2016 Limin Cup

[xiayun]

Only players born after 01/01/1996 are eligible except for players from Europe and US. After series of qualification rounds, we are down to the final 32, and a champion will be crowned in 5 days.

The matchups for the round of 32:

Lee Donghoon (2015 runner-up) vs. Kim Myounghoon
Fan Yunruo vs. Lin Shixun
Byun Sangil vs. Ichiriki Ryo
Wang Zejin vs. Fan Tingyu
Ke Jie vs. Song Gyusang
Ali Jabarin vs. Shin Minjun
Hsu Chiayuan vs. Xie Ke
Choi Jeong vs. Shin Jinseo
Huang Yunsong vs. Qiao Zhijian
Yang Kaiwen vs. He Yuhan
Yang Dingxin vs. Tong Mengcheng
Yi Lingtao vs. Li Qincheng
Mi Yuting vs. Liao Yuanhe
Ryan Li vs. Shibano Toramaru
Zhao Chenyu vs. Chen Xian
Seol Hyunjun vs. Gu Zihao (2015 champion)

China - 18, Korea - 8, Japan - 3, Taiwan - 1, Canada - 1, Israel - 1

Pulling for Ryan Li!

[xiayun]

Ryan lost.

And one big surprise so far is Yi Lingtao beating Li Qincheng.

[idontgetit]

Oh, that's ryan? I didn't recognize the name.

Ah well, shibano is pretty strong, one of Japan's few hopeful star-to-be's.

too bad this tournament's prize is so little, so it isn't getting that much attention. The strength of the players is very strong though, definitely international tournament level.

[kimidori]

It surprises me a bit that Ke Jie still compete in this tournament, I think the no.1 wouldn't bother age-limited tournaments, especially since his schedule is already busy enough. But Shin Jiseo, Mi Yuting... are also here, so it will surely be interesting.

Does anyone has the full result of this round? Some games are not on Wbaduk.

[idontgetit]

Too lazy to check who played (beat) who, but the next round is:

Lee Donghoon vs Fan Yunruo
Byung Sangil vs Fan Tingyu
Ke Jie vs Shin... What's the other Shin's name in English?
Xu Jiayuan (Kyo Kagen) vs Shin Jinseo
Huang Yunsong vs He yuhan
Yang Dingxin vs Yin Lingtao
Mi Yuting vs Shibano Toramaru
Zhao Chenyu vs Seol Hyunjun (?)

[xiayun]

Too lazy to check who played (beat) who, but the next round is:

Lee Donghoon vs Fan Yunruo
Byung Sangil vs Fan Tingyu
Ke Jie vs Shin... What's the other Shin's name in English?
Xu Jiayuan (Kyo Kagen) vs Shin Jinseo
Huang Yunsong vs He yuhan
Yang Dingxin vs Yin Lingtao
Mi Yuting vs Shibano Toramaru
Zhao Chenyu vs Seol Hyunjun (?)

Ke Jie vs. Shin Minjun

[trout]

Lee Donghoon defeated Fan Yunruo by resign.
Byung Sangil defeated Fan Tingyu by 0.5.
The other Shin(Minjun) defeated Ke Jie by resign.
Shin Jinseo defeated Xu Jiayuan by resign.
Mi Yuting defeated Shibano Toramaru by resign.
Seol Hyunjun defeated Zhao Chenyu by resign.
Yang Dingxin defeated Yin Lingtao by resign.
Huang Yunsong defeated He yuhan by resign.

[xiayun]

Sina shows Byung won? http://sports.sina.com.cn/go/2017-01-01 ... 1692.shtml

Quarterfinal matchups:

Lee Donghoon vs. Byung Sangil
Shin Minjun vs. Shin Jinseo
Huang Yunsong vs. Yang Dingxin
Mi Yuting vs. Seol Hyunjun

Korean players have done very well so far.

[trout]

Oro's result shows Byun's loss by 0.5 and Tygem shows Byun's win by 0.5.
You can guess which server I was watching.

Shin Minjun vs Ke Jie 2:0 (Shin won against Ke in the future Tengen match.)

[kimidori]

This draw seems to favor Chinese players, isn't it? They surely have a place in the semi, and their strongest player left plays the supposedly weakest Korean player. It can't be better.

[idontgetit]

I wouldn't say so. In this way, 1 chinese player is eliminated for sure. If they all had korean opponents, there is a good chance all three can go through.

[xiayun]

Semifinal:

Byung Sangil vs. Shin Jinseo
Huang Yunsong vs. Mi Yuting

[xiayun]

Final: Shin Jinseo vs. Mi Yuting

[xiayun]

Mi Yuting won the championship match by resign.