They played the opening stage so fast, like a blitz
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[Senko Cup] Ueno Risa gets the champion by beating Choi Jeong with an endgame tesuji, forming the first world champion sisters duo in history together with Ueno Asami
Ueno Risa gets the 10 million JPY for the Senko Cup Champion
Choi Jeong (Black) loses to Ueno Risa (White) by 0.5 points
In the 2025 Senko Cup Finals, Ueno Risa won against Choi Jeong by 0.5 points, clinching the championship trophy. It was a complicated game, but Choi Jeong had a clear lead into the endgame after several mistakes by Ueno. However, towards the very end, Choi Jeong missed an endgame tesuji, which cost her the game. After Ueno played the tesuji, there was not much endgame left, and hence, there were no chances for Choi Jeong anymore.
Choi Jeong missed the chance to win the tournament for the third consecutive time while Ueno Risa won the tournament for the first time. Incidentally, Ueno Asami, Risaās older sister, also won the same tournament before in 2022. Asami also won the Wu Qingyuan Cup recently in 2024, so together they make the first ever world champion sisters duo in history!
Ueno Risaās older sister Ueno Asami
Choi Jeong missed the endgame tesuji in this situation when she played the extension. Can you find it? The tesuji also cost Choi Jeong 10 million JPYā¦
For a more detailed explanation of the tesuji, please click here.
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Thatās why even though she knew that cutting at A first was the correct move, she chose to answer at 2 directly. By not making the final shape clear, she was reducing the chances that Choi would see the tesuji move as much as possible.
Donāt interrupt your opponent when they are making a mistake!
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Also, avoid looking at the area intently to pretend that you also didnāt see the tesuji 
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Hereās a video of the moment when the move was played as well as Choi Jeongās reaction:
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Player List for the 1st Beihai Xinyi Cup and the LG Cup Repercussions
The main tournament of the 1st Beihai Xinyi Cup (åęµ·ę°ē»ęÆ), organised by the China Weiqi Association, will be held from 9 April to 20 April 2025 in Guangxi, Beihai (Beihai means North Sea, but in this case, itās the city name).
Below is the list of players for the tournament. There are a total of 64 players from various countries.
China (29 players)
Seeded players:
Ding Hao, Li Xuanhao, Lian Xiao, Mi Yuting, Gu Zihao
Selected players:
Yang Dingxin, Wang Xinghao, Li Weiqing, Li Qincheng, Zhao Chenyu,
Xu Jiayang, Xie Ke, Tu Xiaoyu, Tan Xiao, Xie Erhao,
Chen Xian, Jiang Weijie, Liu Yuhang, Sun Tengyu, Zhou Ruiyang,
Li Haotong, Wang Zejin, Zheng Zaixiang, Cai Jing, Zhang Qiang,
Huang Jingyuan, Zhou Zhenyu, Lu Minquan, Wu Yiming
Korea (14 players)
Seeded players:
Shin Jinseo, Park Junghwan, Byun Sangil
Selected players:
Park Yeonghun, Kim Jiseok, An Sungjoon, Na Hyeon, Park Minkyu,
Shin Minjun, Seol Hyeonjun, Moon Minjong, Geum Jiyu, Kim Sehyeon,
Oh Yujin
Japan (10 players)
Seeded players:
Iyama Yuta, Ichiriki Ryo, Shibano Toramaru
Selected players:
Seki Kotaro, Kyo Kagen, Ida Atsushi, Hirose Yuichi,
Otake Yu, Sakai Yuki, Ueno Risa
Chinese Taipei (4 players)
Seeded players:
Hsu Hao-hung
Selected players:
Chen Qirui, Lai Junchu, Wang Yuanjun
North America (2 players)
Chen Zhaonian (Michael Chen), Qi Shengyi (Alexander Qi)
Europe (2 players)
Stanislaw Frejlak, Tanguy Le CalvƩ
Southeast Asia (1 player)
Chang Fukang
Wildcard (2 players)
Dang Yifei, Shi Yue
The first thing to note is that Byun Sangil is on the list of seeded players from Korea. Even though he lost the top 3 position recently, he was still in the top 3 in Korea when the list was decided in October 2024 (before the LG Cup Finals). Also, this is not an invitational tournament and each country chooses their own players including the seeds, so naturally, the top 3 were selected to be the seeds.
Another thing to note is that the wildcard was initially given to Ke Jie and Shi Yue. However, Ke Jie rejected the wildcard due to āpersonal reasonsā, and CWA decided to give the wildcard to Dang Yifei instead and had to amend the list. One can only speculate whether the āpersonal reasonsā include the fact that Byun Sangil is playing in the tournament. After the LG Cup, Ke Jie has not joined a single tournament whereas Byun has already played 9 games, winning only 3 of them. Ke Jie was also invited to the Sopalkosanol World Top Player Championship scheduled to be played in Korea at the end of this month but he also rejected it.
The 1st Beihai Xinyi Cup uses Chinese rules with black giving a komi of 7.5 points. The time control is 2 hours main time with 5 periods of 60 seconds byo yomi. The champion prize is 1.8 million yuan, the runner-up prize is 600,000 yuan, the top four prize is 250,000 yuan, the top eight prize is 160,000 yuan, the top 16 prize is 80,000 yuan, the top 32 prize is 50,000 yuan, and the top 64 prize is 30,000 yuan.
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On every thorn, delightful wisdom grows, In every rill a sweet instruction flows. ā Edward Young
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Thatās reasonable prizes, not so high.
- Iāve been saying Lee Byung-hun would reach his real potential as an actor when he would be old enough to shed the āhandsome romantic leadā parts. Heās a phenomenal character actor.
- Yoo Ah In is a roller-coaster of a case, because the public went:
rape allegations - not important
potentially gay - important, but forget when rape allegations drop
drug use - important
I still find it difficult to come to terms with the fact that, out of all the crimes idols and actors commit in South Korea, the one and only thing to end careers is drug use.
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On the same newspaper
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And maybe dating a minor?
Debatable.
1st Sopalkosanol Worldās Top Player Championship to start on 26th March; Ke Jie is replaced by Dang Yifei once again
The 1st Sopalkosanol Worldās Top Go Player Championship, which was indefinitely postponed due to the fallout from the LG Cup final incident, will now open on the 26th of this month. The picture shows Ke Jie 9P, who received a wildcard but gave up participation.
Dang Yifei 9P, who received the wildcard following Ke Jie 9Pās absence
The 1st Sopalkosanol Worldās Top Go Player Championship Opens on the 26thā¦ Dang Yifei gets the wildcard
The 1st Sopalkosanoll Worldās Top Go Player Championship, which was postponed indefinitely due to the aftermath of the LG Cup incident in January and faced difficulties due to urgent notifications from the Chinese side, will open on the 26th.
The Sopalkosanoll Worldās Top Go Player Championship is a new biennial world tournament hosted by Infobell. Infobell has been sponsoring the Sopalkosanoll Top Go Player Championship and the 567 Joint Timing Korea Baduk Championship. The championship will be held in alternate years with domestic tournaments.
The first tournament was initially scheduled to open on February 6th, but its opening was delayed due to the captured stone rule controversy that arose in the LG Cup final and the subsequent notification of Chinaās withdrawal.
The main tournament, which will determine the two finalists through a full league of 9 players (4 Koreans, 3 Chinese, 1 Japanese, and 1 Taiwanese), will proceed in two stages. The first stage (Rounds 1-5) will be held from March 26th to 30th, and the second stage (Rounds 6-9) will be held from June 9th to 12th (with some matches on June 2nd and 3rd). Korean players include Shin Jinseo, Park Junghwan, Shin Minjun, and Kang Dongyun. Chinese players include Dang Yifei, Xu Jiayang, and Tu Xiaoyu. Japan has Fukuoka Kotaro, and Taiwan includes Xu Haohong.
Following the league rounds, the top two players will compete in a best-of-three final series, scheduled for October. The venue is the BadukTV studio. The main tournament rounds will proceed quickly with four games per day. The pre-tournament event location has been changed to the Korea Baduk Association.
The tournament uses Fischer time controls with 1-hour main time and a 30-second increment for each move. The prize money is 200 million won for the winner and 100 million won for the runner-up. Additionally, each winner in the main league rounds will receive 3 million won, and each loser will receive 1.5 million won.
Meanwhile, Ke Jie 9 dan, who garnered attention as the first wildcard selection in the history of world tournaments hosted by Korea, has withdrawn from the competition. Ke Jie 9 dan had previously declined a wildcard invitation to the inaugural Beihai Xinyi Cup World Go Open, which is scheduled to open next month.
Dang Yifei 9 dan from China has replaced Ke Jie 9 dan as the wildcard in both the Beihai Xinyi Cup and the Sopalkosanoll Cup. Dang Yifei, who also plays as a foreign player in the Korean Baduk League, is a strong player who recently topped the Chinese rankings. It appears that his ranking is on an upward trajectory as he achieved his first number-one ranking at the age of thirty after turning professional in 2007.
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Thanks for keeping us all updated with the Go news 
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