When it comes to the whole thing, no one can compare to the Koreans. A few days ago, the South Koreans proposed to hold a special New Year's contest. In this game, three talented girls from China, Japan and South Korea were invited, Wu Yiming 5th dan, Zhongyi Sumire 3rd dan, and Kim Eunzhi 9th duan.
The Korean means that if you choose one of the three, you must compete to see who is the real genius girl.
From January 2nd to 4th, this "New Year's Special - China, Japan and South Korea Genius Girl Three Kingdoms", the champion prize is as high as 10 million won, about 5 yuan520,000 yuan.
The format of this tournament is roughly the same as our CCTV Lunar New Year Cup Go Tournament. First, two chess players are drawn to play. The winner of this game goes straight to the final.
The loser of the first game will play against the player who did not play. The winner of this game will participate in the final. In any case, it is necessary to win two games to claim the championship. Each side lasts 30 minutes and is a rapid chess match.
Wu Yiming was born on November 22, 2006 in Wuxi, Jiangsu. In 2019, he became a professional chess player at the age of 12. In 2022, she won 5 consecutive victories as a pioneer officer in the first Lakeside Cup World Women's Go Championship and helped the Chinese team win the championship.
On October 3, 2023, Wu Yiming helped the Chinese team win the gold medal in the women's Go team competition at the Hangzhou Asian Games.
Kim Eun Ji Kudan was born on May 27, 2007 in Seoul, South Korea. On December 19, in the decisive game of the 7th South Korean Starfish Women's Chess Holy War Trilogy Finals, the 16-year-old Korean genius girl Kim Eun defeated Choi Jing Jiudan in the middle game with eight dan white and won 2-1.
Sumire Nakayi was born on March 2, 2009 in Osaka, Japan. In 2019, at the age of 10, Sumire became the youngest professional player in the history of Japanese Go.
In 2021, when she participated in the Wu Qingyuan Cup World Women's Go Championship for the first time, she defeated the champion of the first competition, Kim Chaeyoung 8dan. On October 28, 2022, he defeated Kwon Hyo-jin in the sixth section to reach the top 16 of the Samsung Fire Cup, and was known as the "Reiwa Chess Saint".
On February 8, 2023, Sumire Nakayi defeated Ueno Aisaki 4th dan 2:1 in the final of the 26th Women's Liuqi Holy War and became a female Liuqi Saint.
Kim Eun Ji Kudan was born on May 27, 2007 in Seoul, South Korea. On December 19, 2023, Kim Eun-ji defeated Choi Jing 9 dan in the middle game of the 7th Women's Holy War Final Trilogy Tiebreaker, won the championship 2:1 and was promoted to 9 dan.
So, who will take the final championship?