Gu Li and Won Seongjin advanced to the finals


  


Won Seongjin 9p

 


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

- a1r -

24 th Mingren

I think this is the first time we post an article about the Chinese tournament scene. Hopefully we will continue to post news in this area :)

OK, now some serious business. The third round of the 24th Mingren was played. The title holder is Jiang Weijie 5p and is hopping for an easy opponent. But - I guess - it won't be an easy player who will reach the final games.




Picture of last year's final


In the third round, on 5th July, Kong Jie beat  Gu Li by resignation as like Dang Yifei beat  Chen Yaoye which is for me kinda surprisingly. The next semifinal will play Chang Hao and Li Zhe, who defeaded Zhou Ruiyang and Gu Lingyi by 0.5 and 3.5 points.

The semifinals will be played on 7th July, the winners of these matches will face each other and play a Best-of-Three Play-off.

-a1r-

3rd BC Card Cup Quarter Finals Round 4

In the last round of the quarter finals Gu Li won against Kim Jiseok, which makes him the only non Korean player to win in the quarter finals. He will face Heo Yeongho in his next game.

The Game started with two big Moyos and then turned into a fightning game in which i felt like Gu Li was clearly superior until he won by resignation. I think we can learn quite some stuff about reduction and invasion from this game.




-blackmoa