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Yi ChangHo 9p advance to Siptan final
Filed Under (Siptan) by Tomasz Ślązok on 19-01-2008
Tagged Under : Lee Changho, Lee Younggu
Today Yi ChangHo 9p beat Yi Younggu 6p in semifinal of Siptan tournament. In final his opponent will be Mok Jinseok 9p. In Siptan final time control is 10 minutes and 40 sec byo yomi x3. The final will be match best-of-3. The winner will earn 35 milion Won, runner-up will take 15 milion Won prize.
Go4go has 19 games between this two player. The result is 13-6 for Yi ChangHo. The biggest win for Mok was in 2000 when he beat Yi in KBS Cup final 2-1. In 2000 Mok was 6p. Next year the winner was Yi ChangHo 9p. He beat Mok Jinseok 6p in Kiseung (Korean Kisei) final 3-2. Next encounter between this two was two year later in final LG Cup 2004. Again Yi won over Mok 7p, but this time 3-1. After LG Cup Mok disappear from go news until 2007 when he made a new record (93 wins in one year) previous record was from Yi. Mok by last year show impressive form, but don’t get any national title so far 
Acording to Korean Go Ranking Yi ChangHo is #2 and Mok Jinseok is #4, but algorithm on beggining of this year was changed and many player lost many points.
It will be interesting battle between two Go Giants.
SGF of game Yi ChangHo vs Yi Younggu
Polish Baduk Magazine
in interview Yi Changho 9p said that in the begging the situation was complicated but later Yi Younggu 6p made a mistake at 104 and situation reverse for him.
Up to today he has 8 wins and 0 lost in this year; great result :]