Ke Jie is in the game. Image source: China Chess Academy
The client of Chinanews.com June 8th. The 25th LG Cup Round of 16 ended on the 8th. In the head-to-head matchup between China and South Korea, Ke Jie defeated Shen Zhencheng in a white plate and successfully advanced. In addition to Ke Jie, Yang Dingxin won the promotion and the only Chinese chess players remained.
In addition to the confrontation between Ke Jie and Shen Zhenshen, in the other two sets of China-South Korea confrontation, Zhao Chenyu lost to Bian Xiangyi and Gu Zihao. In the Korean Civil War, Park Ting-hwan beat Hong Ji-piao in the middle of the game.
In the first day of the game that ended earlier, Yang Dingxin held a white midfield victory over Li Dongxun, Tang Weixing, Lian Xiao, and Ding Hao lost to Jiang Dongrun, Li Taixian, and Shen Minqi respectively.
In this regard, this year's LG was completely ended by the round of 16. Among the top eight places, Chinese players Ke Jie and Yang Dingxin were promoted. South Korean players Park Ting Hwan, Shen Minqi, Jiang Dongrun, Li Taixian, Bian Xiangyi and Yuan Shengqin entered the quarterfinals. The quarterfinals will be re-drawn, and the game will be held in November.
The winner of this competition is 300 million won (about 1.735 million yuan), and the runner-up prize is 100 million won (about 580,000 yuan).