LG Cup Finals Game 2 – Prisoner Gate
LG Cup Finals Game 2 Results:
Ke Jie loses to Byun Sangil due to rule violation
Summary:
When Ke Jie took the stone on Move 13, instead of putting it in the stone bowl lid, he put it just beside his stone bowl on the table. According to Korean rules (last updated In Nov 2024), the prisoners must be placed in the lid. As such, Ke Jie was given a penalty of 2 points after a long discussion.
Moving forward to move 80 when Ke Jie took the stone at move 75, Ke Jie did it again. He put the prisoner beside his stone bowl on the table. After that, when he got up to refill his tea, Byun Sangil called the judge who deemed it a loss for Ke Jie.
Here’s a video from BadukTV which highlights the abovementioned situations. Pro Yeonwoo also has a video explaining it. There is also an official announcement regarding this. All are in Korean.
There are many conspiracy theories surrounding this result, but I shall not mention them here as I do not want to make this too political. What do you think about the rule itself? Is it reasonable? Should a warning be given before a penalty? Or it shouldn’t be a formal rule at all?
Game 3 will be played on 23rd January at 10am KST. The prize money for the LG Cup is 300 million won for the champion and 100 million won for the runner-up. The time control is 3 hours main time and 40 seconds byoyomi 5 times.
Let’s see where Ke Jie puts his prisoners in the last game.