Ke Jie defeated Park Tinghuan
Ke Jie and Park Tinghuan have previously played each other 4 times in international competitions, with a 2-0 win in the 2nd Lark Cup semi-final in 2014, a 1-point win in the 2016 Ying's Cup Quarterfinals against Park Tinghuan, a 1-point win in the 2016 LG Cup Round of 16, and a 2017 Dream Lily Cup Round of 16 victory against Park Tinghuan. The two have met three times this year, with Park Ting-hwan leading 2-1.
Since the strong rise of Ke Jie in 2014, Park Tinghuan, who is at the forefront of South Korea, naturally shifted the confrontational focus from Chen Yaoye to Ke Jie. Round record, Ke Jie 6 crowns, Park Tinghuan 3 crowns, Chen Yaoye 2 crowns, round age, Chen 29 years old, Park Ma 26 years old, Ke 21 years old, between the Chinese two male Park Tinghuan, is always under an invisible sandwich pressure. The more serious problem is that Park Tinghuan is almost the last barrier in South Korea, and after Ke Jie, a large number of young Chinese chess players are still waiting for an opportunity. Look at park Tinghuan's encounter after two victories over Ke Jie in 2016, Ying's Cup reached the final, and then was pulled down by Tang Weixing while waiting for the coronation; the LG Cup was killed in the semi-finals, thinking that he was very happy to meet Zhou Ruiyang, who was soft in the foreign war, but was bitten by the sheep; until the 3rd Dream Lily Cup in 2017, due to the fall of the Chinese famous players, the youngsters emerged, Park Tinghuan met Chen Zijian and Xie Ke after defeating Ke Jie, and then won Park Yongxun in the final, which won the third personal crown.
This battle began with guessing first, and the moment Ke Jie got the black chess piece, the ending of the chess game was almost half written. Guessing the first victory is a stem for others, but for Ke Jie, it is actually a big truth. Ke Jie's total winning rate this year is about 62%, the white winning rate is 82%, the black is only 40%, and the gap is 40 points, which can be described as invincible in white and black into a mystery. Ke Jie's black and white win rate gap is so large, it is the only one among the top masters. For example, this year's winning rate, Park Tinghuan is about 75%, the difference between black and white is not more than 5%, and the winning rate of black chess is slightly higher (black 76%, white 72%); Shen Zhenchen is more exaggerated, the total winning rate is also about 75%, and the white winning rate is 14 points higher than that of black (white 81%, black 67%), which is still understandable; and like Gu Zihao, his black winning rate of 71% is 7 points higher than that of white 63%.
This is difficult to explain from the technical category. Ke Jie is likely to be because of the thorough study of AI, the larger the scope of cognition, the more reverential people, so the black gives him a kind of pressure to bear a huge target from the beginning. For AI, if the level of the two sides of the game is quite unfounded, it is difficult to draw, so the more he wants to be more active, the more impatient, psychologically leading to the inability to think normally and move, often take the lead in making mistakes or brittle defeats, with his strength, several times of black defeat (such as the first set of the Samsung Cup final) are abnormal.
Both sides of the game came up with a good performance, facing Park Tinghuan, the strongest opponent, Ke Jie lowered all distractions, although the black still played in a normal state, the first half of the game has been fighting hard, while robbing and curing orphans, when he has successfully completed the two major tasks, but in the official stage made a mistake, was defeated by Park Tinghuan with the weakest gap of a quarter. Park Tinghuan showed the strength of the first person in this game, taking the lead from the overall situation, although the mid-game intention was to profit through the attack, but at the critical moment to stabilize the mentality, and finally achieved the final victory.
Dang Yifei played against Park Yongxun
Compared with Ke Pu's strongest peak showdown in the world, the other battle in the semi-finals is the backbone battle between low-key swordsmen and violent assassins, interpreting the flash of human willpower. South Korea's 9th Park Yong-hoon and China's 31st Party Yifei, both of whom are not currently in the ranks of super-first-class chess players, always have unexpected performances, jumping up from the crowd and appearing in key positions.
No matter when Dang Yifei defeats a strong opponent in the world competition, he will always give everyone the feeling of a dark horse, even if he is already a world champion. But in fact, for his own strength and the possibility of moving forward, his heart has always been firm, and it can even be said that his self-confidence is also a weapon. Dang Yifei has a kind of indomitable tenacity, and a subtle ability to seize opportunities, the former is very similar to Dapu, both are strong willed chess players who encounter the calm and self-assured and super-level play of the competition, and the latter is his technical characteristics, the ability to capture fighters is outstanding, and often finds a breakthrough in adversity or the stalemate stage.
This year, Dang Yifei participated in 4 major competitions (including the team competition Nongshim Cup), won five consecutive wins in the Nongshim Cup in February (including victory over Shin Jin-hyun), lost to Kim Ji-seok in the second half of the eye, followed by the Chunlan Cup victory over Shin Jin-chan and Tan Xiao in March, but lost to Shin Jin-chan in the quarterfinals of the Lark Cup in July, and once again encountered Shin Jin-chan in September. Being able to draw a 2-2 draw with him in this year's period of rapid improvement in Shen Zhenchen's competition, Dang Yifei's hard strength has also been confirmed. But unlike his international showmanship, his record at home was lackluster. Chess Holy War, Tianyuan War, Dragon Star War, CCTV TV Quick Chess Tournament, Quzhou Rotten Ke Cup, Weifu FangKai Cup and so on have no good results, and this year's 53-26 wins are actually less than 50%.
He and Park Yongxun have played against each other twice, the one he won the BC Credit Card Cup runner-up in 2012, the quarterfinals were won by Dapu, the most recent was the 2017 siege, the two sides met as the main players of Guangdong and Chengdu, dang Yifei won. In this round, the two sides fought for internal strength, And Dang Yifei grabbed the opponent's slow hand from the layout and has been crushing in a dignified manner, but the advantage of most of the set was lost in the final sprint stage, and was surpassed by the most difficult 1% after Park Yongxun completed the 99% of the official who was the best at it. Dang Yifei presented a state that was difficult to predict, that is, outsiders had no way of knowing his true strength. Just like an assassin, Dang Yifei always kills in places that the public did not expect, and if the other party wants to win, one is to be in a good state, and the other is that the whole situation must be concentrated, otherwise, he will burst out in any one of the flaws and reverse the situation. Unfortunately, Park Yong-hoon did it today.
Park Yongxun, who is in his 30s, is a persistent type from chess style to record. In January 2008, he lost to Lee Sedol in the final of the 12th Samsung Cup and has been silent in international competitions ever since. But such a polite little prince, with the years to cultivate concentration and calm, a full 8 years later, he transformed into the leading big brother, unexpectedly appeared in the LG Cup final. When the other 2 members of the Calf Gang have been unable to advance to the final four of the World Series, only he still regularly comes to the final of the competition, and from 2016 to now, he can be seen every year with his straight figure and shy smile. What has been swept away by time is nothing but gravel, and what remains is his gold-like silent self-glowing state of mind. Park Yong-hoon's victory in this round is not technical, but willpower and the spirit of not stopping until the end.
This year's Chunlan Cup Chinese chess players have always had the upper hand in numbers, but it is the South Koreans who finally cross the line, a 34-year-old, a 26-year-old, and those post-95 violent hurricanes that dominate the chess world have not taken advantage of the old and strong deep-rooted trees. Park Tinghuan, who has recovered strongly, is definitely our biggest opponent; park Yongxun, the evergreen tree after the 80s, is respected by all chess fans. Erpu's diligence, tenacity and dedication are worth spending more energy on chinese chess players than he does to face, to learn, and then to do their best to win the battle.
(Sharp needle)