The Samsung Cup has kept delivering. The second day finished with plenty of drama, most prominent result again came as the one of the last in the day as Choi Jeong (W) dominated her game against Tao Xinran from early mid-game on and was on course to be able to afford reverse-komi. Tao resigned after 270 moves.





In the post-match interview, the triumphant Korean said:'I would wish I can win just another game.'





Choi qualified for Round of 16, which will be played on 1 Oct, after the day as the top player from group C. The other female player in the tournament, Lee Young-joo (W), also led for much of the game in her lower bracket tussle against Kim Ji-seok before the World No. 6 fought back to force her resignation at Move 231. Lee is therefore eliminated from the tournament and Kim will play Lian Xiao (W), who lost to Yang Dingxin, for a second time in three days.





In the other game of Group C, Shi Yue (B) led commandingly for much of the time in his game against Lee Se-dol until the catastrophic mistake of Move 105 which forced him into an all-or-nothing fight which he eventually lost badly, thereby crashing out yet another major tournament.





Elsewhere, Park Jung-hwan was able to meet expectations to come out of the group first by holding back Shibano Toramaru and Ke Jie was halted by a well-honed Xie Erhao in Group D. Seo Bong-soo became the first player eliminated in the early afternoon and Shin Min-jun kept tournament life alive after a knife-edge win over Na Hyun.





Full results available down below







Winnner in bold , Black player followed by White







Winnner Bracket Lower Bracket A Park Jung-hwan v. Shibano Toramaru Gu Zihao v. Chen Yaoye B Tao Xinran v. Choi Jeong Shi Yue v. Lee Se-dol C Ahn Kuk- hyun v Tong Mengcheng Chen Zijian v. Seo Bong-soo D Xie Erhao v. Ke Jie Wang Yuan- jyun v. Chang Fu Kang E Fan Yunruo v. Li Xuanhao Shin Min-jun v. Na Hyun F Yang Dingxin v. Lian Xiao Kim Ji- seok v. Lee Young-joo G Tan Xiao v. Tang Weixing Yoon Seong-sik v. Iyama Yuta H Shin Jin- seo v. Li Xiangyu Ryu Shi- kun v. Wu Guangya











