29, January Lee Sedol 9p beat Mok Jinseok 9p by resignation and defended Kuksu title for next year with score 3-1. Mok Jinseok in last years have great results, but unfortunately he can’t win any title.
19, 21 January Lee Sedol 9p was playing with Kong Jie 7p in final of 13th Samsung Cup. Before final Kong Jie result against Lee Sedol was really bad (8 loss and 1 win). In poll on this blog visitor vote for Lee Sedol (12 to 1). Lee Sedol won final with perfect score 2-0. I was sure that Lee Sedol will win this title , but i hope that Kong Jie could fight more.
18 January in 2nd game of 4th Siptan Cup final Park Junghwan 3p beat Baek Hongsuk 6p by resignation and won his first major title with score 2-0. First game he won after big capturing race. In second game was more peaceful, but again Park Junghwan very skillful use weakness in his opponents groups.