Ke Jie

Chinese 9-dan professional player (柯洁), born in 1997-08-08 and as of 2016 the highest-rated player in the world. He was promoted to 1 dan in 2008, 2 dan in 2010, 3 dan in 2011, 4 dan in 2012, and 9 dan in 2014.

He broke into the top 10 in the Chinese Pro Ratings list in July 2014. He won the 16th Ahan Tongshan Cup.

Ke Jie at the 2nd Bailing Cup in September 2014, where he won his first world title. This promoted him automatically to 9 dan.

Titles

• 2014: 16th Ahan Tongshan Cup (d. Tang Weixing 9d)
• 2015: 15th Ricoh Cup? (d. Shi Yue 9d)
• 2015: 2nd Bailing Cup (d. Qiu Jun 9d 3-2)
• 2015: 20th Samsung Cup (d. Shi Yue 9d 2-0)
• 2016: 2nd Mlily Cup (d. Lee Sedol 9 dan 3-2)
• 2016: 18th Ahan Tongshan Cup (d. Chen Yaoye 9d)
• 2016: 21st Samsung Cup (d. Tuo Jiaxi 9d 2-1)

Chinese profile at hoetom.com.

Japanese profile.

Gogameguru report on 2nd Bailing Cup win; Gogameguru report on 2nd Mlily Cup win