Life In 19x19

BL 2nd round result:

Team Japan tied Taiwan Zhonghuan 2:2
1. Hsu Chiayuan 8p vs Chen Shiyuan 9p
2. Shibano Toramaru 7p vs Lin Lixiang 7p
3. Motoki Katsuya 8p vs Lin Shixun 6p
4. Yu Zhengqi 8p vs Chen Qirui 5p

Taiwan Huanxu Electronics tied Xiamen Xiandao 2:2
1. Lin Junyan 8p vs Hu Yuefeng 5p
2. Xu Haohong 6p vs Niu Yutian 7p
3. Jian Jingting 4p vs Wei Yibo 5p
4. Lai Junfu 4p vs Han Zhuoran 1p

WAL 2nd round result:

Taiwan Youshi got swept by a strong Zhejiang Sports Lotto team led by number one female player in the world Choi Jeong 9p
1. Yang Zixuan 3p vs Choi Jeong 9p
2. Yu Lijun 2p vs Fan Weijing 3p
3. Bai Xinhui 1p vs Wang Yubo 3p

Harbin Six Harmony lost to provincial rival Team Heilongjiang 1:2
1. Nyu Eiko 2p vs Wang Siyin 1p
2. Ye Gui 5p vs Sun Guanqun 1p
3. Chen Manqi 5D vs Wang Meicheng 6D

CL 3rd round results:

Euro pros lost to Jiangxi Go Association 0:4
1. Ilya Shikshin 3p vs Chen Xudong 3p
2. Pavol Lisy 2p vs Zhang Junzhe 3P
3. Mateusz Surma 2p vs Xu Jing'en 1p
4. Artem Kachanovskyi 2p vs Zhong Haolin 5D

12 year old Xu Jing'en(徐靖恩) 1p is a new pro of Taiwan and a rising star. He surprised everybody by beating Korea's world champion Weon Seongjin 9p in the LG cup earlier this year. So far he is undefeated in this competition.

Shanghai Qingyi met our other team of interest Dalian Yidao and swept Dalian 4:0
1. Tang Yi 3p vs Gu Wanshan 1p
2. Pan Yang 3p vs Wang Zixin 1p
3. Zhang Zihan 3p vs Wen Zhaoyi 1p
4. Chen Si 6D vs Pan Tianxing 5D

Hangzhou Supor were also swept by Hangzhou International 0:4
1. Yu Fulin 2p vs Pan Tingyu 3p
2. Li Zerui 1p vs Yang Rundong 3p
3. Hu Zihao 1p vs Li Biqi 3p
4. Wu Yiming 1p vs Zeng Yuanhai 2p

18 year old Pan Tingyu 3p was born in Taiwan, but unlike Xu Jing'en he is actually a CWA pro. He was the champion of 2015 new pro qualification tournament and was promoted to 3p in 2017.

wolfking wrote: 18 year old Pan Tingyu 3p was born in Taiwan, but unlike Xu Jing'en he is actually a CWA pro. He was the champion of 2015 new pro qualification tournament and was promoted to 3p in 2017.

I wonder, is this the person who played the first game against Magister/Master nickname of AlphaGo in the online series? https://www.alphago-games.com/view/even ... /0/move/50 Some people assumed that was a typo for Fan Tingyu, but although AlphaGo beat all humans I did think Fan Tingyu as one of the top humans would have put up a tougher fight (and also the first few games it was unknown it was AlphaGo so playing lesser known pros makes sense).

Uberdude wrote:I wonder, is this the person who played the first game against Magister/Master nickname of AlphaGo in the online series?

Yes that is correct. Pan Tingyu was the first player against Master.

BL 3rd round results:

All three teams we are tracking lost 1:3 to their opponents.

Team Japan lost to Henan Yuzidao 1:3
1. Hsu Chiayuan 8p vs Liu Zhaozhe 5p
2. Shibano Toramaru 7p vs Chen Yunong 4p
3. Motoki Katsuya 8p vs Ying Yitao 4p
4. Yu Zhengqi 8p vs Huang Chunqi 2p
Huang Chunqi is a 2018 new pro and one of a few that were already promoted to 2p.

Taiwan Huanxu Electronics lost to local team Quzhou Lanke Go Institute 1:3
1. Lin Junyan 8p vs Weon Seongjin 9p
2. Xu Haohong 6p vs Zhong Wenjing 6p
3. Jian Jingting 4p vs Zhang Wei 6p
4. Lai Junfu 4p vs Qin Yuexin 5p

Taiwan Zhonghuan lost to Shanghai Zhongyan Mobile Games Qingyi 1:3
1. Chen Shiyuan 9p vs Zhang Li 6p
2. Lin Lixiang 7p vs Lee Yeongkyu 9p
3. Lin Shixun 6p vs Zhu Yuanhao 5p
4. Chen Qirui 5p vs Cao Xiaoyang 5p

Edit: Taiwan Zhonghuan's opponent was Shanghai Zhongyan Mobile Games, not Shanghai Yanzhong Mobile Games.

WBL 3rd round result:

Taiwan Youshi got their first win against Hangzhou Xizi 2:1
1. Yang Zixuan 3p vs Li Ying 2p
2. Yu Lijun 2p vs Fengsheng Jingyue 5D
3. Bai Xinhui 1p vs Ding Kewen 5D

Harbin Six Harmony swept Beijing Youth Go Institute 3:0
1. Nyu Eiko 2p vs Wang Pan 1p
2. Ye Gui 5p vs Feng Junxiang 5D
3. Chen Manqi 5D vs Yang Luoyi 5D

June 17th is a day of rest. The tournament will resume tomorrow. Euro pros will play the last place team Dalian Yidao. Dalian has won one game so far. Euro pros will have a good chance to win a round for the first time.

Match up
1. Ilya Shikshin 3p vs Gu Wanshan 1p
2. Pavol Lisy 2p vs Wang Zixin 1p
3. Mateusz Surma 2p vs Wen Zhaoyi 1p
4. Artem Kachanovskyi 2p vs Pan Tianxing 5D

Europe won 4:0!

Yes, the European team won, but I have a feeling they played against a team of teenage girls. And somehow a bunch of grownup men celebrating a win over a team of 12-15 year-old girls seems troubling. Still, winning is better than losing...

I hope I'm wrong though and that there were at least a few adults on that team.

Next game is vs team 11, who just scored their first win as well.

And I believe team Japan got their second win.

According to goratings,

Gu Wanshan is 18,
Wang Zixin is 18,
Wen Zhaoyi is 19.

I don't know about Pan Tianxing.

Gu Wanshan 1p is 18 years old, was 3rd of 9 female pros in 2017 qualification, goratings #948.
Wang Zixin 1p is also 18, was 6th in the same 2017 qualification, you can actually see a pic of them playing in above link. goratings #814
Wen Zhaoyi 1p is 19 and was 9th in the same 2017 qualifier.

Oh, that's good. 18/19-yr olds are adults, so they're fair game. Also, based on these ratings, the Europeans were favorites to win. So they are starting to move up in the pro world.

I look forward to seeing Europeans get someone of Michael's Redmond caliber. So far, the highest level they reached was Catalin Taranu (5p). Will be interesting to see how far the young ones will get.

silviu22 wrote:I look forward to seeing Europeans get someone of Michael's Redmond caliber. So far, the highest level they reached was Catalin Taranu (5p). Will be interesting to see how far the young ones will get.

I don't see how unless someone actually _stays_ in Japan. I don't think any European has done that, yet.

Take care.