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WORLD GO NEWS ROUND-UP December 4-13: Gu Li wins Samsung Cup; Korea takes 2nd Stage in Nongshim Cup;

China’s Gu Li 9P prevailed against South Korea’s Heo Yeongho 7P to win the 15th Samsung Cup.  In the third and final match held December 10, Gu (r in photo) won by resignation to take the title 2-1.  In the second match on December 9, Heo won by resignation to force the third match.
 Korea’s Choi Cheolhan 9P defeated Japan’s Takao Shinji 9P by 1.5 points in the final match of the second stage of the 12th Nongshim Cup, giving Korea the stage win.  The match was played December 4. The other remaining players are Lee Changho 9P of Korea, Zhou Ruiyang 5P and Kong Jie 9P of China, and Yuki Satoshi 9P of Japan. The third and final stage will begin on January 19th, with Zhou Ruiyang challenging Choi Cheolhan in the first round.
 After a month-long hiatus, the JustPlayGo web site is back on the air, with its excellent English-language coverage of the Asian go tournament scene. Welcome back! - JustPlayGo; edited by Jake Edge