2014 LG cup preliminary will be held 4/14/14-4/19/14.

4/14 - 1st round
4/15 - 2nd - 1 round
4/16 - 2nd - 2 round
4/17 - 3rd round
4/18 - 4th round
4/19 - Final

Nice bracket here...

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

16 winners of preliminary final will join 16 seeded players.

Seeded players;
Korea;Park Junghwan, Kim Jiseok, Lee Sedol, Choi Cheolhan, Park Younghoon
China;Tuo Jiaxi, Zhou Ruiyang, Chen Yaoye, Shi Yue, Tang Weixing
Japan;Yuki Satoshi, Cho U, Yamashita Keigo, Ida Atzshi
Taiwan;Linz Han
Wild card by sponsor will be decided after preliminary.

The following players advanced to main tournament.

Fan Tingyu, Kim Dongho, Mi Yuting, Xie Erhao, Byun Sangil, Li Zhe, Piao Wenyao, Li Weiqing, An Dongxu, Xie He, An Kukhyun, Sun Li, Ding Shixiong, Liao Xingwen, Li Xuanhao, An Hyungjun

Blue - Korea
Red - China

Seeded players;
Korea;Park Junghwan, Kim Jiseok, Lee Sedol, Choi Cheolhan, Park Younghoon
China;Tuo Jiaxi, Zhou Ruiyang, Chen Yaoye, Shi Yue, Tang Weixing
Japan;Yuki Satoshi, Cho U, Yamashita Keigo, Ida Atzshi (aka Ida Atsushi)
Taiwan;Linz Han
Wild card by sponsor will be decided after preliminary.



Round of 32 and 16 is expected to be held in early June.

[Admin] Alternate spelling added for Ida. JB [/admin]

That's a huge prelim!

So who should the sponsor wildcard be used on? Has it been decided? I would like to see Gu Li (lost in the prelim final) in there.

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Dave Sigaty
"Short-lived are both the praiser and the praised, and rememberer and the remembered..."
- Marcus Aurelius; Meditations, VIII 21

I wonder if the sponsors, being Korean, will pick a Korean seeing as they didn't get so many players this time. I recall Lee Changho was picked as the wildcard a few years ago (not sure if it was LG or some other international tournament with a similar wildcard process), presumably because he remained popular with Korean baduk fans and had been in quite a few finals recently. Perhaps now he is too far from being a top player.

And then somehow the rigging will happen to match him against Lee Sedol again...

Since the goal of the sponsor is to get as much public exposure as possible, I'll bet the wildcard will go to a player who will attract the largest number of fans to follow the tournament. (Gu Li?) I doubt that some "old-timer" would be chosen since such a player, though popular with fans, is likely to be eliminated quickly.

Sponsor selected Kang Dongyoon as wild card.

Round of 32 ----> 6/9/14

Pairing for round of 32;
An Dongxu vs Yamashita Keigo
Xie Erhao vs An Kukhyun
Sun Li vs Li Zhe
Shi Yue vs Kim Dongho
Fan Tingyu vs Lee Sedol
Xie He vs Cho U
Tang Weixing vs Yuki Satoshi
Chen Yaoye vs An Hyungjoon
Li Xuanhao vs Kang Dongyoon
Mi Yuting vs Choi Cheolhan
Zhou Ruiyang vs Kim Jiseok
Ding Shixiong vs Linz Han
Piao Wenyao vs Park Younghoon
Li Weiqing vs Park Junghwan
Liao Xingwen vs Byun Sangil
Tuo Jiaxi vs Ida Atsushi

Blue - Korea
Red - China
green - Japan;
plum - Taiwan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... T8FXm9RI6c

Round of 32;
Choi Cheolhan defeated Mi Yuting by resign.
Tang Weixing defeated Yuki Satoshi by resign.
Ding Shixiong defeated Linz Han by resign.
Chen Yaoye defeated An Hyungjoon by resign.
Tuo Jiaxi defeated Ida Atsushi by resign.
Park Junghwan defeated Li Weiqing by resign.
Kang Dongyoon defeated Li Xuanhao by resign.
Kim Jiseok defeated Zhou Ruiyang by resign.
Li Zhe defeated Sun Li by resign.
Xie Erhao defeated An Kukhyun by 3.5.
Shi Yue vs Kim Donghoon by resign.
Xie He defeated Cho U by 3.5.
Byun Sangil defeated Liao Xingwen by resign.
Park Younghoon defeated Piao Wenyao by resign.
Fan Tingyu defeated Lee Sedol by resign.
An Dongxu defeated Yamashita Keigo by 5.5.


Round of 16 - ???????(Korea time)

A lot of pictures,
http://www.cyberoro.com/news/news_view. ... num=519238

Can't wait to see the games. I think this year I'm going to replay them all : ) Would anyone like to join me?

I'd really like to join you but I'm too busy this month : ( I will definitely click through Chen Yaoye's games though.

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All games are now online at:

http://www.go4go.net/go/games/tournament/3

Round of 16: 6/11/14 (Korea time)

Choi Cheolhan vs Xie He
Ding Shixiong vs Xie Erhao
Park Junghwan vs Tang Weixing
Kang Dongyoon vs Fan Tingyu
Kim Jiseok vs Li Zhe
Shi Yue vs Chen Yaoye
Byun Sangil vs Tuo Jiaxi
Park Younghoon vs An Dongxu


Pairing process.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... ZbEs3rkNIA

Round of 16: 6/11/14 (Korea time)
Xie Erhao defeated Ding Shixiong by resign.
Kim Jiseok defeated Li Zhe by resign.
Chen Yaoye defeated Shi Yue by resign.
Park Junghwan Padefeated Tang Weixing by resign.
Fan Tingyu defeated Kang Dongyoon by resign.
Tuo Jiaxi defeated Byun Sangil by resign.
Park Younghoon defeated An Dongxu by resign.
Choi Cheolhan defeated Xie He by 1.5.

Blue - Korea
Red - China

Definitely a successful round for Korea. Anyone think it's coincidence that the two strongest Chinese players had to play one another?

So you think that for the drawing in the video above there was a little guy under the table handing the second number 6 to Shi Yue? (Reminds me of how the bad guys always cheat at dice in Japanese samurai movies)

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Dave Sigaty
"Short-lived are both the praiser and the praised, and rememberer and the remembered..."
- Marcus Aurelius; Meditations, VIII 21

round of 8 - 11/17/14(Korea time)
Semi final - 11/19/14
Final - 2/9/15

Pairing for round of 8;
Kim Jiseok vs Tuo Jiaxi
Park Junghwan vs Chen Yaoye
Park Younghoon vs Xie Erhao
Choi Cheolhan vs Fan Tingyu