The quarterfinals of the 28th LG Cup World Chess Championship kicked off in South Korea on December 11, with four players from each of China and South Korea battling each other, and the situation was as follows: Gu Zihao 9 dan vs Shin Zhenzhen 9 duan, Qi Yuting 9 dan vs An Chengjun 9 duan, Ke Jie 9 dan vs Han Shengzhou 9 duan, Wang Xinghao 9 dan vs Bian Xiangyi 9 duan.
In these four duels, the two games of chess between Gu Zihao and Shen Zhenzhen, Wang Xinghao and Bian Xiangyi are the top priority and determine the direction of the championship. Ke Jie's game is also the focus of attention of chess fans, and everyone hopes that he can get out of the trough and create brilliance.
The game started on time at nine o'clock in the morning on the 11th, and this article focuses on the first person between China and South Korea between Gu Zihao and Shin Zhenzhen. Both men are at the top of the rankings in the latest ranking rankings between China and South Korea, so this is an out-and-out showdown between China and South Korea.
In this LG Cup, Shen Zhenzhen directly entered the top 16 and advanced to the next round after defeating Li Xuanhao in nine sectionsKoo Zihao defeated Park Changjin 6th dan and Shibano Toramaru 9th dan in the first two rounds to qualify for the quarterfinals.
The all-time record of the two in the official competition is Gu Zihao's 14 games, 6 wins and 8 losses, a slight advantage. This year, the two sides have met six times, Shen Zhenzhen played twice in the China Weijia League, and won the decisive battle between China and South Korea in the last Nongshim Cup, while Gu Zihao came from behind in the much-anticipated first Ranke Cup trilogy final, and won the championship with a score of 2:1, giving Shen Zhenzhen a sudden blow.
Before the game, my prediction was that in view of the fact that Shen Zhenzhen was counterattacked by Gu Ba and lost the championship in the first Ranco Cup trilogy final, I bet on Xiao Shen's successful revenge in this game, because it may be extremely difficult to win the world's No. 1 Shen Zhenzhen three games in a row within a year.
Let's take a look at the progress of this game, Gu Zihao took the lead in black, and the first 50 moves were roughly normal. In the offensive and defensive battle above, Gu Zihao played abnormally, with a series of major mistakes in the first move, and the situation took a sharp turn after being hit by the 56th hand of white, and the win rate given by the AI dropped to single digits.
After white's 82nd move to play the previous piece, black has a huge disadvantage, and the winning rate is less than 1%. To the 154th hand, Gu Zihao had no intention of fighting, so he simply threw himself into the defeat.
At this time, it was not yet half past 12 o'clock, and the start time of nine o'clock was only more than three hours. The LG Cup took three hours each, so this game of chess was definitely a crisp defeat for Gu Ba, both in terms of content and time.
Although there are more losses and fewer wins in the face of Shin Zhenzhen, we expect Koo Zihao to continue to stop Shin's progress in the future World Series.
As of press time, the other three games of this year's LG Cup quarterfinals have not yet ended, so let's briefly introduce the current situation. Ke Jie is in charge of the black against Han Shengzhou, and the current win rate is 99%, and it should be a matter of time before he wins, unless he plays another earth-shattering spoon.
Qi Yuting is in charge of the black battle against An Chengjun, the black chess situation is very good, the AI gives a winning rate of 95%, and it is estimated that Xiao Mi can also win.
Hope Star Wang Xinghao Zhibai and Bian Xiangyi duel, Wang Xinghao did not play well, the situation was very critical, the winning rate was only 1%, and it seemed that it was about to die down.
What was the result of the next three games?Please wait for the author's follow-up text.