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Kong Jie defeated Lee Sedol in the final of the 21st Asian TV Cup. To qualify in the final, he also defeated Kang Dongyun and Lee Changho. Interestingly, Kong Jie started this tournament as a 7-dan. He earned promotion to 9-dan after defeating Lee Changho yesterday to qualify in the final. Photo from the final game: Lee Sedol won the previous two editions of this tournament. He recently announced his one year and a half retirement from professional life. Here is the game record of the final. Tournament table here.

Tags: asian tv cup, kong jie, lee sedol

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