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| The best-of-3 final of the 3rd Toyota Cup World Oza starts to play, in the game 1 held on 1/6, Gu Li 9p defeated Piao Wenyao 5p by resignation and takes 1:0 in best-of-3 final, the game 2 will continue on 1/8. | 2009-01-06 | |
| Top 10 richest Go professionals in 2008 world Go arena: Cho U 9p of Japan ranks #1 with total winning prize of about $1.28 million; #2, Lee Sedol about $711 thousands; #3, Yamashita Keigo about $685 thousands; #4, Gu Li about $566 thousands; #5, Takao Shinji about $505 thousands; #6, Hane Naoki about $504 thousands; #7, Kono Rin about $463 thousands; #8, Cho Chikun about $416 thousands; #9, Iyama Yuta about $369 thousands; #10, Lee Changho about $226 thousands. | 2009-01-05 | |
| The game 2 of the 13th Samsung Cup best-of-3 semi final was held on 12/17, as a result, Lee Sedol 9p defeated Huang Yizhong 7p by resignation and Kong Jie 7p also beat Zhou Ruiyang 5p by resignation. Therefore, both Lee Sedol and Kong Jie advanced to the final by defeating their opponents respectively by 2:0. The best-of-3 final will take place from 1/19 to 1/22 in 2009. The champion prize is 200 million South Korean Won. | 2008-12-17 |  |
| The semi final of the 13th Samsung Cup starts to play. In the game 1 of best-of-3 semi final held on 12/15, Lee Sedol 9p defeated Huang Yizhong 7p by 0.5 point and Kong Jie 7p beat Zhou Ruiyang 5p by 0.5 point. The game 2 will continue on 12/17. | 2008-12-15 | |
| In the semi final of the 7th Chunlan Cup held on 12/11, Lee Changho 9p defeated Kong Jie 7p by resignation and Chang Hao 9p knocked out teammate Zhou Heyang 9p by resignation. Therefore Lee Changho and Chang Hao will meet again in the final of world major Go tournaments. The final will be held in May or June next year. | 2008-12-11 | |
| The quarter final of the 7th Chunlan Cup was held on 12/9, in the pivotal game Lee Changho 9p defeated Gu Li 9p by resignation and advanced to the semi final. The other three games were all 'internal' fights among Chinese players, as a result, Chang Hao 9p beat Huang Yizhong 7p by resignation, Zhou Heyang 9p knocked out Xie He 7p by resignation and Kong Jie 7p eliminated Ding Wei 9p by resignation. The semi final will take place on 12/11, the parings are Lee Changho vs. Kong Jie and Chang Hao vs. Zhou Heyang. | 2008-12-09 | |
| The final game 3 of the 34th Tengen Title was held on 12/4, the challenger Cho U 9p defeated Kono Rin 9p by resignation, therefore Cho U obtains the title by winning three straight games and total score of 3:0. This is also Cho U's third title after Meijin Title and Gosei. | 2008-12-04 | |
| The best-of-5 title match of the 36th Korean Myungin started to play on 12/1. In the game 1, Kang Doonyoon 8p defeated Lee Sedol 9p by 5.5 points with a big comeback after trailing 20 points at one point. This is also the second game of the 10-game series between Kang Doonyoon and Lee Sedol. On 11/10, Kang Doonyoon defeated Lee Sedol by resignation in the first game of the 13th Chunwon Title best-of-5 series. So far, Kang Doonyoon takes 2:0 lead in their 10-game series, the second game of 13th Chunwon Title will take place on 12/5. | 2008-12-01 | |
| In the title game 3 of the 56th Japanese Oza Title held on 12/1, the title holder Yamashita Keigo 9p defeated the challenger Cho U 9p by 5.5 points but still trails the best-of-5 series by 1:2. The title game 4 will take place on 12/8. | 2008-12-01 | |
| In the game 10 and final game of the phase 2 of the 10th CJK Nong Shim Cup Ring Contest held on 11/29, Takao Shinji 9p, the chief commander of Japanese team, defeated Kang Doonyoon 8p of Korea and stopped the latter's five-game winning streak. So far, both China and Korea have two players left, Japan has only one player left, the final phase of this ring contest will be held on 2/17-2/20 in Shanghai, China. | 2008-11-29 |
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| In the game 9 of the 10th CJK Nong Shim Cup Ring Contest held on 11/28, Kang Doonyoon 8p of Korea defeated Qiu Jun 8p of China by resignation, so far Kang Doonyoon has achieved five consecutive victories. Tomorrow in the game 10 and the last game of this phase, last Japanese player Takao Shinji will challenge Kang Doonyoon. | 2008-11-28 |
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| The game 8 of the 10th CJK Nong Shim Cup Ring Contest was held on 11/27, as a result Kang Doonyoon 8p of Korea defeated Hane Naoki 9p by resignation and easily won four straight games. Tomorrow one Chinese player will challenge Kang Doonyoon. | 2008-11-27 |
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| In the game 7 of the 10th CJK Nong Shim Cup Ring Contest held on 11/26, Kang Doonyoon 8p of Korea defeated Piao Wenyao 5p of China by resignation, so far Kang Doonyoon has achieved three consecutive victories and obtained the three-consecutive-win prize of 10 million South Korean Won. Tomorrow in the game 8 one Japanese player, most likely Hane Naoki 9p, will challenge Kang Doonyoon. | 2008-11-26 |
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In the final of the 4th Chinese Weifu Cup held on 11/25, Zhou Ruiyang 5p  (17 years old) defeated Li Kang 6p by resignation and won the champion, winning the champion prize of 50,000 Yuan, the runner-up Li Kang won the prize of 30,000 Yuan. | 2008-11-25 | |
| The game 6 of the 10th CJK Nong Shim Cup Ring Contest was held on 11/25, as a result Kang Doonyoon 8p of Korea defeated Yamada Kimio 9p of Japan by resignation and won two straight games. Tomorrow in the game 7, one Chinese player, most likely Piao Wenyao 5p, will challenge Kang Doonyoon. | 2008-11-25 |
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| The second phase of the 10th CJK Nong Shim Cup Ring Contest starts to play on 11/24. In the game 5, Kang Doonyoon 8p of Korea defeated Chinese vanguard Tuo Jiaxi 3p by 1.5 points and stopped the latter's four-game winning streak. Tomorrow on 11/25, the game 6 will continue, one Japanese player will challenge Kang Doonyoon. | 2008-11-24 |
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| In the decisive game 5 of the 21st Chinese Mingren Title best-of-5 final held on 11/20, Gu Li 9p defeated the challenger Piao Wenyao 5p by resignation, successfully completed the great comeback and defended his title by 3:2 after losing the first two games in the series. This is also Gu Li's fifth straight Mingren Title. | 2008-11-20 | |
| In the decisive game 3 of the 6th Chinese Jianqiao Cup Women Go Contest final held on 11/19, Lu Jia 1p defeated Wang Xiangyun 1p by 6.5 points and won the champion by total score of 2:1 in best-of-3 final after losing the first game. Lu Jia also won the champion prize of 100,000 Yuan, the runner up Wang Xiangyun won the prize of 50,000 Yuan. | 2008-11-19 | |
| The last two quarter-final games of the 13th Samsung Cup were held on 11/19, Lee Sedol 9p defeated Lee Changho 9p by resignation, Huang Yizhong 7p beat Wang Xi 9p by 1.5 points. So far, the quarter final comes to an end, the semi final pairings are Huang Yizhong vs. Lee Sedol and Kong Jie vs. Zhou Ruiyang. The best-of-3 semi final will take place from 12/15 to 12/18 in Korea. | 2008-11-19 | |
| The quarter final of the 13th Samsung Cup started to play on 11/18. As a result, Kong Jie 7p defeated Yamashita Keigo 9p by resignation and Zhou Ruiyang 5p beat teammate Li Zhe 5p by resignation. Tomorrow the other two quarter final games will be held, Lee Changho 9p vs. Lee Sedol 9p, Wang Xi 9p vs. Huang Yizhong 7p. | 2008-11-18 | |
