[Nongshim Cup] Park Junghwan stumbles after playing like a robot, Shin Jinseo to challenge Li Xuanhao
Park Junghwan (right) loses to Li Xuanhao (left)
Park Junghwan (black) loses to Li Xuanhao (white)
In Game 12 of the 26th Nongshim Cup, Park Junghwan lost against Li Xuanhao by resignation. Li was not in a good condition and Park played a very good game throughout, almost playing like a robot. However, when Li invaded black’s moyo on the bottom right for a last fight, Park seemed to have had a serious miscalculation. He could’ve ended the game by killing the group, but white managed to connect back in the actual game. Black had no more chances to come back after having his territory destroyed.
Crucial moment in the game. White loses if this group dies.
Black should’ve played at L5. If white plays 2, black can play 3 and 5 to connect back underneath. The white group on the side has nowhere to run and white needs to resign.
In the actual game, black connected at K4 instead, eventually allowing white to connect the entire group back by laddering the stone at L7. Even though black can atari at A to eat the two stones, the loss on the bottom was too big and there was no way for black to comeback after this.
With that, here are the remaining players from each country.
China (2): Li Xuanhao (1 win), Ding Hao
Korea (1): Shin Jinseo
Japan (0)
Game 13 will be played tomorrow, February 20th, at 3pm KST. Shin Jinseo, the last man standing in Korea, will be challenging Li Xuanhao. It will be broadcast on most Asian Go servers and streamed on channels such as BadukTV. I will also be carrying out a demo on OGS if I have time. If Li wins the game tomorrow, China will clinch the trophy.
The winning team of Nongshim Cup will receive a prize of 500 million won. An additional prize of 10 million won will be awarded for three consecutive wins (an additional 10 million won will be paid for each additional win after three consecutive wins). Each player is given one hour of thinking time with one 60-second overtime.