China News Service, Beijing, February 22nd The 25th Nongshim Cup World Go Team Championship will continue in Shanghai on the 22nd.

In the 13th game, the Chinese team's deputy Ding Hao lost to South Korea's No. 1 Shin Jin-soo.

Tomorrow, the Chinese team coach Gu Zihao will stage the final showdown with Shen Zhenzhen.

  Today’s match scene

　　In yesterday's game, Ke Jie lost to Shen Zhenzhen in black, suffering his seventh consecutive defeat against the latter.

Shin Jin-seok has won 14 consecutive games in the Nongshim Cup, tying the record of consecutive winning streaks set by South Korean star Lee Chang-ho.

　　The Nongshim Cup World Go Team Championship can be regarded as the highest level Go team competition in the world.

In the past 24 games, the Korean team led the way with 15 championships, while the Japanese team only won 1 championship.

The Chinese team has won the championship 8 times, and the last time it won was in 2020.

　　The Nongshim Cup adopts a "chai" competition system. Five chess players from each of the three teams of China, Japan and South Korea take turns to play. The winner defends the challenge and the loser is eliminated.

Under this rule, the personal strength of top players plays a huge role, which is one of the reasons why the Korean team achieved three consecutive championships.

In the past three tournaments, Shen Zhenzhen finished three times.

　　This competition kicked off in October last year. Pioneer Sherhao helped the Chinese team establish an advantage with a wave of seven consecutive victories.

He single-handedly forced out the captains of the Japanese and Korean teams, and his seven-game winning streak tied the record for consecutive wins in a single Nongshim Cup.

  Ding Hao in the game

　　However, the South Korean team’s head coach Shin Jin-soo once again showed his super strength.

He first ended Sherhao's winning streak, and then defeated Japanese team leader Yuta Iyama and Chinese team chess players Zhao Chenyu and Ke Jie, thus ushering in today's showdown with Ding Hao.

　　In this game, Shen Zhenzhen took the lead in black, and the two of them adopted a normal layout.

In the prologue stage, Ding Hao made several eccentric moves in an attempt to win through changes.

However, Shen Zhenzhen responded well and made quick and accurate moves. White's situation instantly fell into a passive position, and the instant winning rate given by the artificial intelligence dropped to less than 20%.

　　By the 50th move, Black's instant winning rate had exceeded 90%, and "Shengong Intelligence" did not give the opponent a chance at all.

In games between top chess players, it is rare for White to have a similar situation. Ding Hao felt that his play was still a bit tight.

  Data map: Shen Zhenzhen

　　Subsequently, the white chess piece showed some improvement. Ding Hao kept looking for the possibility of a breakthrough, but there was no sign of completing the reversal. In the end, Shen Zhenzhen defeated Ding Hao.

After this battle, he has achieved 15 consecutive victories in the Nongshim Cup, setting a new record.

　　Tomorrow, the Chinese team will be led by its main player Gu Zihao to compete with Shen Zhenzhen. This is also the last game of this Nongshim Cup.

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