The Samsung Cup final was in full swing, but I didn't seem to smell the slightest smell of gun smoke, and there were no Chinese players in the lineup of Gein, but South Korea's top two masters, Shin Jin-hyun and Park Young-hwan.
The game will enter the decider of the three pieces of chess today, the first two games of the two sides into a draw, the first game Xiao Shen almost won, I thought that the second game he would win in one fell swoop, but unexpectedly became the stage for Park Tinghuan's performance. In terms of chess skills, the two of them each dedicated a good game, but in terms of excitement and intensity, it was far from reaching the point of excitement, for the reasons I have mentioned above.
I admired it and thought about it at the same time. One of the protagonists, Park Ting-hoon, was born in 1993 and is 28 years old this year, we all call him a veteran, but I feel that he does not have such a thought at all, but he is like a 17- or 8-year-old young man, and there is no sign of his premature aging. In an interview with reporters before the game, he said that he was very much looking forward to the final with Xiao Shen. Although I have suffered continuous bullying from my opponents, and at the most tragic time, Park Tinghuan has lost 12 consecutive games against Shin Jin-chan, but I still feel Park Tinghuan's fighting spirit.
A distinctive feature of Korean chess players is that as long as they sit in front of the chessboard, they transform into a warrior, no matter who is opposite. The chess game is endless, and the battle is not stopped. Such tenacity and such hard work seem to be what Chinese chess players lack.
The four masters of Korea
The 13th Chunlan Cup and the Samsung Cup are two recent world championships, the former won by Shin Jin-chan and the latter apparently belonging to South Korea. I checked the information, two consecutive world championships have been included in the South Korean bag, the previous record is 2012, so far 9 years. The indomitable Koreans have finally reached the time to raise their eyebrows and breathe again today.
The next two world championships are the LG Cup and the Ying Cup, the former has progressed to the quarterfinals, South Korea's four masters Shin Jin-chan, Park Ting-hwan, Bian Sang-yi, Shin Min-woon jointly played, the power is so strong, it is inevitable not to make people think of the joint, the competition will start in a few days, the date of the final is next February; the latter has reached the final stage, by Shin Jin-chan and Sheik-ko staged a big drama, is expected to end early next year.
Thinking of this, I can't help but worry: if the Korean Legion, which sharpens its knife, wins the crown of these four major competitions in a row, then how can the Chinese Go world be embarrassed? Hopefully, I'm not being unfounded.
Fortunately, in the LG Cup China, there are still three major generals Ke Jie, Yang Dingxin, and Mi Yuting, who have the ability to kill the enemy, and I am just worried about their momentum, their on-the-spot play, and their energy. Ke Jie recently while live broadcasting, while college, while playing online chess, busy and happy, I can only dry eyes at the melon eating masses. Yang Dingxin Samsung Cup semi-final painfully lost a good game, until the small official stage did not miss the opportunity and lose, is this a deep blow to him? I wonder if he adjusted in place? Mi Yuting has just been crowned double this year, and it seems unrealistic to expect him to immediately enter the triple crown group, but blocking one or two South Korean soldiers should not be a luxury.
On the far left is Fukuoka Hangtaro
My mind is always flowing and divergent, and I somehow think of the Nie Weiping Cup that ended the day before yesterday. Chess fans have a lot of controversy about this game, and I will not expand on it here. My strange idea is that one of the highlights of this tournament is that there seems to be a successor to Japanese Go. Born in 2006, Japan's 15-year-old Aktaro Fukuoka performed stunningly, beating The Chinese rookie Wang Champion Tu Xiaoyu and South Korea's post-zero star Moon Min-jong in a row. Wen Minzhong, who won the championship last year in the new battle, Li Weiqing, Liao Yuanhe and Xie Ke of China, is a young master who cannot be taken lightly; Tu Xiaoyu has dominated the rookie Wang Zhan for two consecutive terms and is also the backbone chess player of the Weijia League. Being able to defeat these two powerful generals proves the combat strength of Fukuoka Hangtaro. I hope that this young player can join the Go club in China or South Korea as a guest, participate in Sino-Korean competitions, temper his debut as soon as possible, and carry the banner of revitalizing Japanese Go, rather than condensing the romance of the three kingdoms of China, Japan and South Korea into a small fight between China and South Korea.
The final round of the Samsung Cup final is about to start, and from the trend point of view, the probability of Xiao Shen winning the championship is larger. In the end, who will hold the cup between Park Shin and The Two, I am happy to see it, without the slightest tendency.
Watch the Battle of Park Shin and sit back and watch the rise of the Korean Wave. Friends, who do you want to have the last laugh?