Game: Tang-Weixing-vs-Lee-Sedol-20150901
Event: 2nd Milily Cup
Round: Quarter Finals
Date: 2015-09-01
Kifu Source: https://gogameguru.com/
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Black ( X ): Tang Weixing - 9p
White ( O ): Lee Sedol - 9p
Komi: 7.50
Time: 1800
Rules: Chinese
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This game is from the 2nd MLilyCup,quarter finals.
The game was played between Tang Weixing 9p and Lee Sedol 9pon September 1, 2015, in Guangzhou, China.
Tang Weixing is ranked #10 in China, and he was the winner of the 2013 Samsung Cup.
He defeated Park Junghwan 9p in the semifinalstoreachthe final ofthe 2013 Samsung Cup, and he faced against Lee Sedol.
Many Go fans expected Lee Sedol would add another international title, because Tang was still quite unknown by that time.
However, Tang showed his strength and power, and defeated Lee Sedol by 2-0 to winhisfirst career title.
He evenhadn't wonany domestic titles by then, but surprisingly he won an international title.
With his victory, Chinese players completed to sweepall the international individual tournamentsin2013for the first time.
In 2014, he won the13th Xinan Wang by defeating Chang Hao 9p in the final, and he won the14th Xinan Wang again by defeating Shi Yue 9p, who is ranked #1 in China, this year.
Tang'sstyle of play is territorial andpersistent. Heisverygood at sabaki, so hedoesn't mindcomplicated battles in his opponent's area.
In this MLily Cup, Tang defeated Yuki Satoshi 9p, Kong Jie 9p and Li Qincheng 1p respectively to reach the quarter finals.
Lee Sedol is currently ranked #2 in Korea just after Park Junghwan 9p.
Kim Jiseok 9p used to be #2 for more than a year, but Lee came back to #2 with a higher winning percentagelately.
He recently won27th Asian TV Cup, justfour days before this game. Heplayed wonderfully against Park Junghwan 9p in the final, and added a 4th Asian TV Cup to his international record.
Hedidn't add any domestic titles in 2015 yet, but heisstillvery powerful when he is in good form.
Leelost to Tang Weixing in the 2013 Samsung Cup final, so this wasa revenge match forhim.
They didn't play in any other tournaments, and this wastheir 3rd game each other.
In this MLily Cup, Lee defeated Xie Erhao 2p, Byun Sangil 4p and Ding Hao 2p respectively from the round of 64.
Anyway, let's have a look at their interestinggame.
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