A new international tournament: The 1st Tianfu Cup

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Re: A new international tournament: The 1st Tianfu Cup

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Chen got the black again in the deciding game, and the two essentially repeated the opening from Game 2, albeit in different orders, until Chen played move 29 to cut for a different corner exchange.
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Chen won by resign, his third international title.
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Great to see Chen's consistency over the years. It's been 11 years since he won his first international title, when he beat Park Junghwan (world #1 at the time) and Lee Sedol (#3) at Chunlan Cup. He also need to beat Ke Jie in the best of 5 final for his second title when Ke Jie was No. 1, so he has certainly risen to the challenge each time.
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xiayun, I think you mixed things up a bit. Chen got his 9d 11 years ago for getting 2 runner-ups in international tournaments and did well in domestic events (notably 8 Tianyuan titles in a row), but he didn't win his first international (the Chunlan) until 2013.
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Uberdude wrote:xiayun, I think you mixed things up a bit. Chen got his 9d 11 years ago for getting 2 runner-ups in international tournaments and did well in domestic events (notably 8 Tianyuan titles in a row), but he didn't win his first international (the Chunlan) until 2013.
Ah, sorry, thanks for the correction!
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