Ke Jie beat Tang Weixing in the final on Friday. As a result, Ke should meet Iyama (who beat Kono Rin in the Japan final last Saturday) in the match between the winners of this tournament in China and Japan. Last year the match was played in December. But the timing has varied from year to year.

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http://weiqitv.com/index/live_back?videoId=544b37129874f08d778b4567

video review of this game by Shi Yue and cute Fan Weijing.

Yay! I think that is Ke Jie's first title. And we are here at the beginning (ish).

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The match between Ke Jie and Iyama Yuta will be played March 14, 2015 in Kyoto.

Edit: fix link

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Dave Sigaty
"Short-lived are both the praiser and the praised, and rememberer and the remembered..."
- Marcus Aurelius; Meditations, VIII 21

Not sure how we missed it, but Ke Jie won this by resignation after killing a corner.

Does this count as a title, or is it more a curiosity?

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I'm not sure if the matches between title winners have ever counted. If it does, it would make it easier to run up a count. Now a Ryusei winner would have a chance for another run off title, meijin winner, and I may be missing one more as well as the Agon Kiriyama mentioned here.

Asia TV has historically counted, but it's a 7 person format vs the 2-3 players.