CCTV Cup is truly exciting. 64 players. And unlike NHK it’s going down fast, only today they played 2 rounds already.
Round 1:
Fan Yunruo (范蕴若) 1-0 Wang Zejin (王泽锦)
Meng Tailing (孟泰龄) 1-0 Xie He (谢赫)
Han Yizhou (韩一洲) 1-0 Dang Yifei (党毅飞)
Peng Quan (彭荃) 1-0 Tuo Jiaxi (柁嘉熹)
Tong Mengcheng (童梦成) 1-0 Zhou Heyang (周鹤洋)
Ding Hao (丁浩) 1-0 Tang Weixing (唐韦星)
Guo Yuzheng (囯宇征) 1-0 Li Zhe (李喆)
Li Qincheng (李钦诚) 1-0 Yu Bin (俞斌)
Li Ming (李铭) 1-0 Lian Xiao (连笑)
Hu Yaoyu (胡耀宇) 1-0 Chen Hao (陈浩)
Sun Tengyu (孙腾宇) 1-0 Fan Yin (范胤)
Liao Xingwen (廖行文) 1-0 Jiang Weijie (江维杰)
Yang Dingxin (杨鼎新) 1-0 Mao Ruilong (毛睿龙)
Tao Xinran (陶欣然) 1-0 Li Weiqing (李维清)
Yi Lingtao (伊凌涛) 1-0 Hu Yuefeng (胡跃峰)
Mi Yuting (芈昱廷) 1-0 Zhang Tao (张涛)
Yang Kaiwen (杨楷文) 1-0 Ke Jie (柯洁)
Zhao Chenyu (赵晨宇) 1-0 Gu Lingyi (古灵益)
Huang Chunqi (黄春棋) 1-0 Yu Zhiying (於之莹)
Peng Liyao (彭立尧) 1-0 Liao Yuanhe (廖元赫)
Chen Yaoye (陈耀烨) 1-0 An Dongxu (安冬旭)
Wu Guangya (邬光亚) 1-0 Tan Xiao (檀啸)
Zhou Hexi (周贺玺) 1-0 Li He (李赫)
Shi Yue (时越) 1-0 Rong Yi (戎毅)
Xie Ke (谢科) 1-0 Gu Zihao (辜梓豪)
Zhu Yuanhao (朱元豪) 1-0 Guo Wenchao (郭闻潮)
Zhong Wenjing (钟文靖) 1-0 Liu Xing (刘星)
Xie Erhao (谢尔豪) 1-0 Chen Xian (陈贤)
Xu Jiayang (许嘉阳) 1-0 Huang Yunsong (黄云嵩)
Gu Li (古力) 1-0 Zhou Ruiyang (周睿羊)
Xia Chenkun (夏晨琨) 1-0 Li Xuanhao (李轩豪)
Chen Zijian (陈梓健) 1-0 Fan Tingyu (范廷钰)
Some of the results are pretty surprising. Tuo Jiaxi, #13 goratings lost to #142. Lian Xiao, #6 also lost. Jiang Weijie lost. Fan Tinguy lost. At least Gu Li and Mi Yuting won.
Round 2:
Fan Yunruo (范蕴若) 1-0 Meng Tailing (孟泰龄)
Han Yizhou (韩一洲) 1-0 Peng Quan (彭荃)
Ding Hao (丁浩) 1-0 Tong Mengcheng (童梦成)
Li Qincheng (李钦诚) 1-0 Guo Yuzheng (囯宇征)
Li Ming (李铭) 1-0 Hu Yaoyu (胡耀宇)
Liao Xingwen (廖行文) 1-0 Sun Tengyu (孙腾宇)
Yang Dingxin (杨鼎新) 1-0 Tao Xinran (陶欣然)
Yi Lingtao (伊凌涛) 1-0 Mi Yuting (芈昱廷)
Zhao Chenyu (赵晨宇) 1-0 Yang Kaiwen (杨楷文)
Peng Liyao (彭立尧) 1-0 Huang Chunqi (黄春棋)
Wu Guangya (邬光亚) 1-0 Chen Yaoye (陈耀烨)
Zhou Hexi (周贺玺) 1-0 Shi Yue (时越)
Xie Ke (谢科) 1-0 Zhu Yuanhao (朱元豪)
Xie Erhao (谢尔豪) 1-0 Zhong Wenjing (钟文靖)
Xu Jiayang (许嘉阳) 1-0 Gu Li (古力)
Chen Zijian (陈梓健) 1-0 Xia Chenkun (夏晨琨)
Gu Li is out, Shi Yue is out. Chinese pro scene is so competitive.
28-29 March two more games of 24th Caltex Cup were played:
Choi Cheolhan (Black) 0-1 Kim Jiseok (White) kifuvideo
Park Yeonghun (Black) 0-1 Byun Sangil (White) kifu Geez, 305 moves!
Next games are going to be played 11-12 April, probably because LG Cup games are next week.
CCTV Cup, round 3:
Fan Yunruo (范蕴若) 1-0 Han Yizhou (韩一洲)
Ding Hao (丁浩) 1-0 Li Qincheng (李钦诚)
Liao Xingwen (廖行文) 1-0 Li Ming (李铭)
Yi Lingtao (伊凌涛) 1-0 Yang Dingxin (杨鼎新)
Peng Liyao (彭立尧) 1-0 Zhao Chenyu (赵晨宇)
Wu Guangya (邬光亚) 1-0 Zhou Hexi (周贺玺)
Xie Erhao (谢尔豪) 1-0 Xie Ke (谢科)
Xu Jiayang (许嘉阳) 1-0 Chen Zijian (陈梓健)
Early stages of LG cup are going on but mostly nothing interesting is happening. Except yesterday Lee Sedol lost to #92 goratings Chen Xian 6p. https://home.yikeweiqi.com/#/live/board/16821
Don’t most old black & white pictures look creepy? I feel like the exposure is doing weird things to his eyes, and all of the dark objects blend together.
Also, Mi Yuting is out of the 3600 club, and below Fan Tingyu in the ratings, after losing in the 3rd round. Hope his form pick back up, his games are great to watch when he’s playing well!
First of all, LG preliminaries ended. Most surprising and praised was Choi Jeong (#74 goratings and strongest female player) for winning against Gu Zihao and making it into the main tournament.
In Japan we had 74th Honinbo league play-offs. Three players scored 5 wins and 2 losses: Shibano Toramaru, Hane Naoki, Kono Rin. Kono Rin first outplayed Hane and today won against Shibano. Good job, Kono Rin.
Of course, we have Transatlantic Go started but everyone knows about that.
Here’s something you may not know about. First China-Korea-Japan Ryusei is about to start.
April 11th: Ichiriki Ryo vs Ke Jie
April 12th: Kim Jiseok vs First game loser
April 13th: Winners of first and second games
Also on 22nd of April we’ll have the first game of Nakamura Sumire as a full fledged professional.
Japan-China-Korean Ryusei continues. In second round Ke Jie won against Kim Jiseok. So tomorrow Ichiriki Ryo will play against Ke Jie in final game just like in the first round. As you remember Ichiriki won that game. Though this time I feel Ke Jie is going to be much more fierce.
Ke Jie - Kim Jiseok kifu: https://home.yikeweiqi.com/#/live/room/17053/1/14006456
Tomorrow’s relay, (9 am UTC): https://home.yikeweiqi.com/#/live/room/17068/1/14046921
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Hey, so apparently 10 year old pro Nakamura Sumire played in fast go tournament 若竹杯 and scored her first win as a pro against Tanemura Sayuri 2p. Next game she lost against Muramatsu Hiroki 6p. I think.
Looks like a niche tournament with fast time controls so no game records for us.
China: Ke Jie, Mi Yuting, Gu Zihao, Yu Zhiying, Wang Chenxing Japan: Murakawa Daisuke, Ida Atsushi, Motoki Katsuya, Mukai Chikai, Nyu Eiko Korea: Shin Jinseo, Lee Ji Hyun, Park Jeong Hwan, Choi Jeong, Oh Yujin Chinese Taipei: Yuan-Jyun Wang, Li-Hsiang Lin, Hao-Hung Hsu, Joanne Missingham, Hsin-Hui Pai Europe: Ilya Shikshin, Pavol Lisy, Mateusz Surma, Natalia Kovaleva, Ariane Ougier North America: Ryan Li, William Shi, Eric Lui, Xuefen Lin, Gabriella Su
Surma lost to Park Junghwan. They played some joseki and then Surma went for 3-3 push and cut joseki. It was ok, ok and then boom, much better for Park (at least to LZ).
Ryan Li played against Murakawa Daisuke. And he had such a great position the whole time but in deep middle game Murakawa found something and completely shut down the game.
