Sunday, November 27, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
LG Cup is going on...
Yesterday were played the quarterfinals of the 16th LG Cup in Beijing, China. In this stage the games were played by:
Game 1: Kim Jiseok vs Qui Jun
Game 2: Won Seongjin vs Jiang Weijie
Game 3: Chen Shiyuan vs Yi Changho
Game 4: Xie He vs Heo Yeongho
These three players plus Yi Changho are qualified for the semifinals on 23rd November 2011....tomorrow.
Games in the semifinals:
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- Kim Jiseok vs Qui Jun
- Won Seongjin vs Jiang Weijie
- Chen Shiyuan vs Yi Changho
- Xie He vs Heo Yeongho
Game 1: Kim Jiseok vs Qui Jun
Game 2: Won Seongjin vs Jiang Weijie
Game 3: Chen Shiyuan vs Yi Changho
Game 4: Xie He vs Heo Yeongho
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| Kim Jiseok (l) vs Qui Jun (r) - Chen Shiyuan (l) vs Yi Changho (r) |
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| Xie He, Kim Jiseok and Jiang Weijie - Yi Changho is missing |
Games in the semifinals:
- Kim Jiseok vs Jiang Weijie
- Yi Changho vs Xie He
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Monday, November 21, 2011
Yuki Satoshi lost his only title
Yuki Satoshi has lost his only title, the Tengen. He faced Iyama Yuta in the final games after Yuta bet O Meien in the challenger match. The 37th Tengen was decided after three games all won by Iyama Yuta.
Now he is the youngest title holder in history of the Tengen. Previously Ryo Shikun with 23 yrs was the youngest one.
As you can see, Iyama didn't want a long series so he managed a short rallye.
After losing his Meijin title to Yamashita Keigo on 28th November 2011 he collected a new one.
Game 1:
Game 2:
Game 3:
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Now he is the youngest title holder in history of the Tengen. Previously Ryo Shikun with 23 yrs was the youngest one.
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| Youngest title holder - Iyama Yuta |
| Players | 1st round 10-24 Hamamatsu Shizuoka | 2nd round 11-08 Sapporo Hokkaido | 3rd round 11-17 Kitakyushu Fukuoka | 4th round 12-12 Awaji Hyogo | 5th round 12-18 Tokushima Tokushima |
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| Yuki Satoshi (Tengen) | |||||
| Iyama Yuta (Judan) | W+R | B+0.5 | W+R |
As you can see, Iyama didn't want a long series so he managed a short rallye.
After losing his Meijin title to Yamashita Keigo on 28th November 2011 he collected a new one.
Game 1:
Game 2:
Game 3:
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Friday, November 18, 2011
Cho Hanseung (조한승) captured Kuksu (국수)
Cho Hanseung won the 55th Kuksu title. He challenged Choi Cheolhan for the title in a five game play-off.
Here you can see the results of each played game with date.
The first match:
My first impression was that black played for territory - due to the opening but than turned into influence play. So he can varies his play individual....like every pro should do - I guess :P He gained more and more territory after more exchanges. In the end white resigned cause of less points.
The second match:
Choi Cheolhan had a better day. The opening was better and I felt like his is playing more aggressive this time. In an early stage of the game white lost a group by gaining a bit territory on the right side. But compared I think it was a lot less points worth. Black didn't stop to ut pressure on white and Cho Hanseung resigned after 177 moves.
The third game:
From the beginning the game was influenced by fighting. Black played the Chinese opening and white fighted back immediatly. After saving a white group by Choi Cheolhan, black could gain more and more points for a comfortable lead. Choi Cheolhan resigned 173 moves.
The forth game:
After this game the standing was 2-2. Choi Cheolhan killed few groups of Cho Hanseung and could win by resignation.
The diciding match:
Cho Hanseung (black) vs Choi Cheolhan (white). The last game in the 55th Kuksu tournament. A fearce battle has begun. Black killed some of white's groups but couldn't get the lead on the board. A pae fight was in the end of that game. That was a dicisive moment in the game. After almost 300 moves Cho Hanseung won the game by 1.5 points and captured the title!
This is the game:
Maybe he can recapture the title in the 56th edtion!
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| Players | 1st round 10-17 | 2nd round 10-25 | 3rd round 11-08 | 4th round 11-14 | 5th round 11-16 |
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| Choi Cheolhan (Kuksu) | B+R | B+R | |||
| Cho Hanseung (9 dan) | B+R | B+R | B+1.5 |
Here you can see the results of each played game with date.
The first match:
My first impression was that black played for territory - due to the opening but than turned into influence play. So he can varies his play individual....like every pro should do - I guess :P He gained more and more territory after more exchanges. In the end white resigned cause of less points.
The second match:
Choi Cheolhan had a better day. The opening was better and I felt like his is playing more aggressive this time. In an early stage of the game white lost a group by gaining a bit territory on the right side. But compared I think it was a lot less points worth. Black didn't stop to ut pressure on white and Cho Hanseung resigned after 177 moves.
The third game:
From the beginning the game was influenced by fighting. Black played the Chinese opening and white fighted back immediatly. After saving a white group by Choi Cheolhan, black could gain more and more points for a comfortable lead. Choi Cheolhan resigned 173 moves.
The forth game:
After this game the standing was 2-2. Choi Cheolhan killed few groups of Cho Hanseung and could win by resignation.
The diciding match:
Cho Hanseung (black) vs Choi Cheolhan (white). The last game in the 55th Kuksu tournament. A fearce battle has begun. Black killed some of white's groups but couldn't get the lead on the board. A pae fight was in the end of that game. That was a dicisive moment in the game. After almost 300 moves Cho Hanseung won the game by 1.5 points and captured the title!
This is the game:
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| Choi Cheolhan looks very diappointed after the result was offical. |
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Gu Li and Won Seongjin advanced to the finals
But now I will show you the games they both played in the semifinals. The semifinals are best-of-three play-offs.
Gu Li had to face Na Hyeon 1p from Korea. In the first game Gu Li w/black played a hoshi - shimari opening against white's chinese opening. First impression - territory and fighting!
In the second game, Na Hyeon played better than in the first game. Unfortunately Na Hyeon couldn't beat Gu Li in this match again and had to resign after just 130 moves. Gu Li advanced to the final with a 2-0 score over Na Hyeon.
The second semifinal was between Won Seongjin and Chen Yaoye 9p from China. Both players are well known in the Baduk community and they showed interesting games.
A short introduction of the first game: White, Chen Yaoye resigned after 203 moves, due to less points :)
The second game was better for the Chinese representive. Chen could fast biuld up a huge territory on the left side. But this didn't last long, as Won invaded it successfully and reduced the points down. In the end the game was won by Chen with a margin by 2.5 points.
The standings are even now. The last game dicided the semifinal #2 between Won Seongjin and Chen Yaoye.
This time Won Seongjin was white again and fought well until the end. The last result in this years semifinals was a victory for the Korean. He won the game by 7.5 points - kinda huge in pro world.
I hope that Won Seongjin will win the title, due to the fact, that Gu Li is the current title holder :P
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| Won Seongjin 9p |
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| Gu Li 9p - current title holder |
This guys above are the finalists of the16th Samseong Cup 2011. The final games will be held from 6th ~ 9th December 2011 in Shanghai, China.
But now I will show you the games they both played in the semifinals. The semifinals are best-of-three play-offs.
Gu Li had to face Na Hyeon 1p from Korea. In the first game Gu Li w/black played a hoshi - shimari opening against white's chinese opening. First impression - territory and fighting!
In the second game, Na Hyeon played better than in the first game. Unfortunately Na Hyeon couldn't beat Gu Li in this match again and had to resign after just 130 moves. Gu Li advanced to the final with a 2-0 score over Na Hyeon.
The second semifinal was between Won Seongjin and Chen Yaoye 9p from China. Both players are well known in the Baduk community and they showed interesting games.
A short introduction of the first game: White, Chen Yaoye resigned after 203 moves, due to less points :)
The second game was better for the Chinese representive. Chen could fast biuld up a huge territory on the left side. But this didn't last long, as Won invaded it successfully and reduced the points down. In the end the game was won by Chen with a margin by 2.5 points.
The standings are even now. The last game dicided the semifinal #2 between Won Seongjin and Chen Yaoye.
This time Won Seongjin was white again and fought well until the end. The last result in this years semifinals was a victory for the Korean. He won the game by 7.5 points - kinda huge in pro world.
I hope that Won Seongjin will win the title, due to the fact, that Gu Li is the current title holder :P
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