The 26th LG Cup is played this week, and the first game was played today. Shin Jinseo 9p won after a shocking reversal due to Yang Dingxin 9p making a 20 point mistake with move 199. Closing the gap of games played against each other to 7-6. The next Game is played coming Wednesday, with a possible third game on Thursday.

Moon Minjong 5p: “It’s a shocking defeat for Yang Dingxin, after a reversal. His Go was perfect but was unable to cash in on his play. If he had played move 185 on the spot of move 203 he would have won. Yang Dingxin was apparently taken aback by move 186, especially being in byo-yomi. [After playing the losing move of 199] Shin Jinseo cut with move 200 and reversed the result.”
Shin Minjun 9p who won the last LG Cup (2020), commented on the game on Baduk TV said “This must hurt more for Yang Dingxin than just losing a match. This could really affect game two. And although Shin Jinseo was in a position to resign, it stands to show that concentrating until the end pays off.”
Shin Jinseo commented after the game: “The Game got dragged around to the point where I couldn’t tell where it became really bad. In the end, I tried to do what I was originally aiming for, but I think I got lucky.”

Game Record with Commentary
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