18th Nongshim cup

[kimidori]

Yes, for sure.

Now the #1 from both countries have equal chance to win the tournament and make history.

[yoyoma]

9th game;

Park Junghwan defeated Fan Tingyu by resign.

Korea: Park Junghwan, Kim Jiseok, Kang Dongyoon(seeded), Lee Sedol, Lee Donghoon
China: Ke Jie, Tuo Jiaxi, Lian Xiao, Fan Yunrou, Fan Tingyu
Japan: Iyama Yuuta, Murakawa Daisuke, Kono Rin, Ichiriki Ryo, Cho U

Bold case - alive

2nd round ended.

See you in February!!!!!

3rd round,
2/21 - 10th game
2/22 - 11th game
2/23 - 12th game
2/24 - 13th game
2/25 - 14th game

Reminder!
Park Junghwan vs. Iyama Yuta 2/21
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Feb+21+15:00+kst

The winner will try to beat all 4 remaining Chinese players: Ke Jie, Tuo Jiaxi, Lian Xiao, Fan Yunrou

[hyperpape]

I've created a git repo with code to calculate winning chances in win and continue tournaments (https://github.com/hyperpape/win-and-continue/). Prior to the start of this year's Nongshim, Korea was the slight favorite. But after Fan Tingyu's 7 game winning streak, the odds are now
Japan: 2.5%
Korea: 6%
China: 91.5%

One question I'm curious about: are there any four team win and continue tournaments? I can't find any linked from Sensei's or Mr Kin's site.

(For anyone who follows the group on Facebook, sorry for the duplicate post).

[ewan1971]

Iyama lost to Park by resignation. Japan is now eliminated.

[Uberdude]

Today Fan Yunruo 5d beat Park Junghwan by 1.5 points, winning the Nongshim cup for China with 3 players spare. China has such a depth of world-class players: when the two Fan's were selected for the Chinese Nongshim Cup team apparently there negatives mutterings in Chinese forums about if they were good enough (leaving behind higher rated players like Zhou Ruiyang, Shi Yue, Mi Yuting, Chen Yaoye) but they won the whole tournament without Tuo Jiaxi, Ke Jie or Lian Xiao needing to turn up!