Nakamura Sumire, 3rd Dan, loses the first game of the finals of the Harim Cup Pro Women's National Master Championship, Korea's most historic women's chess tournament.

In the first game of the final three-game match of the 29th Harim Cup Professional Women's National Master Championship, the most historic women's chess tournament in Korea, Nakamura Sumire
Sumire) 3rd Dan was sadly defeated by Kim Chae Young 9th Dan, and will play tomorrow (13th)
) is expected to win the second game. On the 12th, in the first game of the 29th Harim Cup Professional Women's National Championship Finals, held at the Korea Go Association in Seongdong-gu, Seoul, Nakamura Sumire 3-dan
He defeated the previous year's winner, Choi Jeong (9-dan), but was sadly defeated by Kim Chae Young (9-dan), who had reached the finals for the second consecutive year, when he lost the large horse on the bottom right.
Nakamura Sumire, 3rd dan, had a 3-0 record against Kim Chae Young, 9th dan, and was expected to win, but as with the second game of the Kisei match,
The tournament featured 41 players, including 37 female professional players from the Korea Go Association, including Choi Jeong 9-dan, Kim Eun-ji 9-dan, and Nakamura Sumire 3-dan, and 4 amateurs.
The tournament began with an opening ceremony on June 24th, and after six months of matches, Nakamura Sumire 3-dan and Kim Chae Young 9-dan competed in the final.
From the first tournament in 1994 to the 28th tournament last year, a total of 10 professional players have been promoted to the Women's National Championship.
Rui Naiwei, who has been active since 2003, has won the most championships with 8, while Choi Jeong has won the championship cup a total of 6 times up until last year. In particular, Choi Jeong has won the championship four times in a row from the 22nd to the 25th.
After the match, Kim Chae Young, 9th dan, said that she had prepared thoroughly by watching all three games of Nakamura Sumire 3rd dan's Kisei match, and that she "did not want Nakamura Sumire 3rd dan to play in her favorite style of go.
"I thought about how to win first and didn't feel any pressure about losing, which I think led to my victory," he said, vowing to do his best to win the second game tomorrow as well.
The winner of the 29th Harim Cup Professional Women's National Championship, sponsored by Harim Holdings Co., Ltd., will receive 30 million won (approximately 3.2 million yen), and the runner-up will receive 100,000 won (approximately 3.2 million yen).
The prize money for each player is 100,000 won (approximately 1.07 million yen). The thinking time is based on a time accumulation system, with each player being given 30 minutes as the basic time, plus an additional 30 seconds for each move.