Ueno Asami has reached the 3rd round of the 2nd Quzhou Lanke International Cup, the best international performance by a Japanese woman ever, surely. She did it by beating two men, Korean Pak Min-kyu 8-dan and Chinese (former LG Cup winner) Xie Erhao.

But it doesn't stop there! Iyama Yuta also got to round 3, though by a slightly easier route. When was the last time he won two international games in a row?

Golden Week has officially begun a few days early in Japan this year

Iyama beat Fan Tingyu (former Ing cup winner) in the third round

Nihon Kiin webpage has next round's pairings. Going by that, he will be up against Byun Sang-il in late June.

Ueno Asami is out.

And Xie Erhao won that LG Cup final against none other than iyama Yuta, no Less ^^



Gu Zihao had just Lost to 김은지 in the ing cup, and has previously lost to 최정 so there was some attention