Picture of the 5th National Hand Mountain Cup Awards
On August 2, the 6th "National Hand Mountain Cup" world's strongest game of Go will be held in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. The National Hand Mountain Cup will be held on August 3-5 in Sin'an, Linggan and Kangjin, JeollaNam-do, and will be divided into the world's strongest professional Go, mixed doubles invitational tournament and Korean professional knockout tournament.
In the final of the last National Hand Mountain Cup, Park Tinghuan defeated Wang Yuanjun to win the championship
The National Hand Mountain Cup began in 2014, the first four National Hand Mountain Cups were all team competitions, and the fifth National Hand Mountain Cup in 2018 was restructured into an individual competition. In the first National Hand Mountain Cup after last year's restructuring, South Korean chess player Park Tinghuan Jiudan defeated Chinese Taipei chess player Wang Yuanjun Jiudan in the final to win the championship.
In the strongest game of professional Go in the world in this year's National Hand Mountain Cup, the Korean elite has done its best, and the top six players in South Korea: Shin Jin-hyun, Park Young-hwan, Lee Dong-hoon, Kim Ji-seok, Shin Min-woo and Bian Sang-yi will all play.
In the last competition, the Chinese team sent Liao Yuanhe, Yang Dingxin and Fan Yin, and finally only Liao Yuanhe reached the final four. In addition to Liao Yuanhe, who performed well in the last year, the other two players who played in the Chinese Team were world champions Chen Yaoye and Fan Tingyu.
The Japanese team was led by the first domestic player, Yuta Iyama, in addition to Keigo Yamashita and Daisuke Murakawa, and the Chinese Taipei team, the last runner-up Wang Yuanjun joined hands with the new star Xu Haofeng. At present, 1 wild card remaining in the round of 16 has not yet been announced.
The duration of the game is 30 minutes per side, and the second reading is 40 seconds 3 times. The prize money for the winner is 50 million won (about 290,000 yuan) and the second prize is 15 million won (about 87,000 yuan).
The list of the top 16 of the 6th National Hand Mountain Cup World Professional Go Strongest Matches is as follows:
Korea (7): Shin Jin-hyun, Park Young-hwan, Lee Dong-hoon, Kim Ji-seok, Bian Sang-yi, Shin Min-woo, Lee Ji-hyun
China (3): Chen Yaoye, Fan Tingyu, Liao Yuanhe
Japan (3): Yuta Iyama, Keigo Yamashita, Daisuke Murakawa
Chinese Taipei (2): Wang Yuanjun, Xu Haofeng
Wild Card (1 person): To be determined
The Mixed Doubles Invitational Tournament is slightly different from last year, in which countries send their own chess players to compete in teams, while last year's Mixed Doubles Tournament was a "transnational combination".
In the last National Hand Mountain Cup, the "transnational combination" Lee Chang-ho / Lu Minquan won the championship
This year's National Hand Mountain Cup will determine the winner in the form of a final four elimination match. The host Team South Korea will be played by a combination of Yoo Chang-hyuk and Heo Rui-young, while the Chinese team will send a combination of Yu Bin and Gao Xing.
The prize money for the mixed doubles is 20 million won (about 116,000 yuan) and the prize money for the runner-up is 10 million won (about 58,000 yuan).
The list of the top four of the 6th National Hand Mountain Cup Mixed Doubles Invitational Tournament is as follows:
South Korea: Yoo Chang-hyuk / Heo Seo-young
China: Yu Bin/Gao Xing
Japan: M. Yamada/ Tsuji
Chinese Taipei: Wang Licheng /Yu Lijun
The top 32 players in the Korean Domestic Chess Players Elimination Tournament consisted of 31 players and 1 wild card player selected from the qualifiers and seeds held on June 26 and 27. Jiang Dongrun, Park Yongxun, Choi Chul-han, Luo Xuan and other famous generals have competed, while female general Choi Jing has obtained the only 1 wild card.
The prize money for the winner of the knockout tournament in Korea is 25 million won (about 145,000 yuan), and the prize money for the runners-up is 10 million won (about 58,000 yuan).
Cui Jing obtained the only wild card
The list of the top 32 of the 6th National Hand Mountain Cup in Korea's domestic professional knockout round is as follows:
Ahn Joo-young, Kang Dong-yun, Park Yong-hyun, Luo Hyun, Choo Han-seong, Choi Chul-han, Lee Young-joo, Heo Young-hoon, Yoon Yoo-sang, Park Jin-woo, Kim Kyung-woo, Kim Seung-jae, Lee Won-do, An Sung-jung, Kang Chang-pei, Lee Won-young, Wu Jeong-e, Oh Yoo-jin, Han Seung-joo, Choi Seung-joo, Kim Myung-hoon, Park Jin-jin, Song Ji-hoon, Song Chang-seok, Kim Chang-hoon, Hyun Gwan-bin, Moon Rubin, Choi Kwang-do, Kim Sang-tian, Jiang Zhi-hoon, Choi Jing (Wild Card)
The specific fixtures are as follows:
August 2:
Opening Ceremony (Xin'an)
August 3:
World's Strongest Tournament Round of 16, Mixed Doubles Round of 4 (Xin'an)
Korea Domestic Knockout Round of 32/Round of 16 (Lingyan)
August 4:
World's Strongest Tournament Round of 8/Semifinals, Korea Domestic Knockout Round of 8/Semi-Finals (Lingyan)
August 5:
World's Strongest Final, Korea Domestic Knockout Final, Mixed Doubles Final (Kangjin)
Closing Ceremony (Kangjin)
(Saury)