On November 10, the upper-half matches of the Round of 32 at the 2026 Samsung Cup World Baduk Masters concluded at the Samsung Fire International Training Center in South Korea. Of the eight games played today, two were all-Chinese matchups. China's Wang Xinghao (王星昊) 9-dan, Shi Yue (时越) 9-dan, Gu Zihao (辜梓豪) 9-dan, Fan Yin (范胤) 9-dan and Xia Chenkun (夏晨琨) 9-dan, South Korea's Byun Sang-il 9-dan and Mok Jin-seok 9-dan, and Japan's Fukuoka Kotaro 8-dan each defeated their opponents to advance to the Round of 16. Round of 32, Upper Half Results: Wang Xinghao (王星昊) 9-dan (center) defeats Xu Xiaofan (徐晓凡) 5-dan (Singapore) Shi Yue (时越) 9p (China) defeated Shin Min-jun (申旻埈) 9p (Korea) Wang Shuo (王硕) 8-dan (China) lost to Byun Sang-il (卞相壹) 9-dan (Korea) Fan Yin (范胤) 9p (China) defeated Zhao Chenyu (赵晨宇) 9p (China) Gu Zihao (辜梓豪) 9P (China) defeated Jiang Weijie (江维杰) 9P (China) Lian Xiao 9p (China) lost to Kotaro Fukuoka 8p (Japan) Xia Chenkun 9d (China) defeated An Sungjoon 9d (Korea) Mok Jin-seok (睦镇硕) 9p (Korea) defeated Han Seung-joo (韩昇周) 9p (Korea) The bottom half of the Round of 32 will begin at 11:00 a.m. Beijing time on November 11. Round of 32, Lower Half Pairings: Zhou Hongyu (周泓余) 7p (China) vs. Li Qincheng (李钦诚) 9p (China) Dang Yifei (党毅飞) 9p (center) vs. Kim Myung-hoon (金明训) 9p (Korea) Yang Kaiwen (杨楷文) 9-dan (China) vs. Hsu Hao-hung (许皓鋐) 9-dan (Chinese Taipei) Liao Yuanhe (廖元赫) 9-dan (China) vs. Xie Ke (谢科) 9-dan (China) Yang Dingxin (杨鼎新) 9P (China) vs. Tan Xiao (檀啸) 9P (China) Tu Jikang (涂季康) 6p (China) vs Ding Hao (丁浩) 9p (China) Kang Dongyun (姜东润) 9-dan (South Korea) vs. Park Jeonghwan (朴廷桓) 9-dan (South Korea) Shin Jinseo (신진서) 9-dan (Korea) vs. Shibano Toramaru (芝野虎丸) 9-dan (Japan) Wang Xinghao (王星昊) 9-dan (center) defeated Xu Xiaofan (徐晓凡) 5-dan (Singapore) Shi Yue 9p (China) defeats Shin Min-jun 9p (Korea) Wang Shuo (王硕) 8-dan (China) lost to Byun Sang-il (卞相壹) 9-dan (Korea) Fan Yin (范胤) 9p (China) defeats Zhao Chenyu (赵晨宇) 9p (China) Gu Zihao (辜梓豪) 9p (China) defeated Jiang Weijie (江维杰) 9p (China) Lian Xiao (连笑) 9-dan (CHN) lost to Kota Fukuoka (福冈航太朗) 8-dan (JPN) Xia Chenkun (夏晨琨) 9p (center) defeated Ahn Sungjoon (安成浚) 9p (Korea) Scenes from the Study Room
