Worst Slump' Choi Jeong, Ends with 6 Consecutive Losses… Last Place in Hwangryongsa Cup

Heo Seo-hyun, 5th place with 3 wins and 4 losses… China's Zhou Hongyu, winner with 6 wins and 1 loss.

Choi Jeong (27), 9th dan, who reigned as the world's best female Go player for the past 10 years, has fallen into her worst slump. Choi Jeong, the undisputed

No. 1 in Korea, lost to Li Xiaoxi, 5th dan, ranked 13th in China, in the 7th round of the final day of the 10th Huanglongsa Cup World Women's Go Championship held in Jiangyan, Jiangsu Province, China on the 27th by default after 136 moves.

With this, Choi Jeong-eun has suffered six consecutive losses to Chinese and Japanese players after winning against Heo Seo-hyeon 4-dan in the first round of this tournament, which was played as a full league. 파워볼사이트 추천

Choi Jeong-eun, who recorded 1 win and 6 losses, suffered the humiliation of coming in last place in this tournament, where 8 players participated.

This is the first time that Choi Jeong-eun, who has maintained the top ranking in Korea for 127 consecutive months since joining in 2010 and December 2013, has suffered six consecutive losses to female players.

The previous record for most consecutive losses against female players was three.

On this day, Choi Jeong, who had the white stone, suffered a loss while switching stones in the upper-side battle.

At a disadvantage, Choi Jeong bet on the central white stone attack, but due to her reckless moves, the black stone was caught instead, resulting in a loss.

Choi Jeong, who is currently a two-time world champion in the Senko Cup and the O-Cheongwon Cup, was the strongest candidate to win this tournament as well, but her unexpected slump is raising concerns.

Heo Seo-hyeon, 4th dan, who competed with Choi Jeong, lost 1 and a half points to Zhou Hong-yu, 7th dan, on this day.

Heo Seo-hyeon, who recorded 3 wins and 4 losses, finished in 5th place.

Zhou Hongyu, who defeated He Seo-hyeon, took the championship trophy with a record of 6 wins and 1 loss.

Japan's Asami Ueno, 5th dan, took second place with a record of 5 wins and 2 losses.

The Huanglong Temple Cup, hosted by China, was launched in 2011 as a women's team competition among Korea, China, and Japan, but was suspended after 2019 and resumed as an individual competition this year.

The prize money for the winner is 300,000 yuan (approximately 57.3 million won), and the prize money for the runner-up is 100,000 yuan (approximately 19.1 million won).

In addition to the prize money, the winner of each match was paid 8,000 yuan, and the loser was paid 3,000 yuan as a match fee.