On 15th January, the first round of Third Chinese Weiqi Sage Title Cup plays in China Qi-Yuan, Beijing. After the preliminary, 9 world champions are qualified into the final stage. In this round, Chen Zi Jian 5P unexpectedly defeats Jiang Wei Jie 9P, a world champion. And this is also the only dark horse who enters the quarter final. Seven 9Ps are qualified into the quarter final therefore the games will be brilliant.
The quarter final will be played on 17th January.

Here are the results of the first round:
Yang Ding Xin 6P 0-1 Fan Ting Yu 9P
Chen Zi Jian 5P 1-0 Jiang Wei Jie 9P
Shi Yue 9P 0-1 Gu Zi Hao 9P
Xu Jia Yang 6P 0-1 Lian Xiao 9P
Tuo Jia Xi 9P 1-0 Fan Yin 7P
Mi Yu Ting 9P 0-1 Chen Yao Ye 9P
Tan Xiao 9P 1-0 Tang Wei Xing 9P
Ke Jie 9P 1-0 BYE