Good day for Lee Sedol
Korean Baduk Association announced today, July’s ranking list of top 50 Korean Professionals. Lee Sedol 9p is no 1 from 9 consecutive months. Second place belongs to Lee Changho 9p but points difference is really huge: 15,055 to 13,215. I also found interesting fact on Cyberoro site: The highest ranked woman pro player in Korea is Cho Hyeyeon 7p with 51 place, so maybe in near future she will advance to top50 :)
Today Lee Sedol 9p play two games. One with Park Jungsang 9p in Myeongin League, which Lee won by 6,5 points.
In this game Park Jungsang 9p made interesting move in opening. White 16 is more and more popular in Korea. Idea of this move is to remove bad aji on he side if white will play one line further. This kind of strategy is typical for the games when you’re sure that game will be decided in complex fight in middle game.
In interview Lee Sedol said “In Byoyomi my opponent made a mistake. Lucky to be victory”. League will be continued 8 July when Mok Jinseok 9p will be against Won Sungjin 9p (who few days ago beat Gu Li 2-0 in China-Korea Tengen Match).
Myeongin League is korean tournament with highest prize of 100 milion Won. Time for player is 2 hour and 60 second byoyomi.
Today in KBS one could see game between Lee Sedol 9p and Cho Hanseung 9p (#5 in Korea), which were played 28 June. KBS is TV tournament so the games are always very fast. Lee Sedol won this game and advance to semifinals of winner section. His opponent will be determined in games between Park Jungwhan 2p and Bae Junhee 2p.
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