Xinhua News Agency, Shanghai, February 23 (Reporter Xu Dongyuan) The 25th World Go Team Championship ended in Shanghai on February 23. The Chinese team's leader Gu Zihao lost a good game and lost to the South Korean team's captain Shin Zhenzhen, and the Korean team won the Nongshim Cup championship for the 16th time.
At the same time as the South Korean team won the championship, Shin Zhenzhen also rewrote his personal record in the Nongshim Cup, he defeated Xie Erhao, Zhao Chenyu, Ke Jie, Ding Hao, Gu Zihao five Chinese chess players, not only completed a single season of six consecutive wins, but also extended his cross-season winning streak to 16 games.
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 conventional layout.
After a hundred hands, Gu Zihao's disadvantage in time became more and more obvious. Shen Zhenzhen, who had the advantage on the board, began to seek stability, and continued to play doubtful moves, and the situation tilted towards Gu Zihao. But in the end, Gu Zihao made a mistake and played to the 249th hand to stop the bell and admit defeat.
After the game, Koo Zihao said that the biggest challenge he faces now is how to defeat Shin Zhenzhen, and he needs to focus on improving his usual training level and adjusting his condition in the future.
The Nongshim Cup adopts a ring competition system, with five players from each of the three teams of China, Japan and South Korea taking turns to play. The tournament kicked off in October 2023, 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. (ENDS).