Choi Jeong, 9th Dan, the No. 1 player in the domestic women’s ranking, is on her way to the Senko Cup for the first time.
The ‘Senko Cup World Go Women’s Strongest Match 2023’ will be held at Hotel Kaie in Tokyo, Japan from the 3rd.
The Choi Jung 9th dan representing Korea competed in this event, Japan’s Rina Fujisawa 6p, Ueno Asami/New Eiko 4p, Nakamura Sumire 3p, China’s Hongyu Zhou 6p, Taiwan’s Lu Yuhua 4p, and the winner of the World Women’s Amateur Championship, Vietnam. He competes for the championship with Kuyananha Ama.
Prior to the tournament, a draw ceremony for the quarterfinals was held on the eve held on the 2nd. As a result of the lottery, Choi Jeong 9th Dan will face off against Fujisawa Rina 6th Dan for the first time.
As for the relative record, Choi Jeong 9th Dan is ahead with 9 wins and 4 losses, and it is the first confrontation in 3 years and 4 months since Fujisawa Rina 6th Dan won in the 6th Okage Cup International Rookie Go Competition in October 2019.
Asami Ueno, 4th dan, who won the first tournament, met Lu Yuhua 4th dan, Sumire Nakamura, 3rd dan, Japan’s youngest title holder, Kuyananha Amawa, and New Eiko 4th dan and Zhou Hongyu, 6th dan, will compete for the semifinals.
The tournament will start with the quarterfinals on the 3rd at 11:00 am, followed by the semifinals on the 4th and the finals on the 5th. Choi Jeong 9-dan has won more than one championship in all world women’s competitions since joining, but has never won the Senko Cup.
Attention is focusing on whether Choi Jeong온라인카지노, 9th dan, who is participating in the Senko Cup, which will be held for the 5th time this year, will be able to resolve the victory in this tournament.
Prior to the tournament, Choi Jeong-jeong, 9th Dan, expressed his anticipation, saying, “I missed the face-to-face match with world-class players,” and expressed his aspirations, saying, “I will resolve all the resentment I accumulated at Senko Cup this time.”
The Senko Cup World Baduk Women’s Strongest Match was launched in 2018 with the prize money of 10 million yen (approximately 100 million won at the time), the highest prize money in women’s world tournaments.
However, due to the influence of Corona 19, the 2020 tournament was taken a year off, and in 2021 and 2022, the prize money was cut in half as it was held online. As the Senko Cup turned into a face-to-face match for the first time in three years, the prize money was also raised to 10 million yen.
The world competition, which has been held online since 2020 due to Corona 19, can be expected to normalize starting from this Senko Cup face-to-face match.
The prize money for the Senko Cup World Baduk Women’s Strongest Match 2023 is 10 million yen (approximately 96 million won), with 3 million yen for runner-up, 2 million yen for third place, and 1 million yen for fourth place. The time limit is 5 countdowns of 1 minute each in 2 hours.
On Go TV, the match involving Choi Jeong 9th will be broadcast live from 3:00 pm on the 3rd and from 11:00 am on the 4th and 5th.