Lee SeDol 9P lost against Ke jie 9P by 0 to 2.
The final of Samsung Cup this year will be between Chinese players.
Somehow heavy and no power, it was not like Lee SeDol 9P.
Ke Jie 9P who is ranked No 1 in China recently beats Lee SeDol 9P from Korea by 2 to 0 in the semi-final of Samsung Cup.
Ke Jie 9P is known to be especially strong with white, and he was with black in the second game. So people expect it to be balanced. But Lee SeDol 9P's moves were heavy and no power in a whole.
Lee 9P said in the interview that I had to connect on the right side in the biginning. I had some misreading there and I lost more than 10 points there. I cound't get any chance after that.
Korea National Baduk team studied Lee 9P's losing points in detail. There were many strange moves from Lee SeDol 9P in the semi-final which were totally not Lee 9P's styles. We assume he was under the great pressure and even he couldn't catch chances when he had during the game.
This match was so interesting as it was match between 30s and 10s and current top rankers and rising star in China.
Ke Jie 9P's condition is really great recently. He got 91% of winning rate in the world championship and he got 10 wins and 1 lose against Korean players so far this year.
As he won this interesting match against Lee SeDol 9P, his reputation is getting greater and he would be a next hero of China Baduk.
In the another match up between Shi Yue 9P and Tang Weixing 9P, She Yue 9P made it balacned as he killed Tang 9P's group in the beginning.