Combined Preliminary - Beijing 10:30am(All time and date is Korean time.)
3/13: Preliminary 1st round is for all Chinese players and Women's 1st round
3/14: Preliminary 2nd round(China vs Korea, Korea vs Japan, Japan vs China), Women's 2nd round
3/15: Preliminary 2nd round, Women's 3rd round
3/16: Preliminary 3rd round, Women's 4th round

3/17: Main tournament opening ceremony and drawing
3/18: round of 64

Round of 32 and 16 will be held in Beijing. |
Round of 8 and Semi final are 3 games match. | Date hasn't been set.
Final is 5 games match. |

Seeded players;
Last year's Winner and Runner up: Zhou Ruiyang, Chen Yaoye
Wild card: Shin Jinseo(Korea), Yang Dingxin(China)
Korea: Park Junghwan, Kim Jiseok, Lee Sedol
China: Tang Weixing, Mi Yuting, Shi Yue, Gu Li, Fan Tingyu
Japan: Yuki Satoshi, Takao Shinji, Akayama Jiro
Taiwan:Wang Yuanjun

59 from China, 32 from Korea, 3 from Japan and 2 from Taiwan advanced to Preliminary final. 48 winners will join 16 seeded players in main tournament.

Do you know how many players there were in the prelims?

Japan had 17 players to start, if I count correctly. It looks like there might have been about 4 players per preliminary semifinal spot, so that's passable performance but not necessarily good.

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Total 362 players (253 from China(202 male, 35 female), 83 from Korea(68 male, 7 female and 8 amateurs), 17 from Japan(including 4 amateurs), 7 from Taiwan, 1 from USA and 1 from Europe) attended prelim.

Results of the preliminary tournament:

48 seats were decided. The host China got 31; Korea got 16; 1 went to Taiwanese Chen Shiyuan; 0 for Japan.

One amateur player Ma Tianfang of China went through.

Tournament result by Igokisen,

http://igokisen.web.fc2.com/wr/bl.html

Result of round of 64;
Rui Naiwei defeated Yu Zhiying by resign.
Ahn Seongjoon defeated Jian Shiwei by resign.
Kim Jiseok defeated Choi Jung by resign.
Qiu Jun defeated Ma Tianfeng by resign.
Zhou Ruiyang defeated Park Jungsang by resign.
Xie Ke defeted Chen Shiyuan by resign.
Park Junghwan defeated Li Ming by resign.
Ahn Kukhyun defeated Shin Jinseo by resign.
Tuo Jiaxi defeated Fan Yunruo by resign.
Chen Yaoye defeated Kim Jinhwi by 0.5.
Mok Jinseok defeated Takao Shinji by resign.
Ke Jie defeated Kim Seungjae by resign.
Piao Wenyao defeated Li Xuanhao by resign.
Mi Yuting defeated Huang Yunsong by resign.
Choi Cheolhan defeated Wang Yuanjun by 1.5.
Fan Tingyu defeated Han Woongkyu by 2.5.
Jhang Tao defeated Akiyama Jiro by 1.5.
Meng Tailing defeated Gu Li by resign.
Park Minkyu defeated Park Jiyeon by resign.
Jin Siyoung defeated Lee Sedol by resign.
Gu Lingyi defeated Kim Seungjoon by resign.
Wang Xi defeated Yuki Satoshi by resign.
Liu Xing defeated Li Zhe by resign.
Lee Taehyun defeated Cao Xiaoyang by resign.
Tao Xinran defeated Zeng Zhihao by resign.
Zhang Weijie defeated Yang Dingxin by resign.
Mao Ruilong defeated Tang Weixing by resign.
Yang Dingxin defeated Zhang Li by resign.
Li Kang defeated Lian Xiao by 2.5.
Lee Wonyoung defeated Hu Yaoyu by resign.
Wang Yao defeated Shi Yue by resign.
Zhou Heyang defeated Ahn Joyoung by resign.

Lee Sedol and Gu Li didn't make to next round.

Pairing for round of 32;

Rui Naiwei vs Park Junghwan
Kim Jiseok vs Liu Xing
Qiu Jun vs Mi Yuting
Zhou Ruiyang vs Ahn Seongjoon
Ahn Kukhyun vs Li Kang
Tuo Jiaxi vs Mao Ruilong
Chen Yaoye vs Xie Ke
Mok Jinseok vs Tao Xinran
Ke Jie vs Fan Tingyu
Piao Wenyao vs Jhang Tao
Choi Cheolhan vs Park Minkyu
Gu Lingyi vs Wang Xi
Lee Taehyun vs Jin Siyoung
Zhang Weijie vs Yang Dingxin
Lee Wonyoung vs Meng Tailing
Zhou Heyang vs Wang Yao

Where do you'll find the pairings at?

Round of 32;7/22/14
Round of 16;7/24/14 (Korea time)

Result of round of 32;
Choi Cheolhan defeated Park Minkyu by resign.
Chen Yaoye defeated Xie Ke by resign.
Ke Jie defeated Fan Tingyu by resign.
Qiu Jun defeated Mi Yuting by resign.
Meng Tailing defeated Lee Wonyoung by resign.
Wang Yao defeated Zhou Heyang by resign.
Tuo Jiaxi defeated Mao Ruilong by resign.
Park Junghwan defeated Rui Naiwei by resign.
Kim Jiseok defeated Liu Xing by resign.
Wang Xi defeated Gu Lingyi by resign.
Zhang Weijie defeated Yang Dingxin by resign.
Jhang Tao defeated Piao Wenyao by resign.
Ahn Seongjoon defeated Zhou Ruiyang by resign.
Ahn Kukhyun defeated Li Kang by 1.5.
Jin Siyoung defeated Lee Taehyun by resign.
Mok Jinseok defeated Tao Xinran by 0.5.

Pairing for round of 16(7/24/14 (Korea time)),
Choi Cheolhan vs Jhang Tao
Park Junghwan vs Chen Yaoye
Kim Jiseok vs Meng Tailing
Jin Siyoung vs Tuo Jiaxi
Ahn Seongjoon vs Zhang Weijie
Ahn Kukhyun vs Wang Xi
Mok Jinseok vs Qiu Jun
Wang Yao vs Ke Jie

round of 16;
Choi Cheolhan defeated Jhang Tao by resign.
Park Junghwan defeated Chen Yaoye by 5.5.
Kim Jiseok defeated Meng Tailing by 1.5.
Jin Siyoung defeated Tuo Jiaxi by resign.
Zhang Weijie defeated Ahn Seongjoon by resign.
Ahn Kukhyun defeated Wang Xi by resign.
Qiu Jun defeated Mok Jinseok by 1.5.
Ke Jie defeated Wang Yao by resign.

Pairing for round of 8;

Choi Cheolhan vs Ke Jie
Park Junghwan vs Jin Siyoung
Kim Jiseok vs Qiu Jun
Zhang Weijie vs Ahn Kukhyun


Round of 8; 9/16/14
Semi final; 9/18/14, 9/20/14, 9/21/14

Nice to see Korea doing better than last time!

Chen Yaoye

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round of 8;
Ke Jie defeated Choi Cheolhan by resign.
Park Junghwan defeated Jin Siyoung by resign.
Qiu Jun defeated Kim Jiseok by resign.
Ahn Kukhyun defeated Zhang Weijie by resign.


Semi final; 9/18/14, 9/20/14, 9/21/14



Pairing for semi final,

Ke Jie vs Park Junghwan
Qiu Jun vs Ahn Kukhyun

Semi final 1st game of 3,

Ke Jie defeated Park Junghwan by resign.
Ahn Kukhyun defeated Qiu Jun by 5.5.

Chen Yaoye may temporarily quit from top-level competition as he is now falling love with a girl

Kejie may become the protagonist this year.

Semi final 2nd game of 3,

Ke Jie defeated Park Junghwan by resign and advances to final.

Qiu Jun defeated Ahn Kukhyun by resign.
Qiu Jun vs Ahn Kukhyun 1:1