2018: 4th Women's, 3rd Seniors Korean Baduk Leagues

[Elom]

I failed to finish reporting the results for the 2nd Women's Korean Baduk League. This year, hope to simply report the results and game record links of both the WKBL and SKBL each saturday since I have not yet seen them in an english tournament sheet yet.

[Elom]

2018 Women's Korean Baduk League

In 2015, the WKBL consisted of seven teams.

In 2016 and in 2017, it consisted of eight teams.

In 2018, nine teams participate in a double round robin (totaling 18 rounds, 72 team matches and 216 individual games) with an ₩840,000,000 ($780024/£558458 24.02.2018) prize pool.
The player selection ceremony occurred on January 31, and the two hour opening ceremony occurred on February 20th.
After the leagues, the fifth and fourth placed teams play in a wildcard playoff match of two rounds with the fourth placed team needing to win one out of two rounds of matches, and the fifth placed team needing to win both rounds, the winner of which plays a qausi-playoff against the third placed team, the winner of which plays in a playoff against the second placed team, the winner of which plays in the championship match against the first placed team (a playoff ladder system somewhat similar to the Japanese Kisei).

Each team represents a city/town in Korea and a sponsor (the sponsor can be a company or the city itself).

Matches consist of a slow game (60m+5*40s byo-yomi) and two fast games played one after the other (10m+5*40s byo-yomi)

The board positions can be changed for each match

The winning team takes away ₩50,000,000

Key:
Team name
Director
First Board
Second Board
Third Board
Optional Candidate or Foreign Player

Seoul (Bukwang Pharmaceutical)
Gueon Hyojin 6p
Kim Cheayoung 3p
Kwon Juri 1p
Jang Hyeleong 1p
Lu Minquan 4p


Pohang (POSCO Chemtech)
Lee Youngshin 5p
Park Taehee 2p
Cho Hyeyeon 9p
Kang Dajeong 1p
Wang Chenxing 5p


Gyeounggi (Hoban Construction)
Lee Dahae 4p
Kim Hyeoimin 8p
Kim Eunseon 5p
Moon Dowon 3p
Pan Yang 1p


Inje (Skydown)
Choi Myeonghun 9p
Park Shiun* 9p
Kim Miri 3p
Lee Yujin 1p
Gao Xing 4p


Buan (Gomso Salt)
Kim Hyeojeong 3p
Oh Yujin 5p
Heo Seohyun 1p^
Kim Minjeong 1p
Fujisawa Rina 3p

Chungnam (SG Golf)
Lee Yongchan 7p
Choi Jeong 9p
Song Hyeryung 2p
Kim Sinyoung 1p
Rui Naiwei 9p


Seogwipo (Chilisimni**)
Lee Jihyun 4p
Oh Jeonga 3p
Cho Seungah 1p
Kim Kyeongeun 1p
Kim Soojin 5p


Yeosu (Turtle Ship)
Lee Hyeonwuk 8p
Kim Dayoung 3p
Lee Sula 4p
Lee Minjin 8p
No candidate


Seoul (Baduk Elegance***)
Song Taekon 9p
Park Jiyeon 5p
Kang Jisoo 1p
Lee Youngjoo 2p
Hei Jiajia 7p

Year, Champion team, Runner-up, Third Place, Most Valuable Player
2015, Inje, Pohang, Busan****, Oh Yujin
2016, Seoul, Inje, Pohang, Choi Jeong
2017, Pohang, Yeosu, Seoul, Kim Cheayoung
Longest winning streak in a season ever, team;individual: Seoul, 6 Pohang, 6; Kim Cheayoung, 13
Most wins in a season ever, team;individual: Seoul, 13 Pohang 13, Choi Jeong 16

*The http://www.go4go.net spelling for Park Jieun
**In this case it now means something like 'homeland' http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/ATR ... cid=293170
***A go club in Seoul. They are a new team. http://blog.naver.com/queen9843
****An older team.
^Changed from Park Sohyun 3p, which was incorrect.

[macelee]

Several Chinese sources reported that this player (http://www.baduk.or.kr/info/player_view ... e=10000998) played for the Buan (Gomso Salt) team. Where do you get your player information? I am not so sure about the translation of her name either.

[Elom]

Several Chinese sources reported that this player (http://www.baduk.or.kr/info/player_view ... e=10000998) played for the Buan (Gomso Salt) team. Where do you get your player information? I am not so sure about the translation of her name either.

There was actually an error on the official result page in which the information for Kang Jisoo 1p was shown instead.

I thought that I might then simply put in Heo Seohyun, the spelling on the website, however, as I had assumed she was a Korean player due to her board placement, and the fact that they had already made an error on the page, I wanted to double check and see if her name was in the http://www.go4go.net database via goratings as I thought that there should be a good chance she has either played in the WKBL before or that she played a high enough level match to have a game in the go4go database— as I assumed she was Korean and searched for the Korean transliteration of her name, I did not find her entry. I thought that it may be best to put in the player with the closest spelling as it may be a misspell considering there was already an error on the page, and wait for you to transcribe the games for her match so that I can check it and finally correct it for sure.

Is she a Chinese player who plays in Korea or is she a foreign candidate player?

[Elom]

Round 1, Game 1, 2018.02.22 Thursday

1-Chungnam-v-Inje-2


Choi Jeong 9p-Park Shiun 9p
B+R after 157 moves
http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/72079

Rui Naiwei 9p-Kim Miri 3p
B+R after 139 moves
http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/72080

Song Hyeryung 2p-Gao Xing 4p
W+R after 142 moves
http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/72081

As it was foreign candidate Gao Xing 4p's first time in the league, there was some anxiety pertaining to how she might perform and adjust to the league. But she overwhelmed Song 2p from the start, winning in less than an hour.

[macelee]

She only quite recently became professional. She has not shown up in other tournament yet. She is definitely Korean.

[Uberdude]

Kim Miri gave Rui Naiwei a taste of her own medicine with an impressive kill. It all started with an attack/cut at this shape's vital point. White then ran all the way to the right side but only made 1 eye and failed to kill surrounding Black groups.

$$B Kim Miri (black) vs Rui Naiwei
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Click Here To Show Diagram Code

[go]$$B Kim Miri (black) vs Rui Naiwei
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$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

P.s It's Posco not Poscho: they are a big steel company (I visited their factory as part of the physics olympiad in Pohang some years ago).

[John Fairbairn]

P.s It's Posco not Poscho: they are a big steel company (I visited their factory as part of the physics olympiad in Pohang some years ago).

Saying they are a big steelmaker is like saying Roger Federer is a good tennis player I went there as part of Maggie Thatcher's press entourage. I'd been to steel works before but this was pretty mind-blowing - not just the size but the fact that there were so few humans around.

But if it's being nice to go sponsors time (which I approve of) I believe their official English name is POSCO as they see it as an acronym (Pohang Steel Company).

Interestingly there is also a Poscho steel company in Bombay.

The Korean lady is 17-year-old Heo Seo-hyeon but she also goes by Hu Suhyun and Heo Seohyun (and by analogy with other Heos, I expect there is, or will be, also a Ho version out there). Pro since last December. The Hanguk Kiweon seems to be feeding an awful lot of new 1-dans into the system, which seems odd given how hard it is for many of the established pros to maintain a decent living now. Is it all a desperate ploy to match the Chinese youth? With some events being reduced to 20 minutes + 3x20 seconds, I expect the next stage will be 10 seconds a move for pros straight out of Kindergarten. And so on, to vanishing point - literally.

[Elom]

Round 1, Game 2, 2018.02.23 Friday

1-Seoul Baduk Elegance-v-Yeosu-2


Hei Jiajia 7p-Kim Dayoung 3p
W+R after 256 moves.
http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/72091

Kang Jisoo 1p-Lee Sula 4p
W+3.5 after 319 moves
http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/72092

Park Jiyeon 5p-Lee Minjin 8p
W+R after 272 moves
http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/72093

The word translated to "elegance", 품격, also has the ring of 'dignity' and 'quality' attached. On the 24th of February the club held a type of opening ceremony for the team aiming for a family atmosphere— set up in 2013, the club is meant to be a type of premium for go culture (no cigarettes or gambling...).
They do have sponsors, BC World Pharmaceutical being a major one, but it is more so like a private sponsor in that the company names are not part of the team name. That didn't stop the CEO, Hong Seonghan (http://en.bcwp.co.kr/company/company1) from dropping by and cheering them on.

[Elom]

Kim Miri gave Rui Naiwei a taste of her own medicine with an impressive kill. It all started with an attack/cut at this shape's vital point. White then ran all the way to the right side but only made 1 eye and failed to kill surrounding Black groups.

$$B Kim Miri (black) vs Rui Naiwei (white)
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , X . O . . , O . . O . , X . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X X . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . W . 1 , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . O X X . . . W . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . X . W . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O X . . . X . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . . X . . X . X O . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . X . . . . . O . O . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O O O . O . , O . . . . , . . . |
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$$ +---------------------------------------+

Click Here To Show Diagram Code

[go]$$B Kim Miri (black) vs Rui Naiwei (white)
$$ +---------------------------------------+
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , X . O . . , O . . O . , X . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X X . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . W . 1 , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . O X X . . . W . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . X . W . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O X . . . X . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . . X . . X . X O . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . X . . . . . O . O . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O O O . O . , O . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

P.s It's Posco not Poscho: they are a big steel company (I visited their factory as part of the physics olympiad in Pohang some years ago).

Yep, it was a typo!

Actually, when white played at K9 it looked like it made sense:

$$B Kim Miri (black) vs Rui Naiwei
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , X . O . . , O . . O . , X . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X X . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . O X X . . . W . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O X . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . . X . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O . O . O . , O . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+

Click Here To Show Diagram Code

[go]$$B Kim Miri (black) vs Rui Naiwei
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , X . O . . , O . . O . , X . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X X . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . O X X . . . W . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O X . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . . X . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O . O . O . , O . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

But after black plays some strengthening moves, it looks like it was too aggressive and white ended up being captured instead!

[Elom]

Round 1, Game 3, 2018.02.24 Saturday

0-Buan-v-Seogwipo-3


Heo Seohyun 1p-Cho Seungah 1p
W+R after 230 moves
http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/72094

Kim Minjeong 1p-Kim Kyeongeun 1p
B+R after 319 moves
http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/72095

Oh Yujin 5p-Oh Jeonga 3p
W+R after 220 moves
http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/72096

Oh Yujin 5p, despite being born in 1998, is actually the oldest in her team as she is a little older than Fujisawa Rina 3p. Kim Minjeong 1p was born in 2000, and Heo Seohyun 1p was born in 2002.

Kim Kyeongeun 1p, meanwhile, is the youngest in the league at 14 years old. I think I should invest in life insurance.

[Elom]

Round 1, Game 4, 2018.02.25 Friday

1-Gyeounggi-v-Seoul-2


Kim Eunseon 5p-Lu Minquan 4p
W+R after 198 moves
http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/72097

Kim Hyeoimin 8p-Kwon Juri 1p
W+R after 226 moves
http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/72098

Pan Yang 2p-Kim Cheayoung 3p
W+R after 220 moves
http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/72099

[Elom]

Round 2, Game 1, 2018.03.01 Friday

1-Seogwipo-v-Pohang-2


Oh Jeonga 3p-Kang Dajeong 1p
W+R after 208 moves
http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/72217

Kim Kyeongeun 1p-Park Taehee 2p
W+R after 258 moves
http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/72218

Cho Seungah 1p-Cho Hyeyeon 9p
B+R after 205 moves
http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/72219

[Elom]

Round 2, Game 2, 2018.03.02 Friday

3-Chungnam-v-Seoul Elegance-0


Kim Sinyoung 1p-Park Jiyeon 5p
B+R after 229 moves
http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/72251

Choi Jeong 9p-Lee Youngjoo 2p
W+R after 182 moves
http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/72252

Song Hyeryung 2p-Kang Jisoo 1p
B+18.5 after 346 moves
http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/72253

With some of the strongest players on their team and even Rui Naiwei 9p as a loan player, Chungnam SG Golf is one of the top contenders for the title— making their loss in round one to Inje Skydown somewhat unexpected. Despite that, results such as this can be expected.

[Elom]

Round 2, Game 3, 2018.03.03 Saturday

2-Inje-v-Buan-1

Park Shiun 9p-Heo Seohyun 1p
B+R after 219 moves
http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/72274

Kim Miri 3p-Oh Yujin 5p
W+R after 226 moves
http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/72275

Lee Yujin 1p-Kim Minjeong 1p
W+R after 294 moves
http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/72276

Kim Miri 3p qualified for the 2009 Korean Baduk League and even defeated Park Junghwan 9p when he was a 4p. http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/21443
However, her performance in the Women's Korean Baduk League have not been so good, but with this result she has two wins in a row so far this season.