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 Songs 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.    


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Song Longhui 1P


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Park Jieun 9P


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Li He 1P