It is the first time for Heo Youngho 7P to play a title match. Surprisingly, his first title match is an international Cup, not a domestic championship. Unfortunately he lost the first title match game to Gu Li 9P.

In the first round of the 15th Samsung Cup, Gu Li 9P (W) of China defeated Heo Youngho 7P (B) of Korea by 2.5 points.

Recently Gu Li's results are not good while Heo Youngho is having good results. Before the game started, people expected that Heo Youngho would win this game. However Gu Li showed his power as one of the top players of the world. If Gu Li wins the next round game on Dec. 9, he will be the champion of 15th Samsung Cup.

The 15th Sumsung cup final matches are best of three series.

The 15th Samsung Cup is managed by JoongAng Dialy and KBS, supported by Samsung. Each player is given 2 hours and 5 times of 1 minute for overtime. The champion prize money is 200 million Won (approx. 171,673 $), and the total prize money is 606 million Won (approx. 520,000 $)

¡Ø Schedule of the 15th Samsung Cup Final Matches

Round 1 : Dec. 7
Round 2 : Dec. 9
Round 3 : Dec. 10