All players are even in the preliminary league.
Kong Jie 9Dan and Jang WeiJie 9Dan who have won this LG Cup before lost in the first game of the preliminary league in LG Cup.

Choi HongYun who won against Jang WeiJie said that it was pretty difficult to read all variations. But I could not be sure to win the game until the end game. I feel nothing special as it is just first game. Lee JaWong 7Dan also won against Kong Jie 9Dan.

Na Hun(group D), Byen Sangil (group E), Shin JinSeo (group H) also won first games while Shin MinJun 1Dan lost Jang Wei from China.