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Park Junghwan 8d (r) defeated Chen Yaoye 9d (l) by 2.5 points in the second round of the 14th China-Korea Tengen on Monday, July 12. The series is now tied at 1-1; the final game will be played on July 13th.
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In the first game of the 14th China-Korea Tengen match, China’s Chen Yaoye 9P defeated Korea’s Park Junghwan 8P by resignation earlier today. The Tengen is an annual best-of-three match between the respective winners of the Chinese Tianyuan and Korean Chunwon tournaments. The second game will be played on July 12th.

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China’s twelfth annual Agon Cup is now underway. In the set of first-round matches held Thursday, July 8, Sun Tengyu, Qiu Jun, and Gu Li all won their respective games. Sun Tengyu 4d, the defending Agon champion, defeated Sun Li 4d by resignation; Qiu Jun 8d defeated Meng Li 3d by 2.5 points; and Gu Li 9d defeated Cao Xiaoyang 3d by resignation. The Agon Cup is a blitz tournament in which the Chinese winner faces off against Japan’s Agon Cup title holder in an annual China-Japan Agon Cup game between the two go powers. Last year’s winner was Sun Tengyu, defeating Hane Naoki by 3.5 points.
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Sakai Hideyuki 7P defeated Cho U 9P in the second game of the the 35th Gosei title match. After losing the first game by resignation in late June, Sakai Hideyuki rallied this Friday, winning by 2.5 points.

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Lee Changho increased his chance of reaching the 38th Myeongin semifinals on Tuesday, defeating Kim Seongjae 4P by resignation. Changho now stands at 2-2, and will play his final league game against Lee Sedol. Kang Dongyun is currently in the strongest position with a 2-0 record, but he too has yet to play against Lee Sedol. With two players anticipating potentially critical games against him, it will be interesting to see if Lee Sedol’s recent loss to Kong Jie has any visible effect on his game.
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Kong Jie (r) won the Fujitsu Cup Monday, defeating Lee Sedol by a massive 12.5 points in the 23rd Fujitsu Cup title match. This is the first Fujitsu Cup title for Kong Jie, adding to an already impressive list of international titles. Following some unfavorable exchanges early on, Lee Sedol fought to reverse the flow and come from behind. Kong Jie, nevertheless, stayed the course and was successful in shutting him down. This is obviously a major win for Kong Jie, solidifying his #1 status on the international stage.
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Yamashita Keigo 9P won his first Honinbo title on Tuesday, June 29, defeating Hane Naoki 9P by 7.5 points in the fifth and final round of the 65th Honinbo for a decisive 4-1 record.
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Entering his third game in league play of the 38th Myeongin without a single win, Lee Changho (9P) managed a victory last Tuesday, defeating Baek Hongsuk (7P).  It was a decisive victory for Lee Changho, with Baek Hongsuk resigning after only 103 moves. Lee Changho’s next league game will be against Kim Seongjae (4P), on July 6th, and his final league game will be against Lee Sedol (9P), at a date to be announced.
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Although An Choyeong 9P became disagreeable during the scoring phase of last Tuesday’s match in the Olleh KT Cup, requiring a tournament official to mediate the dispute, he was ruled the winner, defeating Song Taekon 9P by 3.5 points in the game.
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Team Posco Chemtech — Kang Changbae 2P, Park Yeonghun 9P and Baek Hongsuk 7P — defeated Team Tbroad in KB League play on June 26. They won three out of their five games, putting them dead even with Team Marble in second place. Kang Changbae’s win over veteran pro Mok Jinseok was somewhat of a surprise: Changbae was an amateur player from 2005 to 2008 and the South Korean representative in the 2007 Korea Prime Minister Cup World Baduk Championship, winning the tournament undefeated.
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