Kong Jie

Kong Jie (Chinese: 孔杰; pinyin: Kǒng Jié; born 25 November 1982) is a Chinese professional Go player.

Kong Jie
孔杰
Full nameKong Jie
Born (1982-11-25) November 25, 1982
Beijing, China
Residence China
Turned pro1994
Rank9 dan
AffiliationZhongguo Qiyuan
Kong Jie
Medal record
Representing  China
Asian Games
2010 GuangzhouMen's Team
Kong Jie
Traditional Chinese孔傑
Simplified Chinese孔杰

Biography

Kong Jie turned professional in 1994 at the age of 12. He was promoted to 7-dan after eight years in 2001. In 2004 he was sent into the Teda Cup as China's representative against Lee Chang-ho and Yoda Norimoto. Kong Jie is China's 29th professional 9-dan, doing so by being runner-up in the 13th Samsung Cup, and entering the finals of the Asian TV Cup for the first time. In 2009, Kong Jie achieved a major international breakthrough by winning the Asian TV Cup—defeating Korea's top three players of Lee Sedol, Lee Chang-ho and Kang Dongyun respectively. His win marked the end of several years of poor personal international results. Later in the year, Kong Jie followed up by reaching the semi-finals of the 14th Samsung Cup and won the title by defeating his two compatriots Gu Li and Qiu Jun.

In 2010, Kong Jie passed the preliminary rounds of the 14th LG Cup to face former champion Lee Chang-ho in the finals. Kong won the match 2–0 and also the tournament.[1][2] Later in the year, Kong Jie successfully defended his Asian TV Cup, defeating Korea's Lee Chang-ho and Japan's Yuki Satoshi. He followed that with another big win over a red hot Lee Sedol, to win the 23rd Fujitsu Cup. He arguably cemented his status as the 2010 world's strongest Go player. In 2011, Kong overcame compatriot Meng Tailing to again reach the LG Cup Final, but was unable to defend his title against another compatriot, Piao Wenyao, thus allowing the latter to win his first world title and be promoted to 9-dan professional on the merit of winning a world championship.

This was the last international final Kong played in. Within the next few years, with the rise of new 1990s generation professionals and the increased competition at the international level, only Gu Li and Lee Sedol would continue to have high tournament placings in big international tournaments. During the 15th Samsung Cup, Kong defeated a soon to be wedded Lee Chang-Ho before succumbing to Kim Ji-Seok in the quarterfinals. The match, with Kong playing Black, turned out to be a crucial "fight to the death" of both sides' dragons, but Kong miscalculated a combination by Kim on move 150, and on move 202, resigned, thus failing to defend his crown.[3]

Style

Kong Jie is considered to be an expert at life and death problems.[4] In China he is known as the King of Tsumego (King Kong).

Promotion record
Rank Year Notes
1 dan 1994 Promoted to professional dan rank for performance in the Chinese professional qualification tournament.
2 dan 1995 Promoted for performance in the Chinese professional promotion tournament.
3 dan 1996 Promoted for performance in the Chinese professional promotion tournament.
4 dan 1997 Promoted for performance in the Chinese professional promotion tournament.
5 dan 1999 Promoted for performance in the Chinese professional promotion tournament.
6 dan 2001 Promoted for performance in the Chinese professional promotion tournament.
7 dan 2002 Promoted for performance in the Chinese professional promotion tournament.
8 dan 2009 Skipped due to the Chinese Weiqi Association promotion rules.
9 dan 2009 Reached the final of the 13th Samsung Cup and 21st Asian TV Cup.

Career record
As of 10 June 2018[5][6]
YearWonLostWin %
1995 1 0 100%
1996 1 2 33.3%
1997 6 7 46.2%
1998 7 11 38.9%
1999 8 9 47.1%
2000 20 23 46.5%
2001 44 19 69.8%
2002 44 24 64.7%
2003 45 15 75.0%
2004 44 17 72.1%
2005 40 25 61.5%
2006 54 28 65.9%
2007 50 22 69.4%
2008 45 29 60.8%
2009 50 27 64.9%
2010 50 24 67.6%
2011 40 34 54.1%
2012 43 37 53.8%
2013 32 31 50.8%
2014 21 17 55.3%
2015 4 3 57.1%
2016 1 1 50.0%
Total65040561.6%

Titles and runners-up
As of 1 January 2019[7]

Ranks #7 in total number of titles in China and tied for #6 in total international titles.

Domestic
TitleWinsRunners-up
National Sports Mass Meeting 1 (2000)1 (2010)
National Go Individual 2 (2001, 2003)
Xinren Wang 1 (2003)
Ahan Tongshan Cup 2 (2003, 2007)
Ricoh Cup 2 (2003, 2010)1 (2002)
Changqi Cup 2 (2004, 2006)1 (2005)
Qiwang 2 (2004, 2009)1 (2001)
Longxing 1 (2008)
NEC Cup 2 (2008-2009)
CCTV Cup 1 (2009)
Total119
Continental
TitleWinsRunners-up
China-Korea New Pro Wang 1 (2003)
Total10
International
TitleWinsRunners-up
Samsung Cup 1 (2009)1 (2008)
LG Cup 1 (2010)1 (2011)
Fujitsu Cup 1 (2010)
Asian TV Cup 3 (2009–2011)1 (2012)
Total63
Career Total
Total1812

Head-to-head record vs selected players
As of 10 June 2018 [8]

Players who have won international go titles in bold.

References
  1. Kong Jie wins the LG cup Archived 2010-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "楽天が運営するポータルサイト ： 【インフォシーク】Infoseek". Archived from the original on 26 July 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  3. Kong Jie: 23rd Fujitsu Cup Champion Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "A new dimension in tsumego". Archived from the original on 7 November 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  5. http://www.go4go.net/go/games/byplayer/208
  6. http://hotongo.com/matchlist_2011.jsp?pid=46
  7. "Kong Jie 9p". gogameworld.com. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  8. "孔杰 统计数据". 弘通围棋网. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
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