Choi Jeong - She wanted to play with Ke Jie because he is very strong and also very cute.
Ke Jie - He wants to meet Choi Jeong in the final.
People thought her response was funny. Here is a panoramic video showing her response to this question (around 1:20): https://youtu.be/NEeEfvwr1AM?t=80
Tuo Jiaxi vs Shin Jinseo Dang Yifei vs Ichiriki Ryo Chen Yaoye vs Park Yeonghun Ke Jie vs Park Junghwan Gu Li vs Lee Younggu Meng Tailing vs Yan Huan Zhou Ruiyang vs Lee Donghoon Peng Liyao vs Choi Jeong
p.s. China has majority number of players. And they were given odd number and Korean players, Yan Huan(Too many from China) and 1 Japanese player draw from even number.
Ke Jie - Park Jungwhan should be interesting. Will Ke be able to overcome his 2-game losing streak against Park? Or will Park make a bid to reestablish himself as the strongest player?
Chen Yaoye defeated Park Yeonghun by resign. Gu Li defeated Lee Younggu by resign. Shin Jinseo defeated Tuo Jiaxi by resign. Park Junghwan defeated Ke Jie by resign. Meng Tailing defeated Yan Huan by resign. Zhou Ruiyang defeated Lee Donghoon by 2.5. Dang Yifei defeated Ichiriki Ryo by resign. Peng Liyao defeated Choi Jeong by resign.
Round of 8 will be announced later.
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Something I noticed was 4 of the 8 games featured the AlphaGo game 5 opening, or variations (some black players tried 2 not 1 space extend from bottom right corner, 3 with black extending at top right and 1 with invasion and trade). AlphaGo didn't invent the attach against the shimari (seems pros started doing that in 2014), but it seems to be the first one to ignore the invasion and atari at the top right and sacrifice the tiger's mouth, and may be behind the current popularity.
According to Dr Teal's rating lists, Choi Jeong had about 10% against each Fan Yunrou and Peng Liyao (9164, 58th in Korea). Also interesting is the is the resultant schedule--
05-31, 06-01, LG Cup 06-02, Korean Baduk League and probably Korean Women's Baduk League on the same day 06-04~06-10, Huanglongshi Cup, however most likely wouldn't need to play any games.
I'm not sure if in Japan, scheduling two matches on the same day is avoided as I've never heard of an incident as such, but this is the second time I've heard from Korea...
On Go proverbs:
"A fine Gotation is a diamond in the hand of a dan of wit and a pebble in the hand of a kyu" —Joseph Raux misquoted.
Drew wrote:There's a 5 month break before the quarterfinals - am I reading this right?
Yes, that's normal for the LG Cup (and some other tournaments have similar gaps). See last years schedule in the headings here: http://igokisen.web.fc2.com/wr/20lg.html
