Park Junghwan 9P ranked 1st in Korea best Ke Jie 9P ranked 1st in China and got into the round 8.

The round 16 of 21th LG cup has been held in Korea.

The most interesting match was between Park Junghwan 9P and Ke Jie 9P which is known of a match for No.1 player. The game was so closed from the beginning, but Ke Jie 9P made one mistake which he thought Park 9P answer, but Park 9P didn't and got a lot points to play first on the left side. By this win, Park 9P is aheading against Ke Jie 9P by 4 wins 3 loses so far and recorded 3 wins in a row recently.

Shin Jinseo 5P also beats Thi Jiaxi 9P who has once won LG cup and got into the round 8. It was second time for those who were born after 2000 and got into the round 8 of world championship. The first one was Xie ke 2P who got into the round 8 of Mrilly Cup.

But China showed very good result in other matches. Park Younghun 9P lost against Chen Yaoye 9P and Lee Younggu and Lee Donghun lost also against each Guli 9P and Juo Luiyang 9P.

And about Choi Jung 9P who was the only one women player in the round 16 also lost against Peng Liyao 5P. She was behind by little, and there was almost no chance even he made so many variations.

As a result of today's matches, 6 players from China and 2 players from Korea will compete for the semi-final ticket.

The match up in round 8

Park Junghwan 9P vs Guli 9P

Shin Jinseo 5P vs Meng Tailing 5P

Peng Liyao 5P vs Juo Luiyang 9P

Dang Yufei 6P vs Chen Yaoye 9P

The result of round 16

Guli (o) vs Lee Younggu (x)

Chen Yaoye (o) vs Park Younghun (x)

Shin Jinseo (o) vs Thi Jiaxi (x)

Meng Tailing (o) vs Yen Hwan (x)

Park Junghwan (o) vs Ke Jie (x)

Juo Luiyang (o) vs Lee Donghun (x)

Dang Yufei (o) vs Lichiliki Lyu (x)

Peng Liyao (o) vs Choi Jung (x)