Jie Li

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Jie Li made outstanding results in the 2001 Toyota/Denso Oza tournament, when he was undefeated against 4 pros, including 9-dan Jiang Zhujiu. The Fall 2001 / Winter 2002 issue of American Go Journal features him on the cover, and has two of his games plus a brief biography.

"Go is very hard. The more I learn about it, the less I know." -Jie

Jie Li has won the US Open Championship four times: 1998, 2002, 2003 and 2004. He has also won the North American Amateur Ing Cup in 2002 and 2004, and Texas Open, Cotsen Open, Toyota Oza and Tokyo Semitsu.

  • began playing when 10 years old in Nanjing, China
  • won the Nanjing city tournament at age 12
  • 5th place in the China Youth Wei-chi Championship in 1992
  • moved to USA in 1998 and won the US Open in Santa Fe, age 17
  • eligible for US citizenship about 2008; ambition is to be the first American to win the WAGC
  • currently 24 years old; college student in University of California, San Diego, CA; teaches go and comments on games
  • Interests include reading, traveling, teaching "and playing anonymously on the Internet."

The game record from the 3rd round of the 2001 Toyota Denso Oza tournament, when Li beat Jujo Jiang, was posted in rec.games.go and is on the web with commentary by Li at [ext] http://www.hilltopgo.com/agej/2002/Toyota_2001_Oza_Jie_Li-ZhuJiu_Jiang_ver2.sgf.

Juan: On November 28th, 2004, Jie Li defeated Suzuki Ayumi 3P in the 5th Tokyo Seimitsu Cup finals, breaking the U.S. losing streak. Suzuki, the current titleholder of "Strongest Woman" in Japan, was forced to resign in the game with Jie Li, who took black. After the game, a Japanese pro commented that black was "very strong".

If you are a member of the AGA, look in the November 29th's eJournal edition. It includes an SGF of their game, analyzed and commented by Jie Li himself.


Here is a picture of Jie Li accepting the first place trophy and prize money for the 2001 Toyota Denso Oza tournament:

http://photos7.flickr.com/11421466_ccc9e4fa0b_m.jpg

[ext] Here are more photos of Jie Li from the same tournament.

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Jie Li, Chinese professional player

Helger: There is also a Chinese 4p professional player Li Jie (李劫). See [ext] http://gobase.org/information/players/?pp=Li%20Jie, [ext] http://www.sinago.com/info/china_player_history.asp?gno=313&ggrade=34&ntn=1, [ext] http://www.go4go.net/v2/modules/collection/byplayer2.php?pid=21.


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