The four major Go tournaments that will determine the world championship this year are the 25th LG Cup Shen Minyu defeating Ke Jie in February to win the championship, the fourth Dream Lily Cup in May, Mi Yuting defeating Xie Ke to win the cup, the 13th Chunlan Cup Shen Zhenchen in September to win the gold medal, and the last one is the ongoing 26th Samsung Cup.
That is to say, South Korea relied on the post-99s Shin Min-woo and Shin Jin-chan to win two world championships this year, while China only had one. If the Korean masters of this year's Samsung Cup continue to reach the top, in this year's World Series competition, South Korea will defeat China 3:1, which will also be the first time since China won the six world championships in 2013.
Let's look at the key 26th Samsung Cup, the tournament has been carried out to the semi-finals, the two matches are Zhao Chenyu vs Park Tinghuan, Yang Dingxin vs Shin Jin-chan. The first battle started today, and the young Cho Chen-woo was defeated by the old and spicy Park Tinghuan.
Shin Zhenchen won the Chunlan Cup
In the battle between Zhao Chenyu and Park Tinghuan, Xiao Fat did not reflect the characteristics of youthfulness, but was afraid of his hands and feet like a small sheep, so that not long after the start, the situation was greatly backward, and the ai's winning rate dropped to single digits early. In the middle and back games, Zhao Chenyu ushered in the only chance to win the game, that is, to swallow the white chess pieces in the lower left corner. However, Zhao Chenyu in the reading second missed the means of one-hit killing, and chose the "sending life" trick of the two-way fight, instead, Park Tinghuan was doing the dojo in the shell of the snail, and he had to make two living eyes for the dragon in the land of projectiles, and the victory and defeat were also known.
Tomorrow, the second match of the Samsung Cup semi-finals will be played by Yang Dingxin, who ranks second in China, and Shin Jin-chan, who is ranked second in China, will face South Korea's "first man" Shin Jin-chan jiudan. If Ding Ye wins, it will block Park Shin from meeting in the final, leaving hope for China to win the cup. So can Yang Dingxin live up to expectations? Let me analyze it for you.
Shin Currently ranks first in South Korea in terms of ratings and has been in his 22nd month, for a total of 30 months. Yang Dingxin's latest ranking is the second place in China, second only to Ke Jie, but this position is not solid, and Gu Zihao competes fiercely with it and leads each other.
Looking at the record of the two people's historical confrontation, the total is 11 sets, Yang Dingxin is 7 wins and 4 losses, and the winning rate is 64%. But five of the innings were played between 2013 and 2017, when Shin Wasn't particularly strong and Yang Dingxin won five straight wins. After 2018, the two played 6 sets, and Shin Zhenchen led 4-2. The last 2 innings have been in this year, and Shin Jin-chan has won 2 consecutive games.
Yang Dingxin Nine Duan
On stability, Shen Zhenchen is definitely the world's first at present, since last year's Samsung Cup final defeat to Ke Jie, its world series has maintained 14 consecutive wins, namely Ying's Cup semi-final 2 wins Zhao Chenyu, Chunlan Cup consecutive victories over Fan Tingyu and Lian Xiao, Nongshim Cup 5 consecutive wins, this year's LG Cup victory over Tao Xinran, Chunlan Cup final 2 wins Tang Weixing, this year's Samsung Cup 2 wins. Yang Dingxin's recent state is not very good, and he lost to Ding Hao 0:2 in the final of the Advocate Chess Cup this month, which obviously cannot be compared with Shen Zhenchen.
However, there is no constant victorious general in the world, since Shen Zhenchen has won 14 consecutive victories in the World Series, then he is getting closer and closer to defeat, and Yang Dingxin has the characteristics of being strong when he encounters strength, so maybe tomorrow Shen Zhenchen will encounter Waterloo.
Shen Zhenchen once said that the strongest skill of Chinese chess players is Yang Dingxin. From this point of view, tomorrow's battle of Shen Yang will be a fierce collision of the tip of the needle against Mai Mang. My wishful thinking is: Yang Dingxin Lik Shin Zhenchen, and Park Tinghuan met in the final, and finally Yang Dingxin turned the tide and won the Samsung Cup for China at the same time, but also successfully rushed out of the championship group.