Piao Wen Yao 5P won the 15th LG Cup World Baduk Championship! In the second round of the title match, he defeated Kong Jie 9P by resignation after 140 moves and had a complete victory.

This is Piao Wen Yao's first international title. According to the Chinese promotion system, if win once or place second twice in international tournaments, the player advances to 9P. As he placed second in the 4th Toyota Cup, Piao's promotion was decided when he advanced to the 15th LG Cup final. After the LG Cup finished, he officially advanced to 9P. Congratulations!

The 15th LG Cup World Baduk Championship is sponsored by LG and supervised by the Korea Baduk Association. It allows each player 3 hours and 1 minute's overtime counting for 5 times for the time control. The winner's prize is 250 Million Won (about $ 223,934) and runner-up prize is 80 Million Won (about $ 71,658)

￡￡ Jo Hanseung 9P's comments
Black 23 and 25 was not a good connection. It just made Black 11 cut and even did not help build basement; therefore, the opening was good for White. However White 32 was overplaying, so Black took a chance to attack. Especially Black 63 and 65 were excellent. Black benefited on the right side, but still it was not enough to lead the game. The game was not favorable for Black because the opening was too bad. Kong Jie invaded into lower side by Black 91 and 93, but the stones were captured by White's strong moves, 98 and 112. After that it was not possible to turn the tables. Kong Jie played a little more moves, but he finally resigned.