The 2023 World Go Championship is a splendid event, with a total of seven events, and five world champions have been decided. At the end of the year, it is time to take stock and summarize, if you rank the heroes of the world chess world this year, who can rank first?
Let's take a look at the results of each competition in turn. In the 27th LG Cup trilogy finals in February, Ding Hao won the title of world chess king and became the first post-zero world champion of Chinese Go.
In the first Quzhou Ranke Cup from May to June, Gu Zihao, who broke into the semi-finals, successively counterattacked Park Jianhao 7th Duan and Shin Zhenzhen 9th Duan, and was crowned the double champion of the World Series in one fell swoop. Shen Zhenzhen, who lost the crown, defeated Tan Xiao Jiudan in the semifinals.
In the 14th Chunlan Cup trilogy final in July, Li Xuanhao Jiudan failed to stop Bian Xiangyi's nine-dan progress and was ranked second in the world.
In the final of the 9th Yingshi Cup in August, Shen Zhenzhen unsurprisingly defeated Xie Ke Jiudan twice, becoming the first five-time champion after zero.
The fifth Dream Lily Cup, which started in August, has decided the quarterfinals, and they are all Chinese chess players, and the situation is: Li Xuanhao 9 Duan vs Tan Xiao 9 Duan, Gu Zihao 9 Duan vs Dang Yifei 9 Duan, Qi Yuting 9 Duan VS Liao Yuanhe 9 Duan, Liu Yuhang 6 Duan VS Xu Jiayang 9 Duan. The quarterfinals will be held on December 29 to determine the semi-finalists, and the finalists will not be selected until January 3 next year.
The 28th Samsung Cup was held in November, and Ding Hao finally reached the semi-finals after connecting Park Tinghuan Jiudan and Xie Erhao Jiudan, and won the world championship for the second time in a year. Another person who reached the semi-finals was Xu Jiayang Jiudan, who lost to Xie Erhao.
The semi-finals of the 28th LG Cup came to an end on December 13, with Shin Zhenzhen defeating Ke Jie 9 dan and Bian Xiang Yi defeating Qi Yuting 9 dan to meet in the final at the end of January next year.
Judging from the above battle situation, the biggest winner this year is naturally Ding Hao, who has two championships in a year, and indisputably won the honor of the first person in 2023, so that Shen Zhenzhen can only sigh to himself.
Ding Hao's disadvantage is that he did not encounter particularly strong opponents on the road to the world championship, such as Shin Zhenzhen, Bian Xiangyi, Gu Zihao, etc. This makes his two World Championship Gold Cups a little lacking. What chess fans especially want to see is that Ding Hao can kill Shen Zhenzhen on the final stage of the World Series, and I wonder if such a super collision will occur in the future
In second place is Shin Jinzhen, who has also had a great record this year, winning a world championship title, a runner-up and a final. If he hadn't been defeated in the final of the first Ranco Cup, he would have been the first person of the year.
In third place is Bian Xiangyi, in addition to the Chunlan Cup championship, he also won the right to the LG Cup final. In view of the fact that Park Tinghuan is 30 years old and Lian Po is old, in the future confrontation between China and South Korea, Shin Zhenzhen and Bian Sang-il will be the two people who pose the greatest threat to us.
Gu Zihao ranked fourth, and the Rotten Ke Cup championship trophy made him gain fame and fortune, and the significance is even more significant, and the phobia can be put to rest from now on!
Also on the list are the world runner-up winners Yang Dingxin, Li Xuanhao, Xie Erhao, Xie Ke, Li Xuanhao is still in the top eight lineup of the Dream Lily Cup, I hope he can make a new breakthrough.
As for Ke Jie, because he only won the top four once, I am afraid that he will not even be able to obtain the top 10 position, because there are many chess players who have made it to the top four. Such a poor record is the first time for him since 2015, and what is even more tragic is that he is likely to be so mediocre in the future.
Chess fans, do you agree with the above list of the top eight masters of the year?