Shin Min-jun joins Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance World Baduk Round of 16 Park Jeong-hwan and Byun Sang-il eliminated
Shin Min-jun joins Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance World Baduk Round of 16 Park Jeong-hwan and Byun Sang-il eliminated
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Shin Min-jun, 9th dan and ranked 4th in the Korean Baduk rankings, has advanced to the round of 16 of the Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance World Baduk.
On the second day of the round of 32 of the 2024 Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Cup World Baduk Masters held at the Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Global Campus in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do on the 13th, Shin Min-jun won by 196 moves against China's Han Yizhou 8-dan, advancing to the round of 16 for the second consecutive year.
However, Park Jeong-hwan 9-dan and Byeon Sang-il 9-dan, ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively, who had high expectations, unfortunately lost in the round of 32.
Park Jeong-hwan was defeated by China's 9-dan Tang Yifei in a game 파워볼 that was favorable for him, and Byeon Sang-il was also completely defeated by China's 9-dan Ke Jie.
On this day, 9th dan players Kang Dong-yoon, Kim Myeong-hun, and Seol Hyeon-jun, who advanced to the round of 32, also lost to Chinese players and failed to advance to the round of 16.
With this, Korea has a total of five players who advanced to the round of 16, including Shin Jin-seo, Choi Jeong, Kim Eun-ji, 9th dan, and An Jeong-gi, 8th dan, who won the round of 32 held the previous day.
China had 10 players survive, and Japan had one player, Shibano Doramaru 9-dan, advance to the round of 16.
After the round of 32 was completed, the draw resulted in a big match between Shin Jin-seo, a strong candidate to win, and Ke Jie.
Female players Choi Jeong-eun and Kim Eun-ji will face off against 9-dan Ding Hao and 9-dan She Ke, respectively.
Shin Min-jun will be competing with 9-dan Shi Ja-yang and An Jeong-gi with Dang Yi-fei to advance to the quarterfinals.
The round of 16 will also be held over two days, the 14th and 15th.
The prize money for the Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Cup, a major world championship, is 300 million won, and the prize money for the runner-up is 100 million won.
The time limit is 2 hours for each person, with 5 1-minute countdowns.