1st World Kiseon Championship

From this picture, I have a slight idea who won the first game. I can’t exactly tell why.

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Well the picture was taken way before so somebody could tell the future :laughing:

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Finals Game 3/3 Streams:

Games will start at 2026-02-27T05:00:00Z

BadukTV Stream Link

Bilibili Chinese Streams

Park Junghwan 9p (1) VS Wang Xinghao 9p (1)

For the full results and games, please refer to here.

Poll: Now the score is tied. Who will win the final game and win 400 million KRW?

  • Definitely Park Junghwan
  • Of course it’s Wang Xinghao
0 voters

The review of the first game:

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Didn’t have time to post the announcement today, but the game is ongoing!

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Sadge. I really liked blacks play style. Especially on the 3rd game. Its how I try to play xP

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Park Junghwan (33) wins against Wang Xinghao by 2-1 in the 1st World Kiseon Championship, clinching his 6th world major title

In the finals of the 1st Shinhan Bank World Kiseon Championship best-of-three, Park Junghwan 9p won against Wang Xinghao 9p by 2-1 and clinched his 6th world major title at the age of 33. It has been 5 years since he last won another title during Samsung Cup in 2021. With that, he also obtained the prize money of 400 million KRW, which is the largest prize money for an annual international tournament. This is also the highest age for a major title winner ever since Cho Chikun 9p won the Samsung Cup at the age of 47 in 2003.

Since the round of 32, Park won against Hsu Haohung 9p, Yang Kaiwen 9p, Ichiriki Ryo 9p and Dang Yifei 9p to get into the finals. On the other hand, Wang beat Kim Jiseok 9p, Park Minkyu 9p, World No. 1 Shin Jinseo 9p and Shibano Toramaru 9p to get into the finals. In the finals best-of-three, Park won the first game easily after Wang made some serious mistakes in the middle game. In the second game, Wang played well and Park managed to catch up but still lost by 1.5 points. In the third game, it was complicated and Wang had some big chances but after the fight in the middle game ended he seemed very pessimistic and played problem moves one after another, allowing Park to seize the opportunity to end the game.

The tournament utilizes the Fischer Rule, providing a base time of 30 minutes with a 20-second increment per move.

For the full results and games, please refer to here.

Congratulations to Park Junghwan!

More pictures

Prize Presentation and Interview

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He looks so happy that its making me happy too <33

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It’s not everyday that you see him smile :laughing:

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A day in the life of Park Junghwan

Kiseon means “Go Immortal” by the way. If you want to translate the whole title of the tournament :slight_smile:

Game 2 and Game 3 reviews: