'Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance's World Baduk Masters'Attention of 'True Game' while competing for the championship cup

Nov 11, 2024

◇ Shinjinseo 9th paragraph during an interview. Photo courtesy = Korea origin

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance's World Baduk Masters, which will catch the attention of Go fans around the world, held a match drawing ceremony and entered the competition for the championship cup in earnest.

More than 120 people attended the '2024 Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd. Vice President of IT Strategy Kim Young-ran, Advisor Choi Chae-woo, Secretary-General of the Korea Foundation Yang Jae-ho, President of the Korea Professional Engineers Association Han Jong-jin, and athletes and Go fans from all over the world at the drawing ceremony held at Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Global Campus in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province on the 11th.

Chung Young-ho, managing director of Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, said, `We expect the best performance this year as the players who have undergone more intense competition gathered together due to the resurgence of the integrated preliminary round, which was suspended due to COVID-19"I hope you play a great game that will be remembered for a long time, and I wish all the players good health."

◇Youngho, managing director of Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd. Photo courtesy = Korea origin

In the subsequent match-drawing ceremony, the match for the round of 32 to be divided on the 12th and 13th was drawn. As a result, No. 1 Shin Jin-seo, 9 dan, will meet Wang Xinghao, 9 dan, China, and hold a preliminary match for the Nanyangbae final. Bae Sang-il will also meet his Chinese counterpart Ke Jie, who will face him in the LG Cup final, in the round of 32. Second place Park Jung-hwan, 9 dan, will face 9 dan of Chinese Dangi Fei, while Kang Dong-yoon, 9 dan, was tasked with preventing defending champion Dinghao, 9 dan of China, from losing two consecutive games.

Meanwhile, 60 Baduk fans who had an opportunity to observe the match through prior application visited the site and had a meaningful time at the match drawing ceremony.

Sponsored by Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance and hosted by JoongAng Ilbo, the prize money for the 2024 Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance World Baduk Masters is 300 million won and the runner-up prize is 100 million won. The time limit is given five one minute countdowns in two hours each.

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'Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance's World Baduk Masters'Attention of 'True Game' while competing for the championship cup

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