Total 4 players from Korea stepped to next round. The result is 4 to 4 between Korea and China. Considering the host of ChunLan Cup, it is not bad for Korea.


- Last shield for Korea

The focus of this time was 5 matches between Korea and China. As Korea players showed terrible results since BC Cup, Korea had no way but to show their ability to get it back.

Korea had bad results from Bai Ling Cup, BC Cup which were world championship. Especially in the BC Cup held in Korea, Korea players won only 1 games in 11 matches against China players.

4:50 pm, Park JungHwan 9Dan rank 2 in Korea won against Mi WeTing 3Dan by resign with black. Park 9Dan lost against Mi 3Dan in BC Cup last time. At that time, Park 9Dan showed embarrassed attitude having a younger opponent and lost in the end. But this time was different. Park 9Dan was leading the game from the beginning, and won in the end.

5:30 pm, two games were finished. One was Lee SeDol's game and another was Won SungJin's game. Lee SeDol won against Chiu Jin and Won SungJin won against GuLingi. Therefore Korea won 3 games in 5 matches against China.

6:40 pm, Choi ChelHan lost against Park MunYo 9Dan from China. Park 9Dan from China defended well from Choi 9Dan's attach and won in the end. Shortly after this game, Kong Jie 9Dan also won against XieHe 9Dan.

Last game was between Kim JiSuk and Guli. Two players showed their great fighting sprit from the beginning and it went to whole game. But the game was really close and half point for Kim 8Dan. Guli just resigned knowing the result.

5 matches between Korea and China in ChulLan Cup was ended by 4 to 1 for Korea. And next round will be also 4 to 4 between Korea and China.

Next matches
Lee SeDol(Korea) – Park MunYo(China)

Won SungJin(Korea)-Jand WeiJie (China)
Kim JiSuk(Korea) – Kong Jie(China)
Park JungHwan(Korea)-Chen YaoYe(China)

Korea top players used to win many world championships in the past and it kept until recently. But from the early 2012, China turned it back by having good results in Bai Ling Cup, BC Cup, and also ChoSang Cup. This time will be a turning point for huge fight between Korea and China. Korea should confront this with their best not to lose its position in the world baduk.