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| In the final of the 20th Chinese CCTV Cup fast game tournament held on 5/8, Xie He 7p defeated Li Zhe 6p by resignation, Xie He won the champion and the champion prize of 80,000 Yuan of this event for the first time. Li Zhe won the 2nd place and 30,000 Yuan prize. These two players will play in the 20th Asian TV Cup Fast Game which is scheduled to take place on 6/1 to 6/4 in Beijing, China. Other participating players include Lee Sedol, Lee Changho, Jo HanSeung, Cho Chikun and Cho U. | 2008-05-09 |  |
| In the decisive game 3 of the 18th Kisung best-of-3 title match held on 5/7, Park YuongHoon 9p defeated Baek Hongsuk 6p by resignation and successfully defended his title again by a total score of 2:1, so far Park YuongHoon achieved the fourth straight title in this event. The champion and runner-up prize are 18 million and 6 million South Korean Won respectively. | 2008-05-07 | |
| The quarter final (round 3) of 6th Ing Cup continued on 5/4 in Shanghai, China, as a result, Lee Sedol defeated Kong Jie by 11 points, Lee Changho beat Cho Chikun by 3 points, Choi Cheolhan knocked out Piao Wenyao by resignation and Liu Xing eliminated Park YuongHoon by resignation. The best-of-3 semi final will take place in September this year, the game location has not been decided yet. The parings are Lee Sedol vs. Lee Changho and Liu Xing vs. Choi Cheolhan. The prizes for each round are, first round loser US$2,000, second round loser US$5,000, quarter final loser US$15,000, semi final loser US$25,000, runner-up US$100,000 and the champion prize is US$400,000. | 2008-05-04 | |
| In the round 2 of 6th Ing Cup held on 5/2, Liu Xing defeated O Meien by resignation, Piao Wenyao knocked out Song TaeKon by resignation. Gu Li, Peng Quan, Xie He and Zhou Heyang all lost their games respectively, and Chang Hao was eliminated by Cho Chikun by 3 points and Kong Jie beat his teammate Wang Lei by resignation. The quarter final will continue on 5/4, the parings are Lee Changho vs. Cho Chikun, Kong Jie vs. Lee Sedol, Liu Xing vs. Park YuongHoon and Piao Wenyao vs. Choi Cheolhan. | 2008-05-02 | |
| The 6th Ing Cup starts to play on 4/30 in Shanghai, China. Ing Cup was originated in Aug. 1988 and held very four years, it is the world biggest Go tournament with the highest prize and highest level, the champion prize is 400,000 US$. Go legend Go Seigen was invited as the principle referee of this term. After eight intense games in round 1, eight players (Gu Li, Lee Sedol, Xie He, Liu Xing, Piao Wenyao, Park YuongHoon, Wang Lei and Cho Chikun) advanced to the next round. They will join eight seeded players in the round 2. The round 2 will take place on 5/2, the parings are Chang Hao vs. Cho Chikun, Xie He vs. Lee Changho, Kong Jie vs. Wang Lei, Zhou Heyang vs. Lee Sedol, Peng Quan vs. Park YuongHoon, Liu Xing vs. O Meien, Piao Wenyao vs. Song TaeKon, and Gu Li vs. Choi Cheolhan. | 2008-04-30 | |
| The 2nd round of the 21st Fujitsu Cup was taken place on 4/14, as a result, Gu Li defeated Lee Yeongkyu by resignation, Chang Hao beat Kono Rin by resignation, Liu Xing edged O Rissei by half point, Lee Changho knocked out Kong Jie by resignation, Lee Sedol eliminated Iyama Yuta by resignation, Jo HanSeung overpowered Yamashita Keigo by 6.5 points, Park YuongHoon ousted Takao Shinji by 3.5 points and Yoda Norimoto won over Kang Doonyoon by resignation. The 3rd round (quarter final) will be held on 6/7 in Bejing, China. The parings will be Gu Li vs. Lee Sedol, Chang Hao vs. Park YuongHoon, Liu Xing vs. Jo HanSeung and Lee Changho vs. Yoda Norimoto. | 2008-04-14 | |
| The 21st Fujitsu Cup started to play. In round 1 held on 4/12, Kong Jie 7p defeated Alexandre Dinerchtein 3p by 16.5 points, Lee Yeongkyu 7p beat Hu Yaoyu 8p by time, other winners include Iyama Yuta 7p, Kono Rin 9p, Takao Shinji 8p, Kang Doonyoon 7p, Jo HanSeung 9p and O Rissei 9p. The champion prize is 15 million Yen, each side has 3-hour regular time and 10 time 1 minute overtime. The round 2 will continue on 4/14. | 2008-04-12 | |
| The title holder Gu Li 9p successfully defended his title by 2:1 in the 22nd Tianyuan Title after he defeated the challenger Zhou Heyang 9p by resignation in the decisive game 3 held on 4/8. So far, Gu Li achieved six consecutive titles in this event. The game rules are 3 hours each side in regular time and 5 times 1 minute in overtime. The champion and runner-up prize are 100,000 and 50,000 Yuan respectively. | 2008-04-08 | |
| The game 13 of the 6th Jeongganjang Cup Women Go Contest was held on 4/3, Lee Minjin 5p defeated Rui Naiwei 9p by 7.5 points and again helped Korean team to win the champion with three consecutive wins. So far, this contest came to an end, both Chinese team and Japanese just won three games each, Korean team won total seven games. Korean chief commander Park JiEun 9p didn't get to play and Korean team successfully defended their champion. The game rules are one hour each side in regular time and three times 40-second overtime. The champion and runner-up prize are 75 million and 15 million South Korean Won respectively. | 2008-04-03 |
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| In the game 12 of the 6th Jeongganjang Cup Women Go Contest held on 4/2, Lee Minjin 5p defeated Kato Keiko 5p the chief commander of Japan by 6.5 points and eliminated Japanese team from this contest. Lee Minjin was the person of last term, she helped Korean team to win the champion by five consecutive wins. Tomorrow, Chinese chief commander Rui Naiwei 9p will challenge Lee Minjin. | 2008-04-02 | |
| The third and final phase of the 6th Jeongganjang Cup Women Go Contest starts to play on 4/1 in Beijing, China. In the game 11, Lee Minjin 5p of Korea defeated Tang Yi 2p of China by resignation and stopped the latter's two-game winning streak. On 4/2, Kato Keiko 5p of Japan will challenge Lee Minjin 5p. | 2008-04-01 | |
| In the decisive game 7 of the 32nd Kisei best-of-7 title match held on 3/19-3/20, Yamashita Keigo 9p defeated Cho Chikun 9p by resignation, successfully defended his title by 4:3, and achieved three consecutive titles in this event. After trailing early by 3:1, Cho Chikun won back two games and forced this decisive game. However, Cho Chikun still has the chance to break his record of 71 champions, on 3/23 he will compete with Cho U 9p for NHK Cup champion. | 2008-03-20 | |
| In the second round of the 7th Chunlan Cup held on 3/17, seven Chinese players (Chang Hao, Ding Wei, Gu Li, Zhou Heyang, Huang Yizhong, Kong Jie and Xie He) defeated their opponents respectively and advanced to the quarter final, Lee Changho is the only non-Chinese player who advanced and he defeated Chen Yaoye by 3.5 points. Ding Wei 9p pulled a big upset and knocked out Lee Sedol 9p by resignation. The quarter final will take place at the end of 2008 in Beijing, China, Gu Li 9p will face Lee Changho 9p. | 2008-03-17 | |
| The 7th Chunlan Cup started to play on 3/15. In the eight games held in round 1, Chen Yaoye, Wang Xi, Wang Yao, Ding Wei, Won SeongJin, Mok Jinseok, Takao Shinji and Jimmy Cha defeated their opponents and advanced to the next round. The noticeable parings in round 2 are Chen Yaoye vs. Lee Changho, Ding Wei vs. Lee Sedol, the round 2 will take place on 3/17. | 2008-03-15 | |
| The title match 6 of the 32nd Kisei best-of-7 series was held on 3/13-3/14, as a result, Cho Chikun 9p, at the age of 52 years old, known as 'the demon of best-of-7 series', defeated Yamashita Keigo 9p by 4.5 points and tied the series at 3:3 after trailing the series by 3:1 early. In his thirty seven best-of-7 series, Cho Chikun won twenty nine of them, his winning rate is as high as 78.4%. The decisive game 7 will take place on 3/19-3/20. | 2008-03-14 | |
| In the decisive game 3 of the 9th Maxim Cup final held on 3/9, Park YuongHoon 9p defeated Mok Jinseok 9p by 3.5 points and won the champion by total score of 2:1, this is Park YuongHoon's 12th champion of his Go career. The champion prize and runner-up prize this year are 25 million and 10 million South Korean Won respectively. | 2008-03-10 | |
| In the game 10 of the 6th Jeongganjang Cup Women Go Contest on 3/7, Tang Yi 2p of China defeated Yashiro Kumiko 5p of Japan by resignation and ended this phase with two straight wins. So far, both China (Tang Yi 2p and Rui Naiwei 9p) and Korea (Lee Minjin 5p and Park JiEun 9p) have two players left, and Japan only has one player left (Kato Keiko 5p) in this ring contest. The third and final phase of this tournament will take place from 4/1 to 4/4, the game location is still not finalized. | 2008-03-07 | |
| The game 9 of the 6th Jeongganjang Cup Women Go Contest was held on 3/6, as a result Tang Yi 2p of China defeated Lee Hajin 3p of Korea by 7.5 points. The game 10 (the last game of this phase) will continue on 3/7, Yashiro Kumiko 5p of Japan will challenge Tang Yi 2p. | 2008-03-06 |
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| In the game 8 of the 6th Jeongganjang Cup Women Go Contest held on 3/5, Lee Hajin 3p of Korea beat Mannami Kana 4p of Japan and achieved two straight wins. The game 9 will continue on 3/6, Chinese player Tang Yi 2p will challenge Lee Hajin. | 2008-03-05 |
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| The game 7 of the 6th Jeongganjang Cup Women Go Contest continues on 3/4, Lee Hajin 3p of Korea defeated Fan Weijing 2p of China by resignation. So far, only two Chinese players are left in this contest, and both Korea and Japan still have 3 players. The game 8 will be held on 3/5, one Japanese player will challenge Lee Hajin. | 2008-03-04 |
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