Beijing, February 23 -- The 25th Nongshim Cup World Go Team Championship ended in Shanghai on the 23rd. In the 14th game, the situation on the board changed several times, and finally the Chinese team's main player Gu Zihao lost a good game and lost to the South Korean team's main player Shin Zhenzhen. This is the 16th time that South Korea have won the Nongshim Cup, and Shin Jinzhen ended the tournament with six consecutive wins, including defeating five Chinese players, to extend his Nongshim Cup winning streak.
The picture shows the scene of today's game.
In yesterday's game, Shen Zhenzhen defeated Ding Hao, the vice general of the Chinese team. He won 15 consecutive victories in the Nongshim Cup and set a new record.
The Nongshim Cup World Go Team Championship can be regarded as a team Go tournament representing the highest level in the world. In the past 24 editions, South Korea has led the way with 15 titles, while Japan has won only one title. The Chinese team has won the championship eight times, and the last time they won the championship was in 2020.
The Nongshim Cup adopts the "fighting" system, with 5 players from each of the three teams of China, Japan and South Korea taking turns to play, with the winner defending and the loser out. Under this rule, the individual strength of the top players plays a huge role.
The tournament kicked off in October last year, and pioneer Xie Erhao helped the Chinese team establish an advantage with a wave of seven consecutive wins. He single-handedly forced out the main players of the Japanese and South Korean teams, and his seven consecutive wins also tied the record of consecutive wins in a single Nongshim Cup.
However, Shin Jinzhen, the first person in South Korea's Go game, once again showed super strength. He first ended Xie Erhao's winning streak, and then defeated Japan's main player Yuta Iyama and Chinese team players Zhao Chenyu, Ke Jie, and Ding Hao one after another, thus ushering in today's showdown with Gu Zihao.
The picture shows Gu Zihao in the game.
This is the second consecutive year that Gu Zihao and Shin Zhenzhen will meet in the final final match of the Nongshim Cup as the main players of the two teams. In this bureau, Shen Zhenzhen took the lead in black, and the two adopted a common layout.
After the prologue stage, although the instant win rate given by the artificial intelligence is that black is superior, the actual handicap gap is not large, and it is not easy to say whether you win or lose. Gu Zihao, who was good at the second half of the game, has been looking for opportunities to fight, but several long exams have consumed too much time for him.
Traveling to more than 70 hands, the two fought fiercely in the middle. White is tough, and the 80th and 82nd moves show a strong desire to fight. But at this time, Gu Zihao has gradually entered the countdown, and Shen Zhenzhen has plenty of time left. After a few hand exchanges, black is much cheaper.
After a hundred hands, Gu Zihao's disadvantage in time became more and more obvious. Shin Zhenzhen, who had the advantage in the handicap, began to seek stability, but he played consecutive doubtful moves with an instant win rate of more than 96%, and the situation began to flip.
The picture shows Shen Zhenzhen (data map) * Chinese Go Association.
Gu Zihao, who entered the countdown early, overcame huge pressure and dealt with it properly, and was once very close to victory. But in the end, he failed to see the robbery clearly, and made a mistake in the robbery, and finally lost the good game and unfortunately lost.
As the main general, Shin Jinzhen helped the South Korean team win the championship with 6 consecutive wins. He defeated five Chinese chess players, Xie Erhao, Zhao Chenyu, Ke Jie, Ding Hao, and Gu Zihao, and continued to expand his personal Nongshim Cup winning streak. (ENDS).
*: China News Network.