“Choi Jae-young played well the whole time, but one mistake cost him the game. On the other hand, Moon Min-jong won with a single move in a desperate situation.” (Go TV commentator Yu Chang-hyuk)
The collapse of Tang Yifei shook the Mulga family. The Korean team, which had been riding high after two straight wins in the postseason, suffered its first loss.
In the second round of the 2023-2024 KB Kookmin Bank Go League playoffs, which ended at 10:30 p.m. on Nov. 11, Ulsan Koryo Ae-yeon, the regular-season runner-up, won 3-1 against the regular-season third-place team.
Ulsan Goryeo Yeon, which was on the brink of defeat in the first match after placing player Kim “Hong Iljum” Chae-young in the first team, made a big move by placing its captain and second choice forward in the 1-2 team. Korea Price Information took the lead in the second game. Captain Kang Dong-yoon 9th dan easily defeated Ulsan 4th dan Han Sang-jo 6th dan, and the momentum seemed to carry over.
However, the mood quickly changed when the Chinese mercenary Dang Yifei 9th, who boasts of being a Chinese mercenary, lost a close game against Ulsan 2nd ranked Lee Changseok 9th. With the score tied 1-1, the return match was a watershed moment for Team Korea, who had played the first game a day earlier.
Ulsan Koryo Zinc’s captain Shin Minjun 9th dan, who was largely responsible for the first game’s defeat the day before, was able to outplay his nemesis, Park Min Kyu 9th dan, to secure the victory. With a 2-1 lead, the KPA sent out fourth-ranked Choi Jae-young 7-dan in place of second-ranked Han Seung-joo 9-dan, which proved to be another handshake.
The early game was dominated by Choi Jae-young 7th dan. Choi, who had clinched the team’s victory in the semifinals against Hapcheon and the final five nations on Aug. 8, and secured a 3-1 victory against four nations in the first game 토토사이트 on Aug. 10, was dominant on this day as well. From the perspective of Korea Pricing Information, the ‘victory fairy’ Choi Jae-young’s performance made them believe that the game would go to five countries with a 2-2 score.
However, in the last minute, Moon Min-jong 8th dan’s only move came from Uha. It was a spot that left a bad taste in the mouth after Choi’s unnecessary hand chi sword, and Choi’s 7th dan was unable to find the best response to Moon’s 8th dan’s attack that came like rain.
The AI graph began to fluctuate, and although black was outnumbered on the seventh rank, there was still a way out through a ‘loss’. However, the panicked Choi failed to see the simple move, and the game ended in vain as Moon’s eighth move, which was the only one he was aiming for, found the correct finishing move.
With Ulsan Koryo Ae-yeon’s successful comeback, the playoffs will continue with Game 3 at 7 p.m. on Dec. 12 without a break. While Korea Mulga Jeonghwa has been utilizing Chinese mercenary Tang Yifei 9th Dan, Ulsan will be without mercenary Liao Yuanhe 9th Dan, who was dominant in their six-game sweep of the regular season, so Mulga Jeonghwa still has the 스포츠토토 사이트 추천 edge in the order.
The eight-team 2023-2024 KB Kookmin Bank Go League also introduced a new rule that allows each team to have between one and five players, including mercenaries, as well as one candidate player, making the “recruiting power” of each team’s managers an important factor.
The postseason of the Go League began with the semifinals of the Korea Logistics Information-Sulyeonghan Hapcheon on Aug. 8, followed by the playoffs of Ulsan Koryo Aeon-Korea Logistics Information and the championship match between the PO winner and Wonik on Aug. 15. If the championship goes to the final three games, the much-anticipated winner will be crowned on the 17th. The prize pool is 250 million won for the championship, 100 million won for the runner-up, 60 million won for third place, and 30 million won for fourth place.