Korea decided to win LG Cup this year
Korean players took all seats of round 4 of LG Cup.
It has been 9 years since Korea got all seats of round 4 in the world championship. Park JungHwan 9Dan, Kim JiSuk 9Dan, Choi ChelHan 9Dan and Park YoungHun 9Dan won each against Chen Yaeye 9Dan, Thu Jiaxi 9Dan, Pan TingYu 9Dan and Xie Erhao 2Dan in the end.
China has won this LG Cup for last 6 years. Guli, Kong Jie, Pao WonYao, Jang Weijie and Thu Jiaxi took this title for last 6 years. But this year it changed to Korea finally.
Kim JiSuk 9Dan let his win for the first. Kim 9Dan could get good result from Thu Jiaxi 9Dan's territories and succeeded in exchanging which was good for him as well. Mok JinSuk 9Dan commnetd that Kim JiSuk 9Dan's great reading ability prevailed Thu Jiaxi 9Dans' one. It was a great game for Kim JiSuk 9Dan showing his great condition recently.
Kim JiSuk 9Dan said in the interview that I was concerned a lot as my body condition is not good recently. But I am happy to win. I think there is almost no change in my studying but the more I win in the world championship, the more confidence I can get from it.
Park JungHwan 9Dan and Park YoungHun 9Dan followed after that. Park YoungHun 9Dan won against Xie Erhao 2Dan from China, saying that It was very closed but I could get points from the pae on the left side. It has been 5 years since I am in the round 4 in the world championship, I will do my best to be better and better.
Park JungHwan 9Dan shoed also very good game against Chen Yeoye 9Dan from China. Park 9Dan has won against Chen Yaoye 9Dan by 2 to 0 in the last ChenWon Cup and won again in LG Cup. Park JungHwan 9Dan said that I have lost many games against Chen 9Dan but nowadays, I think it is even.
The last game was between Choi ChelHan 9Dan and Pan TingYu 9Dan. Choi 9Dan could get chances from the pae on the right side and could finish as he imaged. Choi 9Dan said that I was behind in the beginning, but I tried to make the game complicated which led good results for me. Korea has lost many games in the world championships, I am really happy to see Korea is back again.
You ChangHuk 9Dan a director of Korea National team said that all players had good attitudes and showed good results against Chinese players. We will show better in the future.
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