I didn’t know we are keeping records for this lol
1st Nanyang Cup Round of 8 Results:
Dang Yifei wins Byun Sangil by 3/4 stones
Li Xuanhao loses to Li Qincheng
Semi-finals matchups:
6th November 12pm GMT+8
Shin Jinseo VS Dang Yifei
Li Qincheng VS Wang Xinghao
More photos can be found here:
https://home.yikeweiqi.com/mobile.html#/gonews/detail/74382
More details about the games can be found here:
So we got a high chance to see Wang Xinghao against Shin Jinseo in the final. Although Li Qincheng is extremely good at blitz time setting, and whether or not Wang Xinghao can live up to his name as the future of Chinese pros will be determined by tomorrow’s match.
I’m not sure we do, but we definitely need a dedicated thread for that.
Made me laugh, that video soooo star wars.
We went over this game at the Go club this evening.
Thanks for making it easy to find these games 
1st Nanyang Cup Semi-finals Results:
Li Qincheng loses to Wang Xinghao
Dang Yifei loses to Shin Jinseo by 2 and 1/4 stones
Li Qincheng lost to Wang Xinghao very quickly and the game didn’t even last more than 2 hours. At one point of time, the game was so complicated that there were 7 unsettled groups all mingled with one another. Wang Xinghao managed to settle part of the groups through a ko and he was winning the game ever since.
Shin Jinseo’s win over Dang Yifei was very difficult. He was leading since the start of the game until the late middle game, but suddenly the game turned to Dang’s favour due to a few mistakes that Shin made. However, Dang didn’t managed to keep the lead and the game went back to Shin who kept it till the end. The situation was almost a replica was Shin’s game yesterday with Gu Zihao.
The finals between Shin Jinseo and Wang Xinhao will be a best of 3 held in Singapore on 26th Feb, 28th Feb and 1st of March 2025. The match to decide the 3rd place will also be played between Li Qincheng and Dang Yifei on 26th Feb 2025.
Please refer to here for more pictures:
https://baduk.hangame.com/news.nhn?gseq=103543&m=view&page=&searchfield=&leagueseq=&searchtext=
More details about the games:
As predicted, the final is between Wang Xinghao and Shin Jinseo. But we will have to wait for a while for the final matches.
Yes, and maybe this is the first time a World Championship Final is played between the World Ranking No.1 and No.2 (according to gorating)
2024 Samsung Cup Round of 32 Match-ups
12th November 12pm GMT+9:
Pan Yin VS Pongsakarn (Thailand)
Xu Jiayang VS Hsu Hao Hong
Wang Xinghao VS Shin Jinseo
Xie Erhao VS Kim Eunji
Li Xuanhao VS Choi Myeonghun
Cheng Zhengxun VS An Jeonggi
Gu Zihao VS Choi Jeong
Xie Ke VS Yoo Changhyeok
13th November 12pm GMT+9:
Han Yizhou VS Shin Minjun
Jin Yucheng VS Seol Hyeonjun
Ding Hao VS Kang Dongyun
Chen Xian VS Kim Myeonghun
Tan Xiao VS Shibano Toramaru
Ke Jie VS Byun Sangil
Lian Xiao VS Ichiriki Ryo
Dang Yifei VS Park Junghwan
The highlight for tomorrow’s game definitely has to be Shin Jinseo VS Wang Xinghao’s game. They just met each other in the Nanyang Cup Finals scheduled to be played in February next year, and they met so early in this Samsung Cup! This can be said to be the preliminary match for their finals.
Samsung Cup will be held from the round of 32 all the way to the finals in one go. There will be games daily at 12pm GMT+9 from 12th November all the way till 22nd November. Be sure to check it out! I will try to report the results as much as possible.
Please refer to here for more pictures:
https://m.cyberoro.com/news/news_view.oro?div_no=A1&num=531214
https://baduk.hangame.com/news.nhn?gseq=103550&m=view&page=&searchfield=&leagueseq=&searchtext=
Thanks for a well made report
Also interesting to see how far Choi Jeong can advance this year, can she still march into the final as she did in 2022. Or if Kim Eunji can live up to her promise to be the next future star of Korean pros?
2024 Samsung Cup Round of 32 Part 1 Results:
Yoo Changhyeok loses to Xie Ke
Pongsakarn loses to Fan Yin by 9.5 points
Choi Myeonghun loses to Li Xuanhao by 14.5 points
Hsu Hao Hong loses to Xu Jiayang
An Jeonggi wins Chen Zhengxun by 0.5 points
Choi Jeong wins Gu Zihao by 0.5 points
In an early preview of the Nanyang Cup Finals, after playing half a good game, Shin Jinseo managed to win Wang Xinghao after a mistake cost Wang Xinghao his game. Both Choi Jeong and Kim Eunji managed to beat their difficult opponents Gu Zihao and Xie Erhao. Gu Zihao has won the Samsung Cup before and Xie Erhao was the previous runner-up. This is one of the rare times when two female players entered the Top 16 of the Samsung Cup at the same time!
Round of 32 Part 2 to be played 13th November 12pm GMT+9:
Han Yizhou VS Shin Minjun
Jin Yucheng VS Seol Hyeonjun
Ding Hao VS Kang Dongyun
Chen Xian VS Kim Myeonghun
Tan Xiao VS Shibano Toramaru
Ke Jie VS Byun Sangil
Lian Xiao VS Ichiriki Ryo
Dang Yifei VS Park Junghwan
Will Ichiriki Ryo be able to use his power from the Ing Cup to fight in the Samsung Cup? How will Ke Jie do against Byun Sangil, his LG Cup finals opponent?
Stay tuned to find out.
More pictures:
https://m.cyberoro.com/news/news_view.oro?div_no=A1&num=531216
https://baduk.hangame.com/news.nhn?gseq=103552&m=view&page=&searchfield=&leagueseq=&searchtext=
Oh, and Choi Jeong becomes the first female player ever to achieve a total of 800 wins!
2024 Samsung Cup Round of 32 Part 2 – China Dominates
Round of 32 Part 2 Results:
Han Yizhou loses to Shin Minjun
Seol Hyeonjun loses to Jin Yucheng
Kim Myeonghun loses to Chen Xian
Park Junghwan loses to Dang Yifei
Ding Hao wins against Kang Dongyun
Shibano Toramaru wins against Tan Xiao
Ichiriki Ryo loses to Lian Xiao by 3.5 points
In the early preview of the LG Cup Finals, Byun Sangil unfortunately lost to Ke Jie. Ke Jie played well but Byun also had some chances. However, he succumbed to time pressure and made many mistakes, costing the game. Korea also didn’t do well in the other games and all lost except for Shin Minjun.
Shibano Toramaru did very well against Tan Xiao, dominating the entire game. Ichiriki Ryo also had a good game against Lian Xiao, but lost in the late middle-game after a difficult ko. A pity he couldn’t carry on from his good performance in the Ing Cup. Seems like Byoyomi is still his fatal weakness.
That concludes the Round of 32 of the Samsung Cup. The final distribution of players in the Top 16 is:
China – 10
Korea – 5
Japan – 1
Round of 16 Part 1 to be played 14th November 12pm GMT+9:
Ding Hao VS Choi Jeong
Xie Ke VS Kim Eunji
Dang Yifei VS An Jeonggi
Jin Yucheng VS Shibano Toramaru
Round of 16 Part 2 to be played 15th November 12pm GMT+9:
Xu Jiayang VS Shin Minjun
Li Xuanhao VS Pan Yin
Ke Jie VS Shin Jinseo
Lian Xiao VS Chen Xian
Will Choi Jeong be able to get her 801st win and aim for the finals again? Will Kim Eunji be able to beat Xie Ke after beating Xie Erhao? Will Shibano Toramaru be able to break through the star player in the Chinese League?
Stay tuned to find out.
More pictures:
https://baduk.hangame.com/news.nhn?gseq=103554&m=view&page=&searchfield=&leagueseq=&searchtext=
https://m.cyberoro.com/news/news_view.oro?div_no=A1&num=531219
14th November 2024:
2024 Samsung Cup Round of 16 Part 1 Results:
Dang Yifei wins against An Jeonggi
Shibano Toramaru loses to Jin Yucheng
Another sad day for Korea today. Kim Eunji was at a huge disadvantage after making a mistake in early game and couldn’t come back after that. Choi Jeong couldn’t overcome Ding Hao’s solid play. An Jeonggi and Shibano Toramaru had some chances but couldn’t win in the end. China won 4 games today.
That leaves only Shin Jinseo and Shin Minjun from Korea. Part 2 of the Round of 16 will be played tomorrow same time.
Round of 16 Part 2 to be played 15th November 12pm GMT+9:
Xu Jiayang VS Shin Minjun
Li Xuanhao VS Pan Yin
Ke Jie VS Shin Jinseo
Lian Xiao VS Chen Xian
Will the remaining two Shin’s show their power and help Korea get into the Top 8?
Stay tuned to find out.
More pictures:
https://m.cyberoro.com/news/news_view.oro?div_no=A1&num=531220
https://baduk.hangame.com/news.nhn?gseq=103556&m=view&page=&searchfield=&leagueseq=&searchtext=
P.S. I get the error that I cannot make more than 3 replies consecutively but I’ve seen other users do that with no problems. Does it have something to do with user rights? Or can you only do that for the thread that you’ve created?
Nice posts, keep them coming. (3 more for free now I hope.)
2024 Samsung Cup Round of 16 Part 2 Results:
Shin Jinseo wins against Ke Jie by 0.5 points
Xu Jiayang wins against Shin Minjun by 5.5 points
Chen Xian loses to Lian Xiao by 1.5 points
Shin Jinseo had an extremely tough game against Ke Jie. He was at less than 10% after making a few mistakes in early game. Maybe he was under immense pressure as he and Shin Minjun were the only Koreans left in Samsung Cup. Only in endgame did he manage to catch up due to Ke Jie’s mistakes. Game became very close and Ke Jie made one final mistake which led to Shin Jinseo winning by half a point. It’s almost a miracle that he won this game.
On the other side, Shin Minjun’s game was almost the reverse of Shin Jinseo’s. He had a lead against Xu Jiayang in the middle game. He could keep the lead by using simple moves to reduce the black territory, but he thought too much and tried to do more, ending up losing more stones.
With that, Shin Jinseo is the only remaining Korean in the Top 8, together with 7 other Chinese players.
Round of 8 Part 1 to be played 16th November 12pm GMT+9:
Jin Yucheng VS Xu Jiayang
Li Xuanhao VS Dang Yifei
Round of 8 Part 2 to be played 17th November 12pm GMT+9:
Shin Jinseo VS Ding Hao
Xie Ke VS Lian Xiao
Shin Jinseo will have a rest day before playing against Ding Hao. Will he be able to help Korea get into the semi-finals?
Stay tuned to find out.
More pictures:
https://m.cyberoro.com/news/news_view.oro?div_no=A1&num=531224
https://baduk.hangame.com/news.nhn?gseq=103558&m=view&page=&searchfield=&leagueseq=&searchtext=
2024 Samsung Cup Round of 8 Part 1 Results:
Xu Jiayang loses to Jin Yucheng
Li Xuanhao loses to Dang Yifei
Round of 8 Part 2 to be played 17th November 12pm GMT+9:
Shin Jinseo VS Ding Hao
Xie Ke VS Lian Xiao
China Ranking No. 2 and No. 3 Li Xuanhao and Dang Yifei played a very high-quality game with many big exchanges. Dang Yifei made a big mistake in the middle game but Li Xuanhao also made a big mistake, making the game even again. Eventually Li couldn’t fight against Dang’s perfect endgame and lost by resign.
On the other side, Xu Jiayang was winning Jin Yucheng by a lot but he ended up in the same situation as his opponent yesterday by trying to do more. Eventually, Jin Yucheng won the game by resign. Jin can really be considered a dark horse in this game.
In Part 2 of the Round of 8 tomorrow, Shin Jinseo plays against the defending champion Ding Hao. Both players are said to be off form, so who will recover by then?
Stay tuned to find out.
More pictures:
And no body cares about Xie Ke VS Lian Xiao ?
Shin Jinseo VS Ding Hao
Ding Hao (B) VS Shin Jinseo
Samsung Cup Round of 8 Part 2 Results:
Ding Hao wins against Shin Jinseo
Lian Xiao wins against Xie Ke by 0.5 points
Semifinals Part 1 to be played 18th November 12pm GMT+9:
Ding Hao VS Jin Yucheng
Semifinals Part 2 to be played 19th November 12pm GMT+9:
Lian Xiao VS Dang Yifei
Summary:
Shin Jinseo’s off form continues as he makes some questionable moves from early game. On the other hand, Ding Hao’s perfect play continues despite him being slightly sick. Game became close in late middle game, but unlike yesterday’s game, it was Ding Hao who fully exploited Shin Jinseo’s shape to gain profits. Eventually Shin Jinseo couldn’t break through the defending champion and lost by resign.
With that, the Top 4 is only left with Chinese players. Like last year, China has secured the champion trophy early. Tomorrow’s match is between the defending champion Ding Hao and the dark horse Jin Yucheng who came to the Top 4 despite being his first time to join the Samsung Cup.
More pictures:
I’ll add a brief summary of the semi-finals of 11/18 and 11/19
11/18 Ding Hao(white) won against Jin Yucheng(black)
11/19 Dang Yifei(white) won against Lian Xiao(black)
The finals will be held from 11/20 onward (best of 3) between
Ding Hao VS Dang Yifei