There will be many Go events in 2024, in addition to the LG Cup and Samsung Cup held as usual in South Korea, China will hold Chunlan, Dream Lily, Ying's Cup, Ranke Cup and other competitions, of which the fifth Dream Lily Cup is the final five-way chess.
Surprisingly, the New Olympic Cup, which was discontinued in 2017, is said to be "resurrected" this year. The prize money for the champion of the New Olympic Cup is as high as 1.8 million, second only to the Ying's Cup, and there are as many as 64 places to participate, bringing together masters from all walks of life, and can also give young people a rare opportunity to stage and exercise. In the final of the first New Olympic Cup, Ke Jie defeated Peng Liyao 3:2 to win the championship.
So what are the chess games that deserve special attention in the Year of the Dragon? First of all, there will be an unusual highlight after the year - Nongshim Cup. Due to the Chinese pioneer Xie Erhao's courage to win 7 consecutive victories (tying the winning streak held by Fan Tingyu and Yang Dingxin), the Chinese team still has Zhao Chenyu, Ke Jie, Ding Hao and Gu Zihao four generals, while Japan only has Iyama Yuta and South Korea only Shin Zhenzhen left. The 11th game will continue in Shanghai on February 19, with Japan's Yuta Iyama taking on South Korea's Shin Jinzhen, who will have to beat five people in a row if he wants to help South Korea win four consecutive championships.
The highest voice of chess fans for the second general is Ke Jie, everyone hopes that Ke Jie can take the initiative to ask for Ying and win Xiao Shen in advance to end the game, I don't know who Coach Yu Bin will send to play at that time?
In addition, the attention of the Dream Lily Cup final is also very high, and the Chinese chess players have won the championship and runner-up, and the final is Li Xuanhao 9 dan against Dang Yifei 9 duan. Dang Yifei is a member of the first crown group, while Li Xuanhao has been a late bloomer in the past two years and is called "Xuangong Intelligence" by chess fans. Li Xuanhao reached the final of the Chunlan Cup last year but achieved the first world championship of his opponent Bian Xiangyi Jiudan, and if he can win the Dream Lily Cup this time, it will be the best proof of the doubts of the outside world.
The Olympic Yingshi Cup in the Go world will also start in April this year. Originally, the 9th session was delayed for nearly three years due to the epidemic, and the author was worried about whether the competition could continue, but Ying's Group was really powerful, not only did the 10th session start immediately this year, but the number of participants also expanded to 58 people, and the final was changed back to five-way chess, which is the only five-way decisive victory in all competitions at present.
The competition system has also changed a lot, the first two rounds will be held on the Internet, 14 people will be determined from 56 people, and the last champion and runner-up (Shen Zhenzhen & Xie Ke) will enter the top 16 together, and then the follow-up matches will be carried out, and the finals will be divided into two stages in August and October.