Park Jeong-hwan Lick Shin Jin-jin reached the quarterfinals of the 30th LG Cup, and Korean chess players almost "dominated"

South Korea's No. 2 Go player Park Jeong-hwan struggled over Shin's wall to challenge for the World Championship. On the 21st local time, Park Tinghuan defeated Shin Jin-jung, the first person in South Korea, in the round of 16 of the 30th LG Cup Chosun Ilbo Chess Championship held at Kunjiam Resort in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province. At this point, Park Tinghuan ended the embarrassing record of 17 consecutive defeats against Shin Zhenzhen.

Park Jeong-hwan (left) ended a 17-game losing streak against Shin Jin-jin and reached the quarterfinals of the 30th LG Cup.

This is also Park Jeong-hwan's second victory over Shin Jin-jin after 2 years and 10 months since the final round of the YK Jianji Cup round-robin in July 2022. The duo's overall head-to-head record came to 24-46, and Shin continued to hold the lead.

In fact, in what was called the early final, Park Jeong-hwan first took advantage of Shin's mistake to create a favorable situation, and then launched an ironclad defense in the closing stages, and finally had the last laugh. In the other matches of the LG Cup Round of 16 held on the same day, Korean chess players participatedBian Xiangyi, Kang Dong-run, Shin Min-jun, Xue Hyun-jun, and Ahn Guo-hyun also successfully defeated their respective opponents and entered the top 8 together. Among them, the "defending champion"Bian Xiangyidefeated Chinese Taiwan's Zhou Junxun 9 dan, Jiang Dongyun defeated Japan's Iyama Yuta 9 dan, Shin Min Jun defeated Japan's Zhang Xu 9 dan to enter the quarterfinals, Xue Hyun Jun and An Guoxian defeated Huang Jae-yeon 6 dan and Choi Jing 9 dan respectively to continue to challenge for the championship.

Players who reached the quarterfinals of the 30th LG Cup

In addition, Japan's Ichiri Liao 9th dan defeated Kim Fan Seo 6th dan and entered the LG Cup quarterfinals again after 4 years. The first person in Taiwan, ChinaXu HaohongKudan also defeated Shimirai Nakamura in 4 dan to reach the quarterfinals for the first time in the LG Cup. The draw results after the round of 16 showed that Park Tinghuan andBian XiangyiWill meet in the quarterfinals, Kang Dong-yun will compete with Shin Min-joon for a ticket to the semi-finals. Xue Xianjun will work withXu HaohongIn the duel, An Guoxian will meet Yili Liao. The LG Cup Top 8 will be held on August 4, with a prize of 300 million won (about 1.57 million yuan) for the champion and 100 million won (about 520,000 yuan) for the runner-up.

The final game of the 29th LG Cup World Go Championship was held in South Korea from January 20 to 23, and Ke Jie (left) competed with South Korean chess player Bian Sang-il for the title of chess king.

Korean players in this sessionOne of the reasons why the LG Cup almost won all the quarterfinals was the absence of Chinese chess players in this tournamentLast month, the Chinese Weiqi Association announced that it would not form a team to compete. According to the analysis, this is related toIn January this year, the LG Cup World Go Championship Finals were related to the controversial penalty incident. In the decisive game of the 29th LG Cup World Go Championship Trilogy Finals held in January this year, Chinese chess player Ke Jie was judged to be in violation of the rules again because he did not put the grape into the lid of the chess box after the second game, and the timing of the referee's interruption of the game was controversial, Ke Jie did not accept the penalty result and chose to give up the game, and the Korean side announced that the Korean chess player Bian Xiangyi won the championship, and "the Chinese Go Association does not accept the results of the third game of this LG Cup". The relevant person in charge of the Chinese Go Association said that the association will not form a team to participate in the new LG Cup World Go Championship, but this will not affect Chinese players to participate in other world Go tournaments hosted by South Korea this year and in the future.

◆ 30th LG Cup quarterfinals and past head-to-head records (the former is the case)

△ An Guoxian 9th dan vs Yili Liao (Japan) 9th dan - 1 win

△ Xue Xianjun 9th dan vsXu Haohong(Taiwan, China) 9 dan - 2 wins and 1 loss

△ Park Tinghuan 9th dan vsBian XiangyiNine dan – 18-9

△ Kang Dong Yun 9 dan vs Shin Min Joon 9 dan - 7 wins and 13 losses