Kong Jie
孔杰(Kong3 Jie2), Chinese 9-dan professional. Born 25 November 1982. As of 2010 he is one of the strongest players in the world, holding several international titles: the LG Cup, Samsung Cup, and Fujitsu Cup.
Reached #1 in Chinese Ranking in 2003 (August), 2007 (August) and 2010 (April).
1P in 1994, 5P in 1999, 6P in 2001, 7P in 2002. Promoted 9 dan on 2009-06-11 (beating Lee Sedol, 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).
One interesting thing that he is a descendant of Confucius[1] according to genealogy book.
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)
- 2004: 2nd Weifufang (d. Zhou Heyang)
- 2005: 1st Changqi (d. Wang Lei Sr. 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)
- 2009: 14th Samsung Cup (d. Qiu Jun 8 dan 2-0)
- 2009: 5th Weifufang (d. Chen Yaoye)
- 2010: 14th LG Cup (d. Lee Changho 2-0)
- 2010: 10th Liguang Cup (d. Xie He)
- 2010: 22nd Asian TV Cup (d. Yuki Satoshi)
- 2010: 23rd Fujitsu Cup (d. Yi Se-tol)
Kong Jie won also two obsolete Chinese titles and one international unofficial match. He is also the winner of the National Sports Meeting in 2000.
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[1] source: http://sports.sina.com.cn/go/2007-02-02/06592732251.shtml