Ke Jie
| Ke Jie 柯洁 |
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|---|---|
| Full name | Ke Jie |
| Born |
2 August 1997 Lishui, Zhejiang, China |
| Residence | China |
| Turned pro | 2008 |
| Rank | 9 dan |
| Affiliation | Chinese Weiqi Association |
Ke Jie (simplified Chinese: 柯洁; traditional Chinese: 柯潔; pinyin: Kē Jié; born 2 August 1997) is a Chinese professional Go player of 9 dan rank. As of 2 June 2017, he is currently ranked number one in the world under Chinese Weiqi Association's, Korea Baduk Association's, Japan Go Association's and Rémi Coulom's ranking system. He continuously held the world No. 1 ranking for two years from late 2014 to late 2016.
Ke Jie started to learn how to play go in 2003 when he was 5 years old and won his first national championship in 2007. He became a professional go player in 2008 when he was 10 years old and was promoted to 9 dan rank in 2015. In January 2015, Ke won his first world title when he won the 2nd Bailing Cup, defeating Qiu Jun in the finals.
In December 2015, he defeated Shi Yue in the 20th Samsung Cup finals to win another world title.
In January 2016, Ke won the 2nd Mlily Cup, defeating world renowned go player Lee Sedol in the fifth round. According to 9 dan South Korean professionals commenting on the final game, the result hinged on a half-point ko and the peculiarities of Chinese scoring rules; however, others have pointed out that this argument is misleading as differences in komi between the Chinese and Japanese scoring systems would have made up the extra point, leading to the same result.
On 11 February 2016, he defeated Lee once more in the finals of the 2016 HeSui Cup. On 5 March 2016, Ke defeated Lee yet again in the finals of the 2016 Nongshim Cup to win the tournament for the Chinese squad, making it China's third consecutive win of the tournament.
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