The second semi-final of the 26th Samsung Cup was played between Yang Dingxin and Shin Jin-chan. As expected, this is a real and top-notch power duel in today's chess world. The whole process is gripping, the AI winning rate is slightly up and down around the middle line for a long time, and finally Shen Zhenchen chess high to win a key battle.
List of champions and runners-up of the Samsung Cup since the 13th edition:
At this point, China broke the record of 13 consecutive three-star cup finals since 2008, and the six consecutive champions also drew a rest.
Although Yang Dingxin is currently ranked second in China, his pre-Samsung Cup pre-match state is extremely unsatisfactory. The national hand competition lost to Li Qincheng in one round, the national hand mountain cup selection lost to Xie Ke in the first round, the dragon star battle won first and then lost to Gu Zihao, and the final of the Advocate Chess Cup was kept a clean sheet by Ding Hao, which can be described as losing more than winning. Although this Samsung Cup has cut three members of the Han general in a row, but it is not the young main force of South Korea, coupled with the defeat of Zhao Chenyu yesterday, Yang Dingxin has been forced to the edge of the cliff, and then lose to China will not be able to qualify for the final of this Samsung Cup.
Although Yang Dingxin had a 6-4 advantage against Shin Zhenchen, he lost two consecutive sets in the 22nd Nongshim Cup and The Main General of the Siege This Year. Historical records can only be expressed among China's top chess players, and Yang Dingxin is one of the very few who can compete with Shen Zhenchen.
Shin Jin-chan was extremely focused from beginning to end, not as relaxed as Park Tinghuan yesterday.
Shen Zhenchen was slightly nervous before the game, and it was estimated that the button could not be buttoned.
On October 30, 2019, in the final four of the 24th LG Cup, Park Tinghuan defeated Tao Xinran, and on the same day Shin Jin-chan eliminated China's first person, Ke Jie, to complete the feat of the final of the former second division in South Korea. After two years, Shen Pu Shuangfeng once again won the final, Chinese Go is facing great pressure, and the strength of China and South Korea is close to the inflection point.
This round is the first time that the key game of the China-South Korea confrontation of this Samsung Cup has been played by a Chinese player, and it is also the first time that South Korea has held the black.
Shen Zhenchen's victory over Yang Dingxin:
Following the short-term encounter in the lower left corner of the initial set, the two sides engaged in larger-scale close combat in the midfield, but they could not shake off the entanglement of the opponent, and the advantages and disadvantages were probably only understood by AI, and the winning rate was still 50%, although the time between the two sides was almost the same, Yang Dingxin took the lead in entering the second reading.
The chess game then evolved into an official war, because the gap is extremely small, a little carelessness may be trapped in a disaster. The winning rate at this time is actually of little significance, and it is still difficult to distinguish between winning and losing until 200 hands. After 220 hands, Yang Dingxin gradually fell into the inferior position, and Yang Dingxin, who felt that the situation was unfavorable in 232 hands, resolutely opened a robbery on the upper left, and Shen Zhenchen seemed to feel that the victory was in hand, and made a slight concession, until 277 Yang Dingxin admitted defeat.
Shen Zhenchen's previous world championship results:
This year's Samsung Cup is the seventh time that Shin Jin-chan has reached the final (the Ying Cup final has not yet been held).
There is no denying that it is now in the age of Shen Zhenchen!