-jun, Yoon Chan-hee, Kim Seung-jae, Lee Chang-seok, Han Seung-joo, Cho Sang-joon, Lee Chang-ho, Cho Seung-ya (pre-selection), Won Sung-jin (wild card)
China (12): Ke Jie, Yang Dingxin, Xie Erhao (last Top Four), Yuting Mi, Xie Ke (national seed), Zhao Chenyu, Peng Liyao, Dang Yifei, Lian Xiao, Fan Tingyu, Li Weiqing, Fang Ruoxi (preliminary)
Japan (4): Ko Ka-won, Keigo Yamashita (National Seed), Ryuhei Onnishi, Hiroshi Yamashiro (pre-selection)
Chinese Taipei (1): Wang Yuanjun (pre-selection)
As with last year, this year's Samsung Cup will also be played online. From the Round of 32 on October 20th to the semi-finals on October 28th, the two players who entered the final were determined through a single defeat. The final will start on November 1st, and the winner of the 26th Samsung Cup will be decided by three pieces of chess, and the prize money for the champion will be 300 million won (about 1.65 million yuan).
In the first 25 Samsung Cup competitions, the country with the most titles was South Korea, which had 12 titles, followed by China's 11 and Japan's 2. The most individual winners are South Korean chess player Lee Sedol and Chinese chess player Ke Jie, both of whom have won 4 championships, followed by South Korean chess player Lee Chang-ho with 3 titles.
Samsung Cup Past Champions and Runners-up:
The second year of the year won the score and the second place
1 1996 Yitian Kiki 9th Dan 2-1 Liu Changhe 9th Dan
2 1997 Lee Chang-ho 9-dan 3-0 Kobayashi Kyaw 9-dan
3 1998 Lee Chang-ho 9-dan 3-2 Ma Xiaochun 9-dan
4 1999 Lee Chang-ho 9-dan 3-0 Cho Sun-jin 9-dan
5 2000 Liu Chang-hyuk 9-dan 3-1 Yamada Nori 3Sei 8-dan
6 2001 Cho Hwan Hyun 9 Dan 2-1 Chang Hao 9 Dan
7 2002 Cao Xuanxuan Nine Duan 2-0 Wang Lei Eight Duan
8 2003 Cho Ji-hoon 9-dan 2-1 Park Yong-hoon 4-dan
9 2004 Lee Sedol Nine Duan 2-0 Wang Tan 5 Duan
10 2005 9 sections of the Roche River 2-1 Lee Chang Ho 9 sections
11 2006 Chang Hao 9 Dan 2-0 Lee Chang Ho 9 Dan
12 2007 Lee Se-seok 9 Dan 2-1 Park Yong Xun 9 Dan
13 2008 Lee Sedol 9 dan 2-0 Kong Jie 7 dan
14 2009 Kong Jie 9 sections 2-0 Qiu Jun 8 sections
15 2010 Coulee 9-dan 2-1 Xu Yinghao 8-dan
16 2011 Yuan Sheng Qin 9 segments 2-1 Coulee 9 segments
17 2012 Lee Sedol 9 dan 2-1 Coulee 9 dan
18 2013 Tang Weixing 3rd Dan 2-0 Lee Sedol 9th Dan
19 2014 Kim Ji-seok 9-dan 2-0 Don Wei-sung 9-dan
20 2015 Ke Jie nine segments 2-0 times more than nine segments
21 2016 Ke Jie Nine Duan 2-1 柁嘉熹九段
22 2017 Gu Zihao 5 dan 2-1 Tang Weixing 9 dan
23 2018 Ke Jie Nine Duan 2-1 An Guo Hyun Eight Duan
24 2019 Tang Weixing 9th Dan 2-1 Yang Dingxin 9th Duan
25 2020 Ke Jie Nine Duan 2-0 Shen Zhen Zhen Nine Duan