Zhou Hongyu, a female 4-dan player, beat Chen Haoxin 4-dan in the first game of the best-of-3 final. Will she repeat the achievement of Yu Zhiying in 2014 by winning this mixed gender tournament?

Here is an interesting position in the game:

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$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , . O . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . X . X O X . . . . . . X . O X O . |
$$ | . . . . X X O O . O O O O X . X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . X X X . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . O , O X O . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . O X O O X . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X 1 . . X X O . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O O . O . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . a . X X X O O X X . |
$$ | X X X X . . . X . O . . O . O . O X . |
$$ | X O O , X . . . . , O O . O . X X . X |
$$ | O O . O O O . X X O X X . O X . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . O X . . O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

White cannot capture the three black stones because of the bad aji at 'a'.

White cannot capture the three Black stones, but she could capture the three Black stones.

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RAW

Zhou Hongyu won game 2 of the final over Chen Haoxin 4p and won the Xinrenwang with a score of 2:0. She was also promoted to 5p by gaining enough points using a certain formula during a span of 31 games(CWA's new promotion rules since Jan 2016). Born in 2002, Zhou became the youngest female 5p of the CWA. She is the second female player to win a domestic mixed gender tournament. Yu Zhiying won the same tournament in 2014 by beating Li Qincheng 2:1 in the final.