On 8th February, Xie Erhao defeats Iyama Yuta on the 3rd game of LG cup final. Therefore he gets the LG cup championship with the score of 2-1 and get promoted to 9 dan Pro.
Although Iyama reversed the last game in a desperate situation, this time the goddess of fortune smiles on Xie. In this game, both players choose to start a fight in the beginning (here is the game record). In the middle of the game, Iyama Yuta makes some mistakes and this time Xie doesn’t give Iyama any chance and wins.