Fan Tingyu reversed Ke Jie, and Chengdu won the southwest king again.
Fan Tingyu, the "boss" of the Go world, once again showed his strength and resilience in Chengdu Du Fu Thatched Cottage, and after a thrilling final, he defeated Ke Jie with a narrow margin of 1 4 pieces, and successfully defended the championship of the "Sichuan Airlines Panda Road" Cup 2024 23rd Southwest King Go Tournament. This is his second Southwest King crown in Chengdu after last year, and the tenth title of his career.
This final can be said to be a "big battle". Both sides are world champion-level players, with a wealth of experience and a strong mental quality. Ke Jie has won the title of King of the Southwest twice, while Fan Tingyu was the defending champion last year. The two have faced each other 32 times before, with Ke Jie holding the upper hand with 19 wins and 13 losses. This time, they met again in the final of the Southwest King, which can be described as a "battle of life and death".
The competition started with the semi-finals in the morning, Ke Jie and Fan Tingyu defeated Ding Hao and Yang Dingxin respectively and advanced to the finals. In the final in the afternoon, Ke Jie took the lead in black, and he clicked three triangles at the beginning, showing his positive attitude. Fan Tingyu chose the breakup situation that he is good at, and introduced a complex duel. In the battle in the upper right corner, Fan Tingyu's one-hand break was criticized as "unreasonable" by the chess saint Nie Weiping, and after the black piece disconnected the white piece, the white piece on the right was forced to cross back, while the white piece on the periphery was not yet alive. When black eats the two white discs in the middle of the belly and penetrates the whole line, black has a lot of thick and empty pieces, and has already occupied a clear advantage. At this time, Ke Jie's only hidden danger lies in the black chess in the upper left corner, and he only needs to show weakness to survive to maintain the advantageous position. However, he wanted to make up the chess efficiently, but the result was the opposite, not only hitting the white pieces on the periphery, but also being beaten into a condensed shape, and the situation was reversed all at once.
However, Fan Tingyu was not satisfied with this, he also wanted to further scavenge the interests of black chess, but Ke Jie decisively took the lead and seized the urgency of both sides, and the situation eased again. However, Ke Jie's state was not good that day, and as soon as the situation eased, he made a hand of "sending Guanyin" in the middle of the abdomen, which made the situation worsen again. Unexpectedly, Fan Tingyu, who has always been steady and old, chose to enter fiercely in the lower right corner at this time, and after a short battle between the two sides, a super robbery was formed. Fan Tingyu easily eliminated the robbery, and after the conversion, black still had a super follow-up gain in the upper right corner, and could also drag another white piece in the upper right into the quagmire of robbery. However, Ke Jie did not find a way to hit the robbery, but first scavenged some benefits and withdrew, but even so, the winning rate of black chess rose to more than 90%.
Entering the closing stage, black is in a good situation, and only needs to block the exit of white to the middle of the belly to seal the victory. However, he made a single hand in the lower right corner, and fell behind in vain, Fan Tingyu seized the last opportunity to win, and swept first in the middle of the abdomen, giving full play to his solid foundation, and the situation of half-eye victory has never wavered. To the end of 313 hands, Fan Tingyu won the game with a slight advantage of 1 4 sons and successfully defended his title.
Ke Jie looked a little disappointed, he admitted that he was not in good shape, and made some mistakes, "I was not in good shape today, and I played some chess that should not be played, especially in the middle game, there are some key points, I didn't play well, which made the situation very difficult all of a sudden." Later, although there were some opportunities, they didn't grasp them, and they lost in the end. He also paid tribute to Fan Tingyu, "Fan Tingyu is a very strong opponent, his style of chess is very steady, it is difficult to find his flaws." He did well today, he won at a very high level and I congratulate him. ”
This game also aroused heated discussions among netizens, some praised Fan Tingyu's strength and toughness, some lamented Ke Jie's mistakes and regrets, and some expressed appreciation and expectation for the wonderful game between the two. Here are the comments from some netizens: "Fan Tingyu is really amazing, it is not easy to remain calm and stable in such a fierce game, and Ke Jie is also great.