On November 3, 2020, the second round of the Samsung Cup Go finals began online. The competition rules of the Samsung Cup have gone through several reforms, and finally settled on the competition rules of a single-elimination elimination format and completing the competition within a ten-day schedule.

1: Samsung Cup

Samsung Cup, the full name of Samsung Cup World Go Open, is an international Go individual competition held in South Korea and one of the world Go competitions. The event was founded in 1996 and was originally called the "Samsung Fire Cup"; in 2007 it was officially renamed the "Samsung Insurance Cup"; in 2009 it was again renamed the "Samsung Property Cup World Go Masters", and finally renamed the "Samsung Auto Insurance Cup World Go Masters" ?.

Two: 2020 Samsung Cup competition situation

On November 3, 2020, the Samsung Cup Go final entered the second round. Go players Ke Jie and Shen Zhen from China To fight. Because of the new crown epidemic, the Samsung Cup adopts an online competition method. It is reported that in the first round of the game, Shen Zhenzhen played first with the black stone, and then Shen Zhenzhen made moves all the way down the side plate. It is understood that Shen Zhenzhen slipped the mark, which was a mistake, but in the Samsung Cup The rules stipulate that the "sliding mark" cannot be changed. In the end, Ke Jie killed all the way and won the first round of the game. In the second round, Ke Jie played black first. Initially, Ke Jie was at a disadvantage and the opponent had the upper hand. When entering the middle game, Ke Jie, who was at a disadvantage, played more aggressively. Then Ke Jie began to counterattack, reversing the situation and gaining an advantage; In the 97th move, Ke Jie made a mistake, and the opponent once again had the upper hand. After the 179th move, Shen Zhenzhen's situation was very obvious, and he almost won. In this case, Shen Zhenzhen made a major mistake in the 210th move. Mistake; in the end, Ke Jie steadily reversed the disadvantage and won the second game with a half-eye advantage.

Three: Samsung Cup Rules

Samsung Cup is the first World Go Competition to implement qualifiers, allowing amateur players to participate in the qualifiers; in the 12th round, the organizers will implement finger customization , non-seeded players select seeded players as opponents according to the order of the draw, and a draw is conducted at the same time, which means that the subsequent matchups are determined after the first round draw; after the 14th, the first round of the Samsung Cup is a double-elimination tournament; The 24th Samsung Cup has undergone a major reform of the competition system. The double-elimination tournament that has been used for 10 years has been canceled and replaced with a single-elimination tournament. The competition schedule has also been greatly shortened and can be completed within ten days.