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Chen Yaoye
Chen Yaoye (Traditional: 陳耀燁; Simplified: 陈耀烨; Pinyin: Chén Yàoyè; born on December 16, 1989) is a Chinese professional Go player. Biography Chen Yaoye was born in Beijing, China. He is a young Go player who, at the age of 16, had already beaten Lee Chang-ho, arguably the best Go player in the world. He has won a title, the 2005 National Go Individual with a record of 7 wins and 2 losses. At the time he was 15 years and 9 months of age, the youngest Chinese player to win the tournament. After beating Lee in the 10th LG Cup, he scored two more wins in that tournament to progress to the final. In March 2006, he faced off against Gu Li in the final of the 10th LG Cup. Chen had lost the first two matches, but won the next two games to tie it at 2–2. It came to the final fifth game, and Chen lost. He was promoted to 9 dan in 2007 after he was runner-up to Lee Sedol in the Asian TV Cup. In June 2013, he defeated Lee Sedol in the 9th Chunlan Cup final by 2-1, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Weiqi Association
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Chinese Weiqi Association (), or Chinese Go Association, founded in Hefei, Anhui in 1962, is the major go organization in China. As a branch of the Zhongguo Qiyuan, it oversees professional players as well as strong amateurs, functioning in the same way as the Nihon Kiin and other such groups. Chinese Weiqi Association became a member of the International Go Federation in 1982. List of chairmen * Li Menghua (李梦华): 1962–1988 *Chen Zude (陈祖德): 1988–2006 * Wang Runan (王汝南): 2006–2017 * Lin Jianchao (林建超): 29 December 2017–present References Go organizations Sports organizations established in 1962 Weiqi Go is an abstract strategy board game for two players in which the aim is to surround more territory than the opponent. The game was invented in China more than 2,500 years ago and is believed to be the oldest board game continuously played to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Changqi Cup
The Changqi Cup (), or Chang-ki Cup, is a Go competition in China. Outline The Changqi Cup is a Go tournament held by the Zhongguo Qiyuan dedicated to Ing Chang-ki. It began every year on Ing's birthday, October 23 and ended in the spring of the following year. Starting in 2008, the tournament began in May and ended in October. Players compete in a preliminary tournament to qualify. After the preliminaries, 30 players compete in a single elimination tournament, with the previous year's finalists being directly seeded to the second round. The semifinals and final are a best-of-three match. The Changqi Cup is one of the few professional tournaments to use Ing rules The rules of Go have seen some variation over time and from place to place. This article discusses those sets of rules broadly similar to the ones currently in use in East Asia. Even among these, there is a degree of variation. Notably, Chinese .... The winner receives 450,000 in prize money, and the runner-up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhou Ruiyang
Zhou Ruiyang (; born March 8, 1991) is a Chinese professional Go player. Biography Zhou began playing Go at the age of 7. He won the biggest amateur tournament in China, the Wanbao Cup, both the same year before he became a professional. In 2005, he was promoted to 3p. Earlier that year, he won the U-15 section of the oldest international competition, the Fujitsu Cup. Zhou made history in 2006, beating Kong Jie in the challenger final for the Tianyuan, the second biggest title in China (after Mingren). At the age of 15 years, he became the youngest challenger for the title. The final of the Tianyuan was a best-of-3 against title holder Gu Li. Zhou won the first game, but lost the remaining two. Recently, he has been promoted to 5 dan. Zhou became the youngest titleholder in China in 2007 at 16 years and 0 days old. In 2010, Zhou reached the final of the Chang-ki Cup, and against his opponent Tuo Jiaxi, his record stands at five-wins six losses. They are currently in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xie He (Go Player)
Xie He (Traditional: 謝赫; Simplified: 谢赫; Pinyin: Xìe Hè; born May 14, 1984) is a Chinese professional Go player Player may refer to: Role or adjective * Player (game), a participant in a game or sport ** Gamer, a player in video and tabletop games ** Athlete, a player in sports ** Player character, a character in a video game or role playing game who is .... Xie He was born in Qingdao, China. He started learning Go at the age of 6. He turned professional at 11 in 1995, and was promoted to 7 dan in 2007. Promotion record Career record *2006: 58 wins, 25 losses. *2007: 37 wins, 17 losses. *2008: 47 wins, 24 losses. *2009: 29 wins, 23 losses. *2010: 51 wins, 21 losses. Titles and runners-up References 1984 births Living people Chinese Go players Asian Games medalists in go Go players at the 2010 Asian Games Sportspeople from Qingdao Asian Games silver medalists for China Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games {{PRChina-Go-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choi Cheolhan
Choi Cheol-han is a South Korean professional Go player. He is the fourth youngest (12 years 2 months) to become a professional Go player in South Korean history behind Cho Hun-hyun (9 years 7 months), Lee Chang-ho (11 years 1 months) and Cho Hye-yeon (11 years 10 months). His nickname is "The Viper". Biography Choi became a professional when he was 12 years old. He began playing Go at the age of seven, studying with Lee Sedol in Kweon Kab-yong's academy in Seoul. At that time, Choi was considered ''the next Lee Sedol''. Promotion record Career Record *2006: 58 wins, 29 losses *2007: 45 wins, 25 losses *2008: 50 wins, 18 losses *2009: 56 wins, 18 losses *2010: 63 wins, 22 losses *2011: 50 wins, 24 losses Titles and Runners-up Ranks tenth in total number of titles in Korea. Korean Baduk League Chinese A League Head-to-head record vs selected players ''Players who have won international go titles in bold.'' * Lee Changho 31:30 * Lee Sedol 20:32 * Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gu Li (Go Player)
Gu Li (Chinese: 古力; Pinyin: Gǔ Lì; born February 3, 1983) is a Chinese professional Go player. Biography Gu Li is a Chinese go player. He became a pro in 1995 when he was only 12. In 2006, he won the 10th LG Cup and became the youngest Chinese player to ever win a major international title; as a result, he was also promoted to 9 dan. In March 2007, he defeated Chang Hao 2-0 to win the Chunlan Cup. In mid-2007, Gu Li experienced a playing slump, even losing many matches against lower dan players. However, he soon came back stronger than ever, winning many major titles both domestic and international, including the 2007 Changqi Cup and the 2008 Fujitsu Cup; the greatest factors in this turnaround was his improvement in the endgame, and territory skills, which many people had previously considered his biggest weaknesses. In 2009 Gu defeated Lee Sedol to win the 13th LG Cup. In July 2010, Gu Li became the "Meijin of Meijins" by defeating Lee Changho and Iyama Yut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Junghwan
Park Junghwan (born 11 January 1993) is a South Korean professional Go (board game), Go Go players, player of Go ranks and ratings, 9-dan rank. Biography Early career Park became a professional Go player in 2006. He won the Fujitsu Cup in 2011. Park defeated Lee Chang-ho to advance to the final of the 2012 Ing Cup, where he faced Fan Tingyu for the title. He lost three games to one. He won the 19th LG Cup (Go), LG Cup in 2015, defeating Kim Ji-seok (Go player), Kim Ji-seok in the final, 2–1. 2016-2017: Ing Cup runner-up After a series of strong performances, in which during a span of 2 months he was able to defeat World No.1 Ke Jie in two consecutive international tournaments, namely the LG Cup (Go), LG Cup and the Ing Cup, Park was able to reach the final of the latter, and the round of 8 in the former. Park faced Tang Weixing in the final of the 2016 Ing Cup, with the first two games being played in mid-August. The first 2 games of the Ing Cup were played, with Park w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tianfu Cup
Tianfu mainly refers to the Municipality of Chengdu or the Province of Sichuan. Tianfu may refer to: Locations in China *Sichuan Basin, a lowland region in southwestern China *Tianfu New Area, an in-city development area established in 2011 in Chengdu, China *Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, the second civil international airport of Chengdu, China * Tianfu, Chongqing (天府), a town in Chongqing * Tianfu, Pengxi County (天福), a town in Pengxi County, Sichuan * Tianfu Township (田阜乡), a township in Xingping, Shaanxi Historical eras *Tianfu (天復, 901–904), era name used by Emperor Zhaozong of Tang (also used briefly in 907 by Wang Jian (Former Shu)) *Tianfu (天輔, 1117–1123), era name used by Emperor Taizu of Jin See also *Thian Hock Keng Thian Hock Keng. & ( or the Tianfu Temple, literally "Palace of Heavenly Happiness"), is a temple built for the worship of Mazu, a Chinese sea goddess, located in Singapore. It is the oldest and most important ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bailing Cup
The Bailing Cup () is a Go competition This is a list of professional Go tournaments, for competitors in the board game of ''Go''. The tradition, initiated by the Honinbo Tournament in Japan, is for an event to be run annually, leading up to a title match and the award of a title f .... Outline The Bailing Cup is an international Go open tournament sponsored and hosted by the Bailing Group of China. It is held every other year. Seeded players and Preliminaries 16 seeded players are invited and 48 players will qualify from preliminaries. Seeded players are chosen as follows: *2 top players of last tournament *5 from *3 from *3 from *1 from *2 from wild cards (issued from the host) The winner's purse is ￥1,800,000. From the 4th Bailing Cup, it became a tournament and only 16 players invited are competing. Players are chosen as follows: *2 top players of last tournament *6 from *3 from *3 from *1 from *1 from a wild card (issued from the host) The winner's purse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kongtong Mountain Invitational Tournament
Kongtong may refer to: *Kongtong District, district in Gansu, China *Kongtong Mountains Kongtong Mountains () is one of the sacred mountains of Taoism. It is located in Pingliang City, Gansu Province, People's Republic of China. It is the mythical meeting site between the Yellow Emperor (also known as ''Huangdi'' or by his given name ..., sacred mountain of Taoism, in Gansu, China * Kongtong, Mawkmai, Shan State, Burma {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tianyuan (Go)
The Tianyuan () is a Go competition in China organized by the Chinese Weiqi Association. The word ''tiānyuán'' literally means the center or origin of heaven, and is the center point on a Go board; the name is similar to the Japanese Tengen and Korean Chunwon. The competition was established in 1987 and is held annually. Formerly, the winner went on to face Japan's Tengen winner in the China–Japan Tengen from 1988 to 2002, and Korea's Chunwon winner in the China–Korea Tengen from 1997 to 2015. Both of those competitions have been discontinued. Outline The Tianyuan competition is sponsored by the Zhongguo Qiyuan, '' New People's Evening News'', and '' New People's Weiqi Monthly Magazine''. It consists of a preliminary tournament in which 32 players compete against one another to determine the challenger to the previous year's winner. The preliminary is a single-elimination format, and the title match is decided in a best-of-three. As of 2023, the winner receives 400,000 RM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |