Three Chinese top players in the first round of LG Cup are out of the top 16. Sai Kejie will fight Li Changxi

Three Chinese top players in the first round of LG Cup are out of the top 16. Sai Kejie will fight Li Changxi
16:01, May 20, 2024 sina sports
 Xie Erhao Encountered Yuan Shengqin in the First Round Xie Erhao Encountered Yuan Shengqin in the First Round

On May 20, the first round of the 24th to 16th round of the 29th LG Cup World Go Championship was over in Gwangju, South Korea. In the end, Xie Erhao, Gu Zihao and Fan Tingyu, the three top Chinese players in the focus game, lost to South Korean players Yuan Shengqin, Li Changxi and Li Zhixian respectively, regretfully stopping the first round. Taiwan players Xu Haoxuan and Lai Junfu defeated Cui Xianzai and Jiang Dongrun respectively to advance to the top 16.

 Fan Tingyu Confesses to Li Zhixian Fan Tingyu Confesses to Li Zhixian

In the first round of focus war, the Chinese chess player Gu Zihao only lost 150 hands to South Korea's Li Changxi; Since then, Xie Erhao also played black in the game with the post-80s Korean veteran Yuan Shengqin, regrettably losing; Fan Tingyu lost his confession to Li Zhixian.

 Taiwan Chinese chess player and Asian Games champion Xu Haoxuan Taiwan Chinese chess player and Asian Games champion Xu Haoxuan defeats Cui Xianzai

Taiwan Chinese chess player and Asian Games champion Xu Haoxuan defeated South Korean chess player Cui Xianzai; Lai Junfu, a chess player also from Taiwan, defeated Jiang Dongrun, a Korean chess player, and joined hands to advance to the top 16.

Xu Jiayuan, a Taiwanese player from China who represented the Japanese Chess Academy, defeated Park Jianhao in the white. Japanese chess player Ida Toshi lost to South Korea.

At 9:00 on May 22, the top 16 of the LG Cup will continue to be played in South Korea, with Chinese players Ke Jie, Mi Yuting, Ding Hao, South Korean players Shen Zhenshu, Bian Xiangyi, Park Tinghuan, Shen Minjun, and Japanese players Zhiye Humaru coming on the scene.

The first round results are as follows:

Xie Erhao takes over Yuan Shengqin

Gu Zihao Defeats Li Changxi

Fan Tingyu Defeats Li Zhixian

Xu Haoxuan, Cui Xianzai

Lai Junfu Wins Jiang Dongrun

Xu Yuansheng and Park Jianhao

Ishida Dushi Negates Korea

Jin Mingxun Negative Jin Zhenhui

   The top 16 matches of LG Cup are as follows:

Shen Minjun vs Lai Junfu

Park Tinghuan vs Zhiye Tiger Pill

Mi Yuting vs Bian Xiangyi

Shen Zhen Xu VS South Korea

Ke Jie vs Li Changxi

Yuan Shengqin VS Xu Jiayuan

Ding Hao vs Jin Zhenhui

Xu Haoxuan vs Li Zhixian

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