The 2020 China-Japan-Korea Nie Weiping Cup Go Masters ended in Chengdu on the afternoon of the 23rd, and after three days and three rounds of online matches, the Chinese team and the South Korean team fought a draw, and the South Korean team won the championship with the main player Cao Xuanxuan's nine dan victory over Nie Weiping nine dan. The Chinese team was the runner-up, and the Japanese team won the third place.
Nie Weiping, 68, was in the game.
The tournament adopts a team fixed stage system, with 4 players per team in each round. Nie Weiping, Chang Hao, Gu Li master and apprentice, South Korea's Cao Xuanxuan, Lee Chang-ho master and apprentice, and Japan's Takemiya Masaki and others played, the competition lineup is luxurious, each team of old, middle-aged and young four generations of chess players in the same hall.
In the first round, the Chinese team defeated the Japanese team 4-0. Among them, the first Nie Weiping narrowly defeated Masaki Takemiya with 3/4 sons, the second one Chang Haoli ke Yamashita Keigo, and the last two Gu Li and Wu Yiming defeated Kono Lin and Ueno Pear Yarn respectively. In the second round, South Korea also defeated Japan 4-0.
Therefore, in the third round of the showdown on the 23rd, China and South Korea will decide the champion. This is also the encounter of old opponents, the chess saint Nie Weiping vs. The Go Emperor Cao Xuanxuan, after three hours of fierce fighting, Nie Lao regretted defeating his lifelong enemy.
Another pair of old rivals, Chang Hao and Lee Chang-ho, met online for the first time, and Chang Hao won in the end. Three Guli defeated Yin Junxiang, and four young generals Wu Yiming lost to Zheng Youzhen, shedding sad tears.
China and South Korea were tied 2:2, and because a host player lost to the Chinese side, the South Korean team won the championship.
After the game, Nie Weiping said guiltily: "Hey, they all blame me for losing the main battle." ”
Lin Jianchao, chairman of the China Weiqi Association, highly praised the nie Weiping Cup China-Japan-Korea Go Masters tournament for its new form and significance, saying that the next step will be to incorporate the competition into the Competition System of the Chinese Weiqi Association.
Author: Chen Di, Wang Di/Xinhua News Agency
Source: The Paper
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