The second round of the 7th Cheong-Kwan-Jang
Cup World Baduk Championship has been successfully held at the Korea Baduk
Association building, Seoul,
from January 11 to 16.
In overall, there were 3 players who won at least 2 consecutive
games in this stage, including Song Longhui 1P, who won all 4 games of the
first round in Beijing.
An 18-year-old girl, Song Longhui from China has made
a new record of Cheong-Kwan-Jang Cup, 6 wins in a row. Song is also a gold
medalist of the 1st World Mind Sports Games. The one who stopped
Song’s endless winning march was Park Jieun 9P of
Korean team. Because Park is well known as one of the strongest players in the world,
winning a few world female championships, Many Korean fans expected her to win
more than at least 3 games. However Li He 1P, the same age as Song Longhui,
showed bright talent, beating Park Jieun 9P and Umezawa Yukari 5P, the last
player of Japanese team. As a result, Japanese team is completely eliminated
and Korean team has only one player, Lee Minjin 5P while Chinese team has 4
players left. The last round of the 7th Cheong-Kwan-Jang Cup will be
held in Guangzhou, China in March.

Song Longhui 1P

Park Jieun 9P

Li He 1P