Life In 19x19

silviu22 wrote:

xiayun wrote:-----World-----
Group Q
Andrii Kravets (Ukraine) vs. Tanguy Lecalve (France)
Jie Hui Kwa (Singapore) vs. Zhongxia Zhao (USA)

Did Andrii Kravets and Tanguy LeCalve win another game to get to this stage? I see Ali Jabarin is gone, so there was probably another round between the July 2nd post and this one.

My July 2nd post had the 8 winners from the first round of the world group, and the adjacent pairs played each other in round 2.

xiayun wrote:My July 2nd post had the 8 winners from the first round of the world group, and the adjacent pairs played each other in round 2.

Thank you. You answered my following question as well (who did they play in the 2nd round)

Yu Lijun from Taiwan is selected as Wild Card position in Main Tournament.

Pairing for round of 32,
Zhang Tao vs Kim Jiseok
Tao Xinran vs Cho Sonjin
Ke Jie vs Lee Yeonggu
Xie Erhao vs Zhao Chenyu
Chen Yaoye vs Choi Jeong
Guo Xinyi vs Seo Bongsoo
Liao Yuanhe vs Yu Lijun
Gu Zihao vs Heo Yongho
Huang Yunsong vs Tanguy Lecalve
Cao Xiaoyang vs Shin Minjoon
Li Qincheng vs Hsu Chiayuan
Han Yizhou vs Kang Dongyun
Yang Dingxin vs Byun Sangil
Dang Yifei vs Park Junghwan
Tang Weixing vs Iyama Yuuta
Gao Xing vs Shin Jinseo



Main tournament;
round of 32 - 8/30
round of 16 - 8/31
round of 8 - 9/1
round of 4 - 9/2
Final - 9/4, 9/5, 9/6

When Lee Yeonggu drew his lot, there was a loud reaction from the crowd.


Caption: Why is everyone reacting like this?


Caption: "Ah..." (He realizes he will be playing Ke Jie)

More pictures here:
http://www.cyberoro.com/news/news_view. ... =1&cmt_n=0

Poor Choi Jeong: she was on course for another win vs a top man but one slightly greedy and thin move in early endgame and Chen Yaoye made a picnic ko inside her territory and the game reversed.

Ke Jie and Shin Jinseo won quickly as expected. Kyo Kagen lost. Iyama is doing well.

Result of round of 32;
Zhang Tao < Kim Jiseok
Tao Xinran > Cho Sonjin
Ke Jie > Lee Yeonggu
Xie Erhao > Zhao Chenyu
Chen Yaoye > Choi Jeong
Guo Xinyi < Seo Bongsoo
Liao Yuanhe > Yu Lijun
Gu Zihao > Heo Yongho
Huang Yunsong > Tanguy Lecalve
Cao Xiaoyang < Shin Minjoon
Li Qincheng > Hsu Chiayuan
Yang Dingxin > Byun Sangil
Dang Yifei < Park Junghwan
Tang Weixing > Iyama Yuuta
Gao Xing < Shin Jinseo
Han Yizhou < Kang Dongyun

Good to see Seo Bongsoo taking advantage of his draw and advance. The form almost all held in the first round; believe the only lower-rated player (by GoRatings) to win is Tang Weixing, who had been in a deep slump since November of last year, but this is Samsung Cup where he has always performed well.

Tang Weixing's winning of this game is so his 'muddy' style.

Pairing for round of 16;
Liao Yuanhe vs Huang Yunsong
Seo Bongsoo vs Gu Zihao
Ke Jie vs Tao Xinran
Chen Yaoye vs Shin Jinseo
Shin Minjoon vs Li Qincheng
Yang Dingxin vs Kim Jiseok
Park Junghwan vs Xie Erhao
Tang Weixing vs Kang Dongyun

xiayun wrote:Good to see Seo Bongsoo taking advantage of his draw and advance. The form almost all held in the first round; believe the only lower-rated player (by GoRatings) to win is Tang Weixing, who had been in a deep slump since November of last year, but this is Samsung Cup where he has always performed well.

Seo Bongsoo is 66 years old and probably the oldest player win a game in main tournament of majors.
He said AI helped him a lot.

Result of round of 16;
Liao Yuanhe defeated Huang Yunsong by resign.
Gu Zihao defeated Seo Bongsoo by resign.
Tao Xinran defeated Ke Jie by time.
Shin Jinseo defeated Chen Yaoye by resign.
Shin Minjoon defeated Li Qincheng by resign.
Yang Dingxin defeated Kim Jiseok by resign.
Park Junghwan defeated Xie Erhao by resign.
Tang Weixing defeated Kang Dongyun by resign.

I like the fact that Samsung Cup is going non-stop and will decide its champion within a week.

So 5 Chinese vs 3 Koreans? Yang Dingxin seems to be in fine form - he's up to 4th in the world rankings. If he continues to do well here, he might become the 4th player to break through 3600 line.

Pairing for round of 8;

Park Junghwan vs Tang Weixing
Tao Xinran vs Yang Dingxin
Shin Jinseo vs Liao Yuanhe
Shin Minjoon vs Gu Zihao