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Mingren
The Mingren () is a Go competition in China organized by the Chinese Weiqi Association. The word ''míngrén'' means "brilliant man". The Mingren is equivalent to the Nihon-Kiin's Meijin and the Hanguk Kiwon's Myungin titles. Outline The Mingren is sponsored by the Zhongguo Qiyuan and the '' People's Daily''. 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. Prior to 2016, the final of the preliminary tournament was decided in a best-of-three, and the title match was decided in a best-of-five. The winner's purse is ¥300,000 ($46,834) and ¥80,000 ($12,486) for the runner-up, as of 2017. Past Winners and Runners-up See also *Meijin is one of the eight titles in Japanese professional shogi, and is the most prestigious title, along with Ryūō. The word ''meijin'' (名 ''mei'' "e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ma Xiaochun
Ma Xiaochun (; born 26 August 1964) is a Chinese professional Go player. Biography Ma was born in Zhejiang, China. He began playing Go at the age of nine and was awarded 7 dan rank in 1982. In 1983, Ma was promoted to 9 dan. He visited Japan in 1982 and later won the World Amateur Go Championship The World Amateur Go Championship (WAGC) is an international tournament for amateur Go players, held once a year since 1979. The organising body is the International Go Federation (IGF). Each participating country sends one player, although in ... in 1983. Ma won the 2nd Mingren title in 1989 and successfully defended it for thirteen straight years, second most behind Cho Hunhyun's sixteen Paewang titles. Titles and runners-up Ranks #1 in total number of titles in China. References 1964 births Living people Chinese Go players Sportspeople from Shaoxing People from Shengzhou {{PRChina-Go-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liu Xiaoguang
Liu Xiaoguang (born 20 March 1960) is a professional Go player. Biography He started playing Go at the age of 13 and became a 6 dan professional in 1982. In 1988, he was awarded 9 dan by the Zhongguo Qiyuan China Qiyuan () is an official agency responsible for board games and card games such as go, bridge, chess and Chinese chess affairs under the All-China Sports Federation of the People's Republic of China. It oversees the Chinese Weiqi Associatio .... Liu defeated four Japanese professionals in the 3rd China-Japan Supermatches. Titles and runners-up Ranks #8 in total number of titles in China. References 1960 births Living people Chinese Go players People from Kaifeng Sportspeople from Henan {{PRChina-Go-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Go Competitions
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 for one year to the winner. Tournaments do not consist, generally, of players coming together in one place for a short period, but are spread out over time. International Open Major * Ing Cup is a tournament sponsored by Ing Chang-ki, Yomiuri Shimbun, the Nihon-Kiin and the Kansai-Kiin every four years. The winner's purse is $500,000. The current title holder (2016) is Tang Weixing. * LG Cup is a tournament sponsored by LG Group. The winner's purse is 250,000,000 Won/$250,000. The current title holder (2021) is Shin Min-jun. * Samsung Cup is a tournament sponsored by Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance (which is a branch of the Samsung Group) and the Hanguk Kiwon. The winner's prize is 250,000,000 Won/$250,000. The current title holder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shao Weigang
Shao Weigang (, born February 21, 1973) 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 .... Biography Shao started to learn Go at the age of 8. By 1986, when he was 13, Shao turned professional. Over 12 years, he was promoted to 9 dan. He currently resides in China. Titles & runners-up References 1973 births Living people Go players from Shanghai {{PRChina-Go-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chang Hao (Go Player)
Chang Hao (; born November 7, 1976 in Shanghai) is a professional Go player. He is a 9 dan Go player from China. He is China's best player of the 1990s and one of the best in the world. Growing up he was a prodigy in China, he has won many titles, including three international champions. He is the best friend of Lee Chang-ho, whom he most recently defeated in the final of the 7th Chunlan Cup. Some of his hobbies include playing football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ..., swimming, and traveling. He is married to Zhang Xuan, who is also a Go player. Titles and runners-up Ranks #3 in the total number of titles in China. References 1976 births Living people Go players from Shanghai Asian Games medalists in go Go players at the 2010 Asian Game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luo Xihe
Luo Xihe (; born November 23, 1977) is a Chinese professional Go player. Player Profile for Luo Xihe . Go GameWorld.com. Retrieved February 13, 2010. . July 10, 2006. Volume 7, #57. . Retrieved February 13, 2010. Biography Luo Xihe started learning Go at the age of six. He turned pro in 1989, and was promoted to 9 dan in 2002. At a very young age, the |
Cao Dayuan
Cáo Dàyuán (曹大元), born January 26, 1962) is a professional Go player. Biography Cao started learning Go when he was 11. He won the 4th World Amateur Go Championship The World Amateur Go Championship (WAGC) is an international tournament for amateur Go players, held once a year since 1979. The organising body is the International Go Federation (IGF). Each participating country sends one player, although in ... in 1982 and turned professional in 1985. He was promoted to 9 dan in 1986. Titles & runners-up Ranks #10 in total number of titles in China. External linksSensei's Library profile [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Bin (Go Player)
Yu Bin (Chinese: 俞斌; Pinyin: Yú Bīn; born April 16, 1967) 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 .... Biography Yu Bin is one of China's best Go players. He became 9 dan in 1991 at the age of 24. Results References 1967 births Chinese Go players Living people Sportspeople from Zhejiang People from Taizhou, Zhejiang {{PRChina-Go-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nie Weiping
Nie Weiping (; born 17 August 1952) is a professional Go player. Biography Born in Shenzhou, Nie began learning Go at the age of nine and won the inaugural World Amateur Go Championship in 1979. Nie was given 9 dan rank in 1982. He became famous in the Go world after leading China to victory in the China-Japan Supermatches, beating several top Japanese players including his teacher, Fujisawa Hideyuki , also known as Shuko Fujisawa, was a Japanese professional Go player. A younger uncle of another professional, Hosai Fujisawa and grandfather of professional Go player Rina Fujisawa. Biography Hideyuki Fujisawa was born in Yokohama, Japan. .... He earned the nickname "Steel Goalkeeper" for his ability to string together wins as the last Chinese player left. Nie won the Tianyuan twice, in 1991 and 1992. Nie authored the book ''Nie Weiping on Go: The Art of Positional Judgment'' in 1995. Promotion record Titles and runners-up Ranks #3 in total number of titl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myungin
The Myeongin (Korean: 명인전, Hanja: 名人戰) is a Go competition in South Korea. The word ''myeongin'' in Korean language, literally meaning "Brilliant Man", is same as ''meijin'' in Japanese and as ''mingren'' in Chinese. The Myeongin is the Hanguk Kiwon equivalent to the Nihon-Kiin's Meijin title. The tournament was defunct from 2004-2006. The tournament was discontinued again in 2016 after the 43rd tournament, but was revived in 2021 with the SG Group as the new sponsor. Outline The Myeongin was formerly sponsored by the Kangwon Land Corporation. In the 44th Myeongin, the winner's prize is 60,000,000 won and the runner-up's prize is 20,000,000 won. The format is double elimination. The sponsor is the SG Group, with the ''Hankook Ilbo'' newspaper and Korea Baduk Association as co-hosts. Past winners and runners-up See also *Meijin is one of the eight titles in Japanese professional shogi, and is the most prestigious title, along with Ryūō. The word ''meijin' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Mingren
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