Beijing, October 21 (Xinhua) -- The first round of the 26th Samsung Cup World Go Masters ended on October 21, and China's first person Ke Jie Jiudan lost to South Korea's Kim Ji-seok Jiudan with a slight disadvantage of half a goal, and the road to defending his title came to an abrupt end.
The Samsung Cup has always been a blessing for Ke Jie, who won his eighth world championship by defeating South Korean star Shin Jin-hyun 2-0 in the final. In the past 6 Samsung Cups, Chinese chess players have achieved six consecutive championships, of which Ke Jie has won 4 crowns.
Ke Jie has played Kim Ji Seok 14 times before, and both sides have won 7 times each. The day's contest Ke Jie took the black first, the situation has been between Bo Zhong, although Ke Jie attacked fiercely, but the effect was not satisfactory, but Kim Ji Seok maintained a slight advantage to the stage of small officials, and finally won with 250 white chess hands with half an eye.
Kim's opponent in the next round will be another Chinese world champion, Yang Dingxin, who took South Korea's Won Sung-jin jiudan that day.
After the first round of the Round of 32, the Chinese team occupies half of the top 16, Yang Dingxin, Mi Yuting, Fan Tingyu, Xie Ke, Dang Yifei, Lian Xiao, Zhao Chenyu and Peng Liyao will launch an attack for the seven consecutive championships, of which Fan Tingyu vs. Shin Zhenchen, Mi Yuting vs. Park Tinghuan will be the focus of the Round of 16.
Source: Xinhua News Agency