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| The final of 23rd Fujitsu Cup took place between the current two world strongest players on 7/5, as a result Kong Jie 9p defeated Lee Sedol 9p by 12.5 points and won his third world champion. The champion prize is 15 million Yen. Besides this champion, Kong Jie also keeps other three world champions (LG Cup, Samsung Cup and Asian TV Cup Fast Game) and achieves a great victory to become the world #1 player. | 2010-07-05 | 
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| Kong Jie 9p defeated Yuki Satoshi 9p by resignation in the final of 22nd Asian TV Cup Fast Game held on 6/3, Kong Jie successfully defended his champion and is the first Chinese player to win back-to-back champion in this event. Yuki Satoshi's performance is also worth praising in this event, he beat two top-rated young players Chen Yaoye and Kang Doonyoon from China and Korea and brings new hope for Japanese Go arena. | 2010-06-03 | |
| The semi final of 22nd Asian TV Cup Fast Game held on 6/2, Kong Jie defeated Lee Changho by resignation and Yuki Satoshi knocked out Kang Doonyoon by resignation. Kong Jie, the defending champion will face Yuki Satoshi in the final match tomorrow. | 2010-06-02 | |
| The 22nd Asian TV Cup Fast Game starts to play on 6/1. In round one, Lee Changho defeated Iyama Yuta by 5.5 points, and Gu Lingyi and Chen Yaoye lost to Kang Doonyoon and Yuki Satoshi respectively. The second round will continue on 6/2, the parings are Kong Jie (bye in the first round) vs. Lee Changho, Kang Doonyoon vs. Yuki Satoshi. | 2010-06-01 | |
| In the final of the 22nd Chinese CCTV Cup held on 5/11, Chen Yaoye 9p defeated Gu Lingyi 5p by 1.5 points and won the champion. Chen Yaoye, Gu Lingyi and Kong Jie the champion of 21st Asian TV Cup Fast Game last year will represent China to participate this year's 22nd Asian TV Cup Fast Game held on 6/1 in Japan. The participants of Asian TV Cup Fast Game consists of the champion and runner-up of Chinese CCTV Cup, Japanese NHK Cup and Korean KBS Baduk Wang, and the champion of last term. The champion and runner-up of Japanese NHK Cup are Yuki Satoshi 9p and Iyama Yuta 9p. The champion and runner-up of Korean KBS Baduk Wang are Lee Changho 9p and Kang Doonyoon 9p. Lee Changho participated this event for ten times and won the champion for three times. | 2010-05-12 | |
| In the final of the 21st Asian TV Cup Fast Game held on 6/12, Kong Jie 7p defeated Lee Sedol 9p by resignation and won the champion and the champion prize of 2.5 million Yen. This is Kong Jie's first world champion, due to this great result, he was also directly promoted to 9p by Chinese Go Association rules. | 2009-06-12 | |
| The 21st Asian TV Cup Fast Game tournament continues, in the two games held on 6/10 Lee Changho 9p defeated Yuki Satoshi 9p and Lee Sedol 9p knocked out Zhou Heyang 9p, Lee Sedol 9p first advanced to the final. In the semi final held on 6/11 Kong Jie 7p eliminated Lee Changho 9p and also advanced to the final, with this victory Kong Jie 7p will be directly promoted to 9p by Chinese Go Association rules. The final between Lee Sedol and Kong Jie will be held on 6/12. | 2009-06-11 | |
| The 21st Asian TV Cup Fast Game tournament starts to play on 6/9, two games were held in first day, as a result, Zhou Heyang 9p defeated Takemiya Masaki 9p by resignation, Kong Jie 7p beat Kang Doonyoon 9p by resignation. Zhou Heyang 9p will face Lee Sedol 9p next round, Kong Jie will meet the winner of Lee Changho 9p and Yuki Satoshi 9p. | 2009-06-09 | |
| In the 21st CCTV Cup final held on 5/25, Kong Jie 7p defeated Zhou Heyang 9p by resignation, winning the champion and the prize of 80,000 Yuan. Kong Jie and Zhou Heyang also won the right to represent China to participate Asian TV Cup Fast Game tournament scheduled for 6/8, other participates include Lee Changho, Lee Sedol and Kang Doonyoon from Korea, Yuki Satoshi and Takemiya Masaki from Japan. | 2009-05-26 | |
| 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 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 final of 19th Asian TV Cup Fast Game held on 6/14, Lee Sedol  9p defeated Chen Yaoye 9p by resignation and won the champion, Chen Yaoye finished in the second place. Recently Lee Sedol is invincible in international and national tournaments and has won nineteen straight games. This is Lee Sedol's first champion in this event and also the first time for Korean to win the champion since 2002. | 2007-06-14 | |
| The other semi final game of 19th Asian TV Cup Fast Game was held on 6/14. After intense fight of 241 moves, Chen Yaoye 5p defeated Choi Cheolhan 9p by 6.5 points and advanced to the final, his final opponent is current Korean ranking #1 Lee Sedol 9p. So far, since Chen Yaoye already won the second place in LG Cup last year, and his at least second place finish in 19th Asian TV Cup Fast Game, based on Chinese Go Association rule: players with two world tournament runner-up advance to 9p, Chen Yaoye will be directly promoted to 9p. Chen Yaoye was born on 12/16/1989 and became 9p at the age of 17 years and 6 months, he is now the world youngest 9p. The final will take place tomorrow (6/14). | 2007-06-13 | |
| In the two games of the 19th Asian TV Cup Fast Game held 6/12, Chen Yaoye 5p defeated Cho Chikun 9p by resignation and Lee Sedol 9p beat Wang Xi 9p by resignation. Lee Sedol first advanced to the final, the other final seat will be decided between Chen Yaoye 5p and Choi Cheolhan 9p tomorrow. The final will take place on 6/14. | 2007-06-12 | |
| The 19th Asian TV Cup Fast Game started to play on 6/11 in Tokyo, Japan. In the two games of round one, Lee Sedol 9p defeated Yuki Satoshi 9p by 7.5 points, Choi Cheolhan 9p knocked out Piao Wenyao 5p by resignation. Lee Sedol and Choi Cheolhan both advanced to the semi final. Tomorrow (6/12), two games will be held, the last game in round one between Chen Yaoye and Cho Chikun, and one semi game between Wang Xi and Lee Sedol. | 2007-06-11 | |
| On 5/16, the final of the 19th Chinese CCTV Cup (also known as 6th Merchants Bank TV Fast Game) was held between two young players Piao Wenyao 5p and Chen Yaoye 5p. As a result, Piao Wenyao defeated Chen Yaoye by 9.5 points and won the champion, Piao Wenyao won the second place. The champion and runner-up prize are 80,000 Yuan and 30,000 Yuan respectively. Both players and last term champion Wang Xi 9p will participate 19th Asian TV Cup Fast Game tournament this year. | 2007-05-16 | |
| In the final of 18th Asian TV Cup Fast Game tournament, Wang Xi 5p defeated Lee Changho 9p by resignation, winning the champion and the prize of 2.5 million Yen. This is Wang Xi's first world champion, in 2004 Samsung Cup, he lost to Lee Sedol 9p and won the second place. | 2006-08-11 |
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| In the game 3 the 18th Asian TV Cup Fast Game held on 8/9, Hane Naoki 9p defeated Luo Xihe 9p by resignation. In the semi final, Wang Xi 5p defeated Cho U 9p by resignation on 8/9 and Lee Changho 9p defeated Hane Naoki 9p by 2.5 points on 8/10. Therefore, Wang Xi and Lee Changho will fight for the champion, which is scheduled on 8/11. Asian TV Cup Fast Game is co-sponsored by Chinese CCTV Cup, Korean KBS Baduk Wang, Japanese NHK Cup. These three tournaments' champion and runner-up plus the last-term champion, total 7 players, will participate this event. The champion prize is 2.5 million Yen and the runner-up prize is half million Yen. In the first 17 terms of this event, Japanese took 9 champions, Korean 5 and Chinese 3 champions respectively. | 2006-08-10 | |
