Life In 19x19

trout wrote:In interview,

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

Game records: http://www.go4go.net/go/games/tournament/3

Pairing for round of 16; - 6/1/16

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?

Tuo Jiaxi vs Shin Jinseo
Peng Liyao vs Choi Jeong

It is hopeless situation but I am rooting for Shin Jinseo(Youngest) and Choi Jeong(very young lady).....

trout wrote:Tuo Jiaxi vs Shin Jinseo
Peng Liyao vs Choi Jeong

It is hopeless situation but I am rooting for Shin Jinseo(Youngest) and Choi Jeong(very young lady).....

According to goratings...

Shin Jinseo 40% - 60% Tuo Xiaxi
Peng Liyao 65% - 35% Choi Jeong

35%*40% = 14%...

6/1 - round of 16;

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.

Not looking good for Choi, she stubbornly went for a big ko but seems to lack threats.

Pairing for round of 8;

Gu Li vs Park Junghwan
Shin Jinseo vs Meng Tailing
Dang Yifei vs Chen Yaoye
Peng Liyao vs Zhou Ruiyang

Round of 8 - 11/14/16
Semi final - 11/16/16

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...

Some of these are fast games. Playing two games a day isn't rare, even in Japan. For example, check the GLOBIS Cup.

trout wrote:
Round of 8 - 11/14/16
Semi final - 11/16/16

There's a 5 month break before the quarterfinals - am I reading this right?

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

Reminder!!!!!

Round of 8 - 11/14/16
Semi final - 11/16/16