15-23 December 2009, Park Jungwhan 4p and Kim Jiseok 6p played in the final of 14th Chunwon. Chunwon is tournament with specific system. Champion must play all games to defend the title, so it was no surprise that in the final there is no last years finalists(Lee Sedol 9p and Kang Dongyun 9p).
6 February, Kang Dongyun 9p beat Lee Sedol 9p in 5th and last game of Chunwon final. In last 2 months situation was really bad. Kang Dangyun lost huge number of game to Lee Sedol, lost chance to be Myeongin and was in situation when only one win for Lee Sedol would give him Chunwon title. Before last two games he also lost to Lee Changho 9p in KBS Cup so prognoses weren’t so good for him, but he did it. From now he beat both Lee Changho and Lee Sedol in important finals and become (for now) number 3 in Korea.
4 February, in 4th game of the final of Chunwon Cup Kang Dongyun 9p beat Lee Sedol 9p and tied result 2-2. After 1 game, which Kang Dongyun won by resignation Lee Sedol won next 2 games and also won 3 straight game with Myeongin final. This victory is first after long time of defeat.