Ke Jie

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ke Jie
Occupation	Go Professional
Date Of Birth	Aug 2, 1997(1997-08-02)
Age	27
Birthplace	Lishui
Country	China
Horoscope	Leo

Ke Jie Biography

Ke Jie is one of the most popular and richest Go Professional who was born on August 2, 1997 in Lishui, China. Ke Jie (simplified Chinese: Ke Ji ; traditional Chinese: Ke Jie ; pinyin: Ke Jie ; born 2 August 1997) is a Chinese professional Go player with 9 Dan rank.

On June 4, 2016, during a news gathering at the 37th World Amateur Go Championship Yang Jun’an who is the party’s chief of Zhongguo Qiyuan and the executive director of the International Go Federation, revealed that the Google AlphaGo program AlphaGo might be able to have an opportunity to play Ke in the near future. But, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis stated that it had not been determined yet what the next step would be for AlphaGo.

From 31 October 2016 to 2 November 2016, Ke played against rival Lee Sedol once more during the semifinals of the 21st Samsung Cup. In the first game of the best-of-three match, Ke was reported to have won a very complete game in which Lee had very few opportunities in the endgame; however, going into the second game with no breaks, Ke was not able to maintain his advantage with the white stones and Lee produced one of his trademark comeback victories. The game began very evenly until Ke acquired positional advantage, and a huge lead in territory, but Ke made several mistakes when fighting Lee’s dragon in the center of the board. Lee responded accurately and reversed the game, saving his stones and gaining a lead in territory. Lee closed out the second game with a stunning comeback victory. With black winning both games by resignation, the third game had both players coin-toss for the choice of stones. Ke had the white stones in the third game and was able to secure all four corners to gain a territorial lead from the beginning. The remainder of the game displayed his ability to invade and scrape away Lee’s territorial potential. As Lee began to find it difficult to gain any territorial advantage, he pressed on the weaknesses of white’s territory hoping to reverse the game, but Ke responded accurately and did not allow any opportunities for Lee. Lee resigned the final game, and Ke advanced to the finals of the Samsung Cup for the second year straight. From 6 December 2016 to 8 December 2016, Ke played the finals against compatriot Tuo Jiaxi. After losing the first game with black, Ke won the second game with white to even the match and then won the deciding game with black to successfully defend his Samsung Cup title.

In August 2016, at the 3rd Bailing Cup, Ke defeated Xu Jiayang to advance to the best-of-three semifinal match where he faced Won Seong-jin. In the first game, Won defeated Ke with a comeback victory after Ke had made crucial mistakes when analyzing territory turnover; however, he was able to recover in the second game by playing a very close endgame in which he maintained a territorial lead. In the decisive third game, he continued to make advantageous moves during the middle-game and maintained a comfortable territorial lead. Ke was able to forced a successful ko fight at the top of Won’s territory, resulting in the Won’s resignation due to a lack of ko threats. Ke then faced Chen Yaoye in the final best-of-five match, which was the third straight Bailing Cup finals to have been contested between Chinese players. The first two games were both won by Chen. In the first game, Chen displayed his tenacity in chasing and eventually leading in territory with very few opportunities for Ke to win in the endgame. The second game was similar to the first, but during the middle game, Ke deviated and began to chase and attack Chen’s dragon, forcing Chen to maneuver around the middle of Ke’s territory; however, Ke’s made a mistake on the 105th move that allowed Chen to retaliate and take the initiative, causing the match to eventually end on move 178.

In December of 2015, he beat Shi Yue during the finals of the 20th Samsung Cup finals to win another world title.

Ke Jie Net Worth

Ke Jie is one of the richest Go Professional from China. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ke Jie 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ke Jie began learning the game of Go in 2003, when the age was just 5 and took home his first national title in 2007. He made the transition to pro Go player back in the year 2008, when he was 10 years old. He was elevated to 9 Dan in the year 2015. In January of 2015, Ke won his first world title by winning the second Bailing Cup, defeating Qiu Jun in the finals 3-2.

Ke was ranked the highest according to China’s official Chinese Weiqi Association ranking in September of 2015.

Ke reached the finals of 1st ENN Cup, defeating Ahn Kuk-hyun, Tang Weixing, Ida Atsushi, Lian Xiao and Li Zhe, from November 2016 to May 2017. Ke won the title by defeating Peng Liyao 3-2 in the finals in December 2017.

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Ke Ranked on the list of most popular Go Professional. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in China. Ke Jie celebrates birthday on August 2 of every year.