'Kim Eun-ji's six-game winning streak' Lady team wins the Jiji Auction Cup consecutive victory tournament for the second year in a row: "With Choi Jeong behind me, I felt at ease."

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Nine-dan Kim Eun-ji (19), the 'final boss' of the Jiji Auction Cup, brought the trophy to the Lady team for the second consecutive year.

On the 18th, at the Seoul Seongdong-gu Korean Baduk Association Go TV Studio, in the 28th game of the 20th Jiji Auction Cup Gentlemen-Ladies-Rookie Consecutive Victory Tournament, Kim Eun-ji defeated nine-dan Park Young-hoon, the final player of the Gentlemen's team, with a half-point win for Black after 242 moves, finishing the tournament with a six-game winning streak.

Kim Eun-ji had previously entered as the ninth player for the Lady team on the 3rd, defeating rookie four-dan Han Ju-young, followed by nine-dan Mok Jin-seok (Gentlemen), four-dan Kim Seung-gu (Rookie), nine-dan Park Jin-sol (Gentlemen), and eight-dan Kim Seung-jin (Rookie) in succession. She then turned the tables on Park Young-hoon, securing the championship for the Lady team.

Kim Eun-ji, who clinched the victory, said, "With the Rookie team joining this year, it seems winning became even more difficult. The players who competed before me did well, and with Choi Jeong remaining behind me, I was able to win comfortably." She added, "I felt very lucky in this Jiji Auction Cup, and I am happy to have secured back-to-back championships."

Launched in 2007, the Jiji Auction Cup was previously a consecutive victory match between senior male and female players, but this year it expanded to a three-team tournament with the addition of the Rookie team.

In this tournament where each team sent 10 players, all three teams displayed impressive winning streaks, presenting an even more intense and thrilling competition.

Initially, the Rookie team gained momentum with two-dan Yoon Seo-won's four-game winning streak and three-dan Kim Ha-yoon's three-game winning streak, but nine-dan Baek Hong-seok of the Gentlemen's team balanced the score with a five-game winning streak. Subsequently, Kim Eun-ji concluded the match with a powerful six-game winning streak, allowing the Lady team to claim the championship without the final player, nine-dan Choi Jeong, even taking the field.

The total prize pool for the 20th Jiji Auction Cup Gentlemen-Ladies-Rookie Consecutive Victory Tournament, sponsored by Jiji Auction and hosted by the Korean Baduk Association, is 245 million won, with a first-place prize of 120 million won. A consecutive victory bonus of 0.2 billion won is awarded starting from a three-game winning streak, with an additional 0.1 billion won added for each subsequent win. The time limit follows the Fischer method (accumulated time), with each player receiving 20 minutes plus 30 seconds per move.

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