[Nongshim Cup] Shin Jinseo dominates the game against Li Xuanhao, only Ding Hao left
Shin Jinseo (left) wins against Li Xuanhao (black)
Shin Jinseo (white) wins against Li Xuanhao (black)
In Game 13 of the 26th Nongshim Cup, Shin Jinseo won against Li Xuanhao by resignation. It was a quick game that ended in about 2 hours. Li’s slump continued as he didn’t get a good result after the taisha joseki. The game was still difficult but Shin chose to sacrifice stone after stone, thus simplifying the game. Territory-wise Black was okay, but Black had two groups that were not alive and it was difficult to settle both groups properly. Eventually, Black managed to live one of the groups but was already behind on territory and the other group was still weak.
Q1 is a good move and Li may have missed this move. The capturing race result is a ko that white takes first, and black only has E16 as a ko threat which is not big enough.
White chose to sacrifice the entire left side, making himself thick in the process. Black chose to run the two stones but got the bottom wall attacked. White gained a lot from the attack, making it a perfect win for SJS.
With that, here are the remaining players from each country.
China (1): Ding Hao
Korea (1): Shin Jinseo (1 win)
Japan (0)
Game 14, the final game, will be played tomorrow, February 21st, at 3pm KST. Ding Hao will be challenging Shin Jinseo, and the winner will get the Nongshim Cup trophy. 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.
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.