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| The 13th Samsung Cup preliminary was held from 7/28 to 8/2, total 319 players participated, among them, there are 196 players from South Korea, 51 players from China, 47 players from Japan and 19 players from China Taipei. After five rounds of intense fights, China became the biggest winner and won 10 of 16 seats for the main event, the other six seats were taken by South Korea. The main event will start on 9/3, the champion prize is 200 million South Korean Won. | 2008-08-02 | |
Hong Sungji 6p  defeated Lee Sedol 9p by resignation in the decisive game 3 of the 4th Prices Information Cup held on 7/27, won the champion by total score of 2:1, and this is Hong Sungji's first champion of his Go career. | 2008-07-28 |  |
| In the decisive game 7 of the 63rd Honinbo best-of-7 title match held on 7/23, the challenger Hane Naoki 9p defeated Takao Shinji 9p by resignation and completed his great comeback from 3:0 down to win the title by winning the last four games. The champion prize is 32 million Yen. | 2008-07-23 | |
| On 7/7, Gu Li 9p (age 25) defeated Lee Changho 9p (age 32) by resignation in the final of the 21st Fujitsu Cup and won the champion, Gu Li also becomes the first non-Korean player who won three world champions. In the 3rd-4th place final, Chang Hao 9p beat Liu Xing 7p by resignation. The champion and runner-up prize are 15 million and 5 million Yen respectively. | 2008-07-07 |
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| In the semi final of the 21st Fujitsu Cup held on 7/5, Gu Li 9p defeated Chang Hao 9p by resignation and Lee Changho 9p beat Liu Xing 7p by resignation, Gu Li and Lee Changho will play for the champion on 7/7. | 2008-07-05 | |
| In the 12th China-Korea Tengen Dual Meet best-of-3 match ended on 6/26, Won SeongJin 9p defeated Gu Li 9p by 2:0 and helped Korea to win the champion of this annual confrontation. So far in this event, the overall record between two countries is Korea 7 wins and China 5 wins. The rules of this event is, 3 hours each side in regular time, 5 times 1 minute in overtime. The champion prize is US$10,000 and the runner-up prize is US$5,000. | 2008-06-26 | |
| The title match 4 of the 63rd Honinbo best-of-7 final was held on 6/23-6/24, the challenger Hane Naoki 9p, who trails by 3:0 and fights to win or die, defeated Takao Shinji 9p by resignation and changed the score to 3:1. The title match 5 will take place on 7/1-7/2. Honinbo rules are, each side has 10 hours in regular time and 10 minutes in overtime, the champion prize is 32 million Yen. | 2008-06-24 | |
| In the title match 3 of the 63rd Honinbo best-of-7 final held from 6/11-6/12, Takao Shinji 9p took Black and defeated the challenger Hane Naoki 9p by resignation, taking 3:0 lead in the final. Therefore, Takao Shinji is just one victory away from defending his title, the title match 4 will take place on 6/23-6/24. | 2008-06-12 | |
| The quarter final of the 21st Fujitsu Cup was held on 6/7, as a result, all three Chinese players Gu Li (age 25), Chang Hao (age 31) and Liu Xing (age 23) defeated South Korean players Lee Sedol (age 25), Park YuongHoon (age 23) and Jo HanSeung (age 25) respectively and advanced to the semi final, Lee Changho (age 32) defeated Yoda Norimoto (age 42) by 3.5 points and is the only South Korean player in the final four. The parings in the semi final is, Gu Li vs. Chang Hao, Liu Xing vs. Lee Changho. The rules of Fujitsu Cup is, 3 hours each side and 10 minutes in overtime. The semi and final will take place on 7/5 and 7/7 respectively in Tokyo, Japan. The champion prize is 15 million Yen. | 2008-06-07 | |
| The final of the 20th Asian TV Cup Fast Game was held on 6/4 in Beijing, China, Lee Sedol 9p defeated Jo HanSeung 9p by half point and successfully defended his champion. So far, for all 20 terms, Korea wins 7 champions, Japan 9 and China 4 champions. Before the final match, both players agreed to donate total 3 million Yen prize to Sichuan earthquake victims. | 2008-06-04 | |
| In the semi final of the 20th Asian TV Cup Fast Game held on 6/3, Jo HanSeung 9p defeated Lee Changho by resignation with only 145 moves. Tomorrow (6/4) Jo HanSeung will fight with Lee Sedol in the final for the champion. | 2008-06-03 | |
| The 20th Asian TV Cup Fast Game started to play on 6/1 in Beijing, China. In the round 1 held on 6/1, Xie He defeated Cho U by resignation and Lee Changho beat Cho Chikun by 1.5 points. On 6/2, Jo HanSeung knocked out Li Zhe by half point and Lee Sedol eliminated Xie He by resignation. So far, all Chinese and Japanese players were eliminated from the tournament. Tomorrow 6/3, Lee Changho will meet Jo HanSeung, the winner will play against Lee Sedol in the final for the champion. | 2008-06-02 | |
| In the game 2 of the 63rd Honinbo best-of-7 title match held on 5/27-5/28, Takao Shinji 9p defeated the challenger Hane Naoki 9p by resignation and takes 2:0 lead. Takao Shinji already won three consecutive titles in this event, the champion prize is 32 million Yen. The game 3 will take place on 6/11-6/12. | 2008-05-29 | |
| The second round of the 13th LG Cup continues on 5/28. As a result, Gu Li 9p, Chang Hao 9p, Lee Changho 9p, Lee Sedol 9p, Park YuongHoon 9p, Kim Hyeongwoo 2p, Kono Rin 9p and Yamashita Keigo 9p defeated their opponents respectively and advanced to the quarter final. The time and location of the quarter final has not been decided yet. | 2008-05-28 | |
| The first round of the 13th LG Cup main event was held on 5/26, young player Shi Yue defeated Choi Cheolhan, Gu Li and Chang Hao beat Mok Jinseok and Park Jungsang respectively, Xie He and Kong Jie lost to Lee Changho and Kim Hyeongwan respectively, Zhou Junxun lost to Park YuongHoon, Cho U lost to Lee Sedol. Kono Rin knocked out the last-term runner up of LG Cup Han Sanghoon, Cho Chikun eliminated Kang Doonyoon. The second round will continue on 5/28. | 2008-05-27 | |
| 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 | |
