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[Sadaharu]

Ke Jie is back to the board after 4 months

His first game in 123 days is against Li Xuanhao in the Chinese A League. Kifu can be found here.

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[discobot]

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; Unbelief, in denying them. — Ralph Emerson

[Sadaharu]

Just realised Sumire is already ranked 4th among the Korean female pros!

The current ranking is:

1. Choi Jeong
2. Kim Eunji
3. Oh Yujin
4. Sumire
5. Kim Chaeyeong

Sumire just rose to No. 4 after overtaking Kim Chaeyeong!

I believe her initial goal was to be in the Top 3, so just one more to go!

[Sadaharu]

Scary!

Pro Tournament in China postponed halfway due to mass food poisoning

[Groin]

Scary is a bit exaggerated. That may happen anywhere anytime.

[Sadaharu]

30th LG Cup

[LG Cup] Park Junghwan loses the fight against Byun Sangil; 2 Koreans VS 1 Taiwanese and 1 Japanese in the Top 4 [image] Top 4 matchup [image] Byun Sangil (left) wins against Park Junghwan (right) [image] Shin Minjun (left) wins against Kang Dongyun (right) [image] Ichiriki Ryo (right) wins against Ahn Kukhyun (left) See here for the highlights. All matchups and kifus can be found here. Results for Round of 8: Ichiriki Ryo 1-0 Ahn Kukhyun Kang Dongyun 0-1 Shin Minjun Park Junghwan …

[Sadaharu]

Ichiriki gets into the finals!

30th LG Cup

[LG Cup] Byun Sangil couldn’t break the curse of the LG Cup; Ichiriki Ryo to fight it out in the finals with Shin Minjun [image] Shin Minjun (left) VS Ichiriki Ryo (right) in the finals [image] Shin Minjun (left) wins against Hsu Haohung (right) [image] Ichiriki Ryo (left) wins against Byun Sangil (right) See here for the highlights. All matchups and kifus can be found here. Results for Semifinals: Byun Sangil 0-1 Ichiriki Ryo Hsu Haohung 0-1 Shin Minjun Matchups for Finals (best of …

[Sadaharu]

27th Nongshim Cup

[image] Team Korea [image] Team China [image] Team Japan Players Lineup: Team Korea: Shin Jinseo Park Junghwan Kang Dongyun An Sungjoon Lee Jihyun Team China: Ding Hao Wang Xinghao Li Qincheng Tan Xiao Yang Kaiwen Team Japan: Ichiriki Ryo Iyama Yuta Shibano Toramaru Hsu Chiayuan Fukuoka Kotaro Match up for Game 1: Lee Jihyun (Korea) VS Li Qincheng (China) Wednesday, 3rd September 2025, 3 pm KST (GMT+9) The first four opening games will b…

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[discobot]

Having nothing, nothing can he lose. — William Shakespeare

[Sadaharu]

27th Nongshim Cup

[27th Nongshim Cup] China and Korea get 2 wins each; Games to continue in November [image] Lee Jihyun (right) loses to Tan Xiao (left) after winning the 2 opening games The full results, kifus, lineups and more pictures can be found here. See here for the highlights. In the first round of the 27th Nongshim Cup played in Qingdao, China, Lee Jihyun had a good start by having a perfect win against Li Qincheng and Fukuoka Kotaro. It’s not a bad performance considering that this is his first time…

[Sadaharu]

1st Sawpalcosanol World’s Top Player Championship

[World’s Top Player League] Tu Xiaoyu to play it out with Shin Jinseo in best-of-three to decide the champion [image] Shin Jinseo 9p [image] Tu Xiaoyu 9p For the full results and kifus, please see here. The above page will be updated as the games progress. After 72 intense games in the full league, Shin Jinseo and Tu Xiaoyu emerged in the top with 6 wins and 2 losses each. They will fight it out in a best-of-three from tomorrow 9th September onwards to decide the ultimate champion. The gam…

[Sadaharu]

1st Sawpalcosanol World’s Top Player Championship

[World’s Top Player Championship] Shin Jinseo overcomes his curse and wins the finals by 2-1, adding another title to his name and lining up with Cho Hunhyun [image] [image] For the full results, kifus and more pictures, please see here. See here for the highlights. In the 1st Sawpalcosanol World’s Top Player Championship Finals between Shin Jinseo and Tu Xiaoyu, Shin Jinseo won against Tu Xiaoyu by 2-1, clinching the title and increasing his count to 9. In terms of the number of titles, the…

Also copying the latest top 6 in terms of the number of world major titles:

1. Lee Changho – 17 titles

2. Lee Sedol – 14 titles

3. Cho Hunhyun – 9 titles

4. Shin Jinseo – 9 titles

5. Gu Li – 8 titles

6. Ke Jie – 8 titles

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The only real valuable thing is intuition. — Albert Einstein

[Counting_Zenist]

I heard from friends with Kagaribi project group about the upcoming Kagaribi cup, but haven’t heard anyone from the EGF side to promote it. It will be held from 2025-10-03T06:00:00Z→2025-10-03T12:00:00Z on OGS

Kagaribi Cup - Europe vs Japan Online Pro Match | October 3rd

Not sure this is “Go World News” worthy. But this is very rare to have East Asia pros (although Kansai kiin pros aren’t the strongest) and EGF pros in a group match.

Game Format: Fischer Time Control: 5 minutes + 15 seconds per move

Participating Players

Kansai Ki-in Representative Players:

• Atsushi Sada, 7p
• Yuto Omote, 3p
• Takuya Okawa, 3p
• Jin Nishimura, 2p
• Fumi Takayamabe, 1p

European Representative Players:

• Mateusz Surma 3p
• Ali Jabarin 3p
• Andrii Kravets 2p
• Stanislaw Frejlak 2p
• Benjamin Dréan-Guénaïzia 1p

The most interesting match and probably the toughest one will be the round 4 2025-10-03T10:30:00Z - Andrii Kravets 2p vs Atsushi Sada 7p (who had been in Japanese Meijin and Honinbo title main league)

[shinuito]

If you didn’t post it I would’ve

Egf Facebook post

[Groin]

@Counting_Zenist

Not sure this is “Go World News” worthy

Ofc it is.

[joachim]

Thanks for mentioning it here. There is an article at eurogofed.org:

Kagaribi Cup

[ben0]

I bet on the pro holding a flower.

[Sadaharu]

3rd Quzhou Lanke Cup World Weiqi Open Tournament

[3rd Quzhou Lanke Cup Finals] Dang Yifei wins against Shin Jinseo by 2-1, getting his second World Major Title [image] [image] [image] See here for the highlights. Full results of the finals: Game 1: Dang Yifei won against Shin Jinseo by resign Game 2: Shin Jinseo won against Dang Yifei by 3.5 points Game 3: Dang Yifei won against Shin Jinseo by resign From the Round of 32, Shin Jinseo won against Chen Hao, Liao Yuanhe, Tuo Jiaxi and Fan Yin to get into the finals. He was the only Korean …

[ben0]

I’m guessing this news kinda fit this topic. As part of some intellectual sports event happening in Russia: Moscow Intelliad; Ilya Shikshin 4p played a handicap match against Dang Yifei 9p with a 2.5pts reverse komi.

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The game went exactly as you would imagine but it is still very nice to see such match-up being organized between the strongest European player and a world-class player like Dang Yifei 9p (currently 4th in the world), he just won the Lanke Cup 2 weeks ago against Shin Jinseo.