Off to a flying start! Ke Jie of China's Yunnan Province won her first Asian Games

                                                Off to a flying start! Ke Jie of China's Yunnan Province won her first Asian Games

At 9:30 am on September 24, Ke Jie beat Park Jung-hwan in the first round of Group B Weiqi at the Hangzhou Asian Games.

It is worth mentioning that after 13 years, the Go project finally returned to the Asian Games. On the first day of the competition, the first two rounds of the men's individual preliminary group were held. In the first two matches, China was represented by Yunnan Go player Ke Jie. After the game, in an interview in the mixed area, Ke Jie said that the preparation game is very full, after winning the first round of the strong enemy South Korea, the next game will be less pressure. At the same time, Ke Jie also expressed the hope that everyone will pay attention to the game of Weiqi and cheer for Yunnan Weiqi.

Play for the country, prepare for the game

Throughout the first round, Ke Jie played very stable both in tactics and mentality. After the game, Ke Jie also said in an interview with the media that the preparation before the game was very full. "We have been training since August and the Chinese players are working very hard for the Asian Games. Training starts at 9.30am every day, and there are also self-study sessions from 7pm to 9pm. The intensity of the training camp is also greater than ever before, and the victory in the preliminary competition also proves that our training camp is effective." Facing the Asian Games, Ke Jie admitted that there must be pressure. "Unlike the pros, this time we're competing for our country. I'm competing in the men's individual and team events. There's a lot of pressure, but facing pressure is part of the game."

Strive to be first in the group

After the game, the news reporter also interviewed Ke Jie's coach, Qiu Jihong, the head coach of Yunnan Go Team. Qiu Jihong said that from the beginning of the draw, the first round let China and South Korea's two strongest opponents play. Both Ke Jie's match against Park Jung-Hwan and Yang's match against Shin Jin, the first Korean Go player, 谞, are the matches of top players. "At present, from the preparation and mentality, Ke Jie has a certain advantage. From today's first round of matches, the two masters did not open the first half of the set, turning in the 101st hand, Pu Tinghuan gave up the gradual rhythm is too radical, Ke Jie found after seizing the opportunity to win the opportunity. Then he calculated accurately and did not give the other team any more chances to win the game. In fact, after leading Ke Jie can expand the results, but he is still steady, indicating that his game mentality adjustment is very good."

In the face of the subsequent competition, Qiu Jihong also analyzed: "According to the result of the draw, Ke Jie and Park Tinghwan are in Group B, and there are Japanese Go star Yi Liliao and Chinese Taipei player Lai Junfu in the same group. Lai Junfu had defeated Ke Jie, so he faced Lai Junfu to be more patient. Ke Jie's goal in the preliminary round is to qualify first in the group. I believe he can accomplish this goal.