Samsung Cup
The Samsung Cup is an annual international title.
The following is a list of winners and defeated finalists. (The dates given are for the main knockout tournament, including the final match. Preliminary events are held earlier.)
1st (Sep 1996 - Nov 1996) Yoda Norimoto 2-1 Yu Ch'ang-hyeok 2nd (Aug 1997 - Nov 1997) Yi Ch'ang-ho 3-0 Kobayashi Satoru 3rd (Sep 1998 - Feb 1999) Yi Ch'ang-ho 3-2 Ma Xiaochun 4th (Sep 1999 - Dec 1999) Yi Ch'ang-ho 3-0 Cho Sonjin 5th (Aug 2000 - Dec 2000) Yu Ch'ang-hyeok 3-1 Yamada Kimio 6th (Aug 2001 - Dec 2001) Cho Hun-hyeon 2-1 Chang Hao 7th (Aug 2002 - Jan 2003) Cho Hun-hyeon 2-0 Wang Lei [1] 8th (Aug 2003 - Dec 2003) Cho Chikun 2-1 Pak Yeong-hun [2] 9th (Sep 2004 - Dec 2004) Yi Se-tol 2-0 Wang Xi [3]
[1]
Dieter: The first game of this term is the most spectacular game I have ever seen. You can replay it at Gobase.
Robert Pauli: Terrific game! Thanks for pointing, Dieter.
What I just don't get is this (to anybody): Why did Black put 191 at a ?? Doesn't b avoid ko?
Robert Pauli: Why is it that one first has to post a question before one finds the answer? :-) Somehow I only considered a as answer to b, but after black b it could go a3/b3 d3/d1 e1/f1 a2/b1 a4 and Black has to start a ko with a6 to avoid oiotoshi. Black can't switch to a7 after a3 because after c3/a6 White can cut at c8 . . .
Gorobei: Amazing game, but what happened at move 337? Black seems well ahead, and just playing A2 ends the game. Instead, he plays a dame point, and invites a ko-fight for seki when he has only a couple of minor threats versus one huge threat for white. Or is this humble 15k player missing something obvious?
[2]
Park won the first game of the 2003 final by 4.5 points with white.
Cho won the second and the third game by resignation with white.
Let's discuss the final game at Samsung 2003 Game 3.
[3] See also Samsung 2004 Dispute.