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MEMBER’S EDITION: Samsung Cup, Dinerchtein on Min Sangyoun 1k – Hane Naoki 9P

Samsung Cup loser's tournament 1st round W: Min Sangyoun 1k B: Hane Naoki 9P Commentary by Alex Dinerchtein 3P Published in the September 13, 2010 edition of the American Go E-Journal
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Min Sangyoun is a 15-year-old Korean insei who beat Mok Chinseok 9P - who’s in Korea’s Top 10 -- in the Samsung Cup’s preliminary stage. He also beat two other professionals and entered the tournament’s main stage. In the Samsung main stage, he lost twice to world #1 Gu Li, but beat Hane Naoki, who is currently one of the top players in Japan. Usually it's a big stress for top players to lose like this. Hasegawa and Yoo Kagen were top class Japanese pros, but had bad results in Japanese events after they lost to Fernando Aguilar in the Toyota. O Rissei had the same slump after losing to Alex Dinerchtein in the LG. “We will probably see the same situation with Hane in near future,” says Dinerchtein.