
Shin Jin-seo, Shin Min-jun, Byun Sang-il, and Lee Ji-hyun advanced to the quarterfinals of the 4th Quzhou Lanke Cup World Baduk Open.
In the quarterfinals of the 4th Lanke Cup World Baduk Open held at Lanke Mountain in Quzhou, China, Korean Baduk Shin Jin-seo, Shin Min-jun, Byun Sang-il, and Lee Ji-hyeon (9th dan) all won, sweeping the semifinals and confirming the championship.
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Korean baduk won all of the quarterfinals of the Lanke Cup hosted by China and swept through to the semifinals.
Shin Jin-seo, Shin Min-jun, Byeon Sang-il, and Lee Ji-hyun win in the quarterfinals
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Cheon Byeong-hyuk = Korean Baduk confirmed its victory by sweeping the semifinals at the Ranke Cup hosted by China.
In Korea, Shin Jin-seo, Shin Min-jun, Byeon Sang-il, and Lee Ji-hyun, 9th dan, won in the quarterfinals of the 4th Quzhou Lanke Cup World Baduk Open held at the Lanke Mountain World Baduk Park in Quzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on the 10th.
Korea, which occupied all four places in the semifinals, secured its second championship trophy in the Ranke Cup.
Shin Jin-seo, a two-time winner of the Lanke Cup, achieved a dramatic comeback victory over China's 9-dan Jin Yu-cheng in the quarterfinals.
Shin Jin-seo was counterattacked in the middle of the battle and faced a major crisis as his artificial intelligence (AI) expected win rate dropped to 1%, but after a persistent chase, he took advantage of the opponent's loss and miraculously turned the tide.
Byeon Sang-il was the first to report victory after defeating China's 9th Dan Liaoyuanhe, who had lost all three matches, by defeat in 116 moves.
Shin Min-jun also defeated China's Tang Yifei, 9th dan, by a non-match score, and achieved a pleasant victory after three consecutive losses.
In the quarterfinals between Korean players, Lee Ji-hyun took the 9th dan Park Jeong-hwan's horse and was defeated.
After the quarterfinals were over, the draw for the semifinals was decided as Shin Jin-seo vs. Lee Ji-hyun and Shin Min-jun vs. Byeon Sang-il.
The Lanke Cup will take a day's rest before the semifinals will be held on the 12th.
The prize money for the Lanke Cup winner is 1.8 million yuan (about 388 million won), and the runner-up prize is 600,000 yuan (about 129 million won).
Applying the Chinese Baduk rules, the bonus is 7 and a half, and the time limit is 5 1-minute countdowns after each player plays for 2 hours.
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Lanke Cup semifinals held on the 12th
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