League Round 1 Games
Date: 26th March
All times below are in KST (GMT+9).
Click on the links below for the game streams.
Game 1 (10 am): Xu Jiayang VS Tu Xiaoyu
Game 2: (12 pm): Shin Jinseo VS Park Junghwan
What’s this name? Nowhere it is explained.
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1st Sawpalcosanol League Round 1 Results & Round 2 Games
For the tournament details, please refer to here.
For the Round 1 results, I’ve consolidated them into a sheet which contains the results and the links to the games. Please check it out here. The explanation of the moves in the image above is included in the post as well.
Round 2: 27th March
All times below are in KST (GMT+9).
Click on the links below for the game streams.
Game 1 (2025-03-27T01:00:00Z): Shin Minjun VS Kang Dongyun (Date changed to 25th May)
Game 2: (2025-03-27T03:00:00Z): Park Junghwan VS Xu Jiayang
Game 3 (2025-03-27T08:00:00Z): Dang Yifei VS Fukuoka Koutaro
Game 4 (2025-03-27T10:00:00Z): Hsu Haohung VS Shin Jinseo
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I believe it’s a supplement for men made by the sponsor. If you watch BadukTV you may have seen this ad, which should be quite self-explanatory even if you don’t understand Korean.
The correct spelling is Sawpalcosanol (it contains saw palmetto and octacosanol).
Thanks! I forgot that it’s actually taken from English words…
Thanks for the reminder of all those funny prostrate medicine ads that fill BadukTV.
I think they must be doing well since they can sponsor so many tournaments…
[World’s Top Player Championship League Round 2] Shin Jinseo and Dang Yifei lead with 2 wins
Chinese Taipei’s No. 1 Hsu Haohung (left) loses to Korea and World No.1 Shin Jinseo (right) after playing more than half of a good game.
Shin Jinseo (black) wins against Hsu Haohung (white)
Shin Jinseo’s one-man show started after this move
Results after Round 2:
Xu Jiayang 1-0 Park Junghwan
Dang Yifei 1-0 Fukuoka Koutaro
Shin Jinseo 1-0 Hsu Haohung
After 2 rounds, Shin Jinseo and Dang Yifei lead with 2 wins each.
Park Junghwan, Hsu Haohong and Fukuoka Koutaro have a bad start with 0 wins each.
The game between Shin Minjun and Kang Dongyun has been postponed to May.
For more details and highlights, please go to the post here.
Round 3: 28th March
All times below are in KST (GMT+9).
Click on the links below for the game streams.
Game 1 (10 am): Shin Jinseo VS Kang Dongyun (Date changed to 26th May)
Game 2: (12 pm): Park Junghwan VS Fukuoka Koutaro
Game 3 (5 pm): Dang Yifei VS Tu Xiaoyu
Game 4 (7 pm): Hsu Haohung VS Shin Minjun
The Sawpalcosanol World’s Top Player Championship is a new biennial world tournament hosted by Infobell. It starts with a full league of 9 players. The first stage (Rounds 1-5) will be held from March 26th to 30th, and the second stage (Rounds 6-9) will be held from June 9th to 12th. Following the league rounds, the top two players will compete in a best-of-three final series, scheduled for October.
The tournament uses Fischer time controls with 1-hour main time and a 30-second increment for each move. The prize money is 200 million won for the winner and 100 million won for the runner-up. Additionally, each winner in the main league rounds will receive 3 million won, and each loser will receive 1.5 million won.
Shin Jinseo does make mistakes, he’s just really good at making his mistake the penultimate mistake of the game.
[World’s Top Player League Round 3] Park Junghwan gets first win and Dang Yifei gets first loss
Park Junghwan (right) wins against Fukuoka Koutaro (left)
Tu Xiaoyu and Dang Yifei played an exciting game
Results after Round 3:
Park Junghwan 1-0 Fukuoka Koutaro
Tu Xiaoyu 1-0 Dang Yifei
Hsu Haohung 0-1 Shin Minjun
A full list of scores and games can be found in this sheet. For more highlights, please check out the post here.
After 3 rounds, Shin Jinseo, Shin Minjun and Tu Xiaoyu lead with 2 wins and 0 losses each. Currently, it seems likely that the finalists will be decided from these 3. The game between Shin Jinseo and Tu Xiaoyu tomorrow may be a preview of the finals.
Dang Yifei got his first loss today against Tu Xiaoyu while Park Junghwan got his first win today against Fukuoka Koutaro.
Hsu Haohong and Fukuoka Koutaro both currently have 0 wins each.
The game between Shin Jinseo and Kang Dongyun has been postponed to May.
More pictures can be found here.
Round 4: 29th March
All times below are in KST (GMT+9).
Click on the links below for the game streams.
Game 1 (10 am): Fukuoka Koutaro VS Kang Dongyun
Game 2: (12 pm): Dang Yifei VS Park Junghwan
Game 3 (5 pm): Hsu Haohung VS Xu Jiayang
Game 4 (7 pm): Shin Jinseo VS Tu Xiaoyu
The Sawpalcosanol World’s Top Player Championship is a new biennial world tournament hosted by Infobell. It starts with a full league of 9 players. The first stage (Rounds 1-5) will be held from March 26th to 30th, and the second stage (Rounds 6-9) will be held from June 9th to 12th. Following the league rounds, the top two players will compete in a best-of-three final series, scheduled for October.
The tournament uses Fischer time controls with 1-hour main time and a 30-second increment for each move. The prize money is 200 million won for the winner and 100 million won for the runner-up. Additionally, each winner in the main league rounds will receive 3 million won, and each loser will receive 1.5 million won.
[World’s Top Player League Round 4] Tu Xiaoyu leads with 3 wins after breaking Shin Jinseo’s win streak for the first time this year
Tu Xiaoyu(left) beats Shin Jinseo(right) and stops him from getting his 26th win streak.
Shin Jinseo (black) loses to Tu Xiaoyu (white)
In the Shin – Tu game, the flying dagger joseki on the bottom left spread to the bottom right, occupying half the board.
Results after Round 4:
Kang Dongyun 1-0 Fukuoka Koutaro
Park Junghwan 1-0 Dang Yifei
Xu Jiayang 0-1 Hsu Haohung
Shin Jinseo 0-1 Tu Xiaoyu
A full list of scores and games can be found in this sheet. For the highlights please refer to this post.
After 4 rounds, Tu Xiaoyu leads with 3 wins and 0 losses after winning against Shin Jinseo, stopping him from getting his 26th consecutive win since last year.
Park Junghwan managed to beat Dang Yifei to get his second win, while Hsu Haohung managed to beat Xu Jjiayang to get his first win in the league.
Fukuoka Koutaro had some chances against Kang Dongyun but still lost in the end, ending up as the only player who had not won any games yet.
More pictures can be found here.
Round 5: 30th March
All times below are in KST (GMT+9).
Click on the links below for the game streams.
Round 5 is the final round in this phase of the league.
Game 1 (10 am): Shin Jinseo VS Shin Minjun (postponed to 27th May)
Game 2: (12 pm): Hsu Haohung VS Kang Dongyun
Game 3 (5 pm): Dang Yifei VS Xu Jiayang
Game 4 (7 pm): Park Junghwan VS Tu Xiaoyu
The Sawpalcosanol World’s Top Player Championship is a new biennial world tournament hosted by Infobell. It starts with a full league of 9 players. The first stage (Rounds 1-5) will be held from March 26th to 30th, and the second stage (Rounds 6-9) will be held from June 9th to 12th. Following the league rounds, the top two players will compete in a best-of-three final series, scheduled for October.
The tournament uses Fischer time controls with 1-hour main time and a 30-second increment for each move. The prize money is 200 million won for the winner and 100 million won for the runner-up. Additionally, each winner in the main league rounds will receive 3 million won, and each loser will receive 1.5 million won.
[World’s Top Player League Round 5] Tu Xiaoyu leads solo with 4 wins after beating China No. 1, Korea No. 1 and Korea No. 2 in three days
Tu Xiaoyu (left) wins against Park Junghwan (right)
Park Junghwan (black) loses to Tu Xiaoyu (white)
Tu playing the atari at O1 at this strange timing messed up Park’s pace.
Results after Round 5:
Hsu Haohung 0-1 Kang Dongyun
Dang Yifei 1-0 Xu Jiayang
Park Junghwan 0-1 Tu Xiaoyu
A full list of scores and games can be found in this sheet. For highlights, please check out this post.
In the fifth round, Tu Xiaoyu won against Park Junghwan and currently leads with 4 wins and 0 losses. He won against Dang Yifei, Shin Jinseo and Park Junghwan consecutively, effecting beating China No. 1, Korea No. 1 and Korea No. 2 in just three days.
Dang Yifei is a close second with 3 wins and 2 losses. Shin Minjun, Kang Dongyun, Shin Jinseo and Park Junghwan all have 2 wins each but Park Junghwan has already lost 3 games.
Xu Jiayang and Hsu Haohung won 1 game each while Fukuoka Koutaro was last with no wins.
More pictures can be found here.
Round 6: June
This concludes the first stage of the league. The second stage (Rounds 6-9) will be held from June 9th to 12th. Following the league rounds, the top two players will compete in a best-of-three final series, scheduled for October.
The Sawpalcosanol World’s Top Player Championship is a new biennial world tournament hosted by Infobell. The prize money is 200 million won for the winner and 100 million won for the runner-up. Additionally, each winner in the main league rounds will receive 3 million won, and each loser will receive 1.5 million won.