[Sumire, a Japanese baduk genius girl, makes her Korean debut at ‘Shopalkosanolbae’]

Japan's 'Go prodigy' Sumire Nakamura (仲邑菫, 15) 3 dan will make her debut on the domestic stage next month. Sumire is the first Japanese professional to move to Korea, and will be serving as a guest reporter for the Korea Times starting in March.

The Korean Medical Association announced on the 23rd that Nakamura received a sponsor seed at the 5th Sawfalcosanol Top Article Match draw ceremony held on the 19th. Nakamura will face 9th dan Lee Chang-seok in the Sawpalcosanol final league on the 3rd of next month.

Infobell Chairman Shim Beom-seop, who decided on the sponsor seed, said, “We expect that Sumire Nakamura, 3rd dan, who has moved to Korea, will have the opportunity to play against the best Korean players in the best player match, which will be a boost to the somewhat stagnant Japanese baduk world. . In the past, I went from Korea to Japan to study baduk, but now the situation is the opposite. “I believe that Sumire 3rd Dan will serve as a bridge to promote balanced development of Korean and Japanese baduk,” he said.

Nakamura expressed his feelings about making his debut in Korea, saying, “I am grateful to Infobell for giving me the seed.” He said, “I am very happy to participate in the best knight match where strong players are competing. “I will prepare as best as I can to play good baduk,” he said.
Preparations for the finals of the 5th competition have been completed for the final round of the Sawfalcosanol Top Knight. In December of last year, 190 professional players from Korea Kiwon participated and the finalists were selected through the first, second, and final preliminary rounds. In the first preliminary round, 28 people were selected through the tournament, excluding the 32 top ranked players and 5 participants from the previous year's main league, and 28 high ranked players joined, and 7 people advanced to the final preliminary round in the second round.

16 people participated in the final qualifying round, including 4 top ranked players, 5 participants from the previous year's main league, and those who passed the second preliminary round, and 4 people advanced to the finals. As a result, Shin Min-jun, 9th dan, advanced to the finals for five consecutive competitions, and Ahn Seong-jun, Kim Jeong-hyeon, 9th dan, and Im Sang-gyu, 2nd dan, advanced to the finals for the first time. Lim Sang-gyu, 2nd Dan, who joined the team in 2021, participated in this competition for the first time, starting from the first preliminary round, and won the right to advance to the finals by defeating 9th Dan Won Seong-jin and Park Jin-sol in the final preliminary round.

In the final round, 4 people who passed the preliminaries, 4 top scorers from the previous year's main league (Jeong-hwan Park, Sang-il Byeon, Min-gyu Park, and Chang-seok Lee, 9th dan), and sponsor Sid Nakamura will be selected as challengers in the full league. The challengers will compete for the title with Shin Jin-seo, winner of the electric competition, 9th dan, and challenger No. 5. As a result of the final draw, 9-dan Byeon Sang-il and 9-dan Kim Jeong-hyeon will meet in the first match of the finals held on the 27th. On the 28th, 9th Dan Park Jeong-hwan and 2nd Dan Im Sang-gyu will face off, and on the 29th, 9th Dan Seongjun Ahn and 9th Dan Minjun Shin will face off.

Infobell has decided to expand its scale and hold world competitions along with domestic competitions starting next year. The Sawfalcosanol Best Player Determination Match and the Sawfalcosanol World Best Player Determination Match will be held alternately every two years, with the domestic tournament coming to Baduk fans in 2024 and the world tournament in 2025. In the world competition, players representing Korea, China, Japan, and Taiwan participate in a 9-player league match, and the prize money for the winner is 200 million won. In Korea, a total of 4 people will participate, with 3 people selected from the domestic competition winners, those with the highest grades, and those with the highest rankings who are automatically eligible to participate.

The prize money for the winner of the 5th Sawfalcosanol Top Article Match, sponsored by Infobell and hosted and organized by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, is 70 million won, and the prize money for the runner-up is 20 million won. The time limit is based on time accumulation, with 30 seconds of additional time for each hour.

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Pub: 24 Feb 2024 02:19 UTC
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