Go Nongshim Cup “Battle of Tianwang Mountain” Ke Jie lost to Shen Zhenzhen, the Chinese team was out early
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 25th. The 23rd “Nongshim Xin Ramen Cup” World Go Team Championship will start a key battle for the championship on the 25th. In the end, the Chinese team’s leader Ke Jie was defeated by the South Korean team’s leader Shen Zhenxuan. So far, with a total record of 3 wins and 5 losses, he bid farewell to the championship ahead of schedule.
The contest between the first Chinese and Korean Go players is the 13th game of this year’s Nongshim Cup. With only the main players left in the three teams of China, Japan and South Korea, Ke Jie’s loss means that the Chinese team ranks bottom in the Nongshim Cup for the first time in 16 years.
Shen Zhenzhen has been in hot form for the past year. He has won 22 consecutive victories against Chinese chess players in various competitions, including defeating Ke Jie in the 13th game of the last Nongshim Cup to help the South Korean team win the championship. The last time the two played against each other was in the LG Cup semifinals at the end of 2021, and the winner at that time was also Shen Zhenzhen.
On the same day, Ke Jie held the black first, and the two sides were in the middle of the layout stage. Ke Jie’s slow hand in the lower right made him passive. After entering the middle game and fighting for the upper right, Black’s winning rate dropped to about 20%. Although Black had a strong mid-bellied strength, Shen Zhenzhen made a decisive entry and skillfully managed the orphan, further expanding his advantage until Ke Jie conceded defeat to the 228th hand.
Shen Zhenzhen’s victory in this battle made Ke Jie recall the helplessness of being dominated by the artificial intelligence “Alpha Go” (also known as “Alpha Go”). He said: “Is this still a human? The overall match rate is 71% (referring to the comparison between Shen Zhenzhen and artificial intelligence), and there is not a single problem player in the whole chess game. Today’s control feels stronger than that of the ‘Alpha Dog’ back then. .”
On the 26th, the final battle to decide the championship of this competition will be held, and Shen Zhenzhen will face the Japanese team’s main general Yili Liao.