Kong Jie
Kong Jie 孔杰, Chinese 9-dan professional. Born 25 November 1982. Challenged for the Qiwang title in 2002, but lost 2-1 to the holder Yu Bin. Runner-up in 13th International Samsung Cup 2009 (lost to Lee Sedol 2-0).
Reached #1 in Chinese Ranking in 2003 (August) and 2007 (August).
Promoted 9 dan on 2009-06-11 (beating Lee Changho, reached the final of the 21th Asian TV Cup. Under the chinese rules, a player is promoted to 9 dan reaching two finals in international titles).
Titles
- 2001: 34th National Go Individual
- 2003: 36th National Go Individual
- 2003: 3rd Liguang Cup (d. Liu Xing)
- 2003: 10th Xinrenwang (d. Hu Yaoyu 7 dan 2-0)
- 2005: 1st Changqi (d. Wang Lei 8 dan 2-1)
- 2007: 3rd Changqi (d. Gu Li 9 dan 2-1)
- 2009: 21th CCTV Cup (d. Zhou Heyang)
- 2009: 21th Asian TV Cup (d. Lee Sedol)
Kong Jie won also two obsolete Chinese titles and one international unofficial match.