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Yang Dingxin
Yang Dingxin (; born 19 October 1998) is a Chinese professional Go player. Biography Yang Dingxin was born in 1998 in Zhengzhou, Henan. As a young child, he lived in Bingcha in Rudong County, Nantong, Jiangsu and in Zhengzhou, and moved to Beijing when he was 6. His father, an amateur Go player, introduced him to Go when he was 5 years old. He earned professional status through the qualification tournament in 2008, when he was 9 years and 9 months old, breaking the record for the youngest professional Go player. He won the 12th Ricoh Cup in 2012 at the age of 13 years and 6 months, which broke the record for the youngest player to win a Chinese professional tournament. He also won the Weifu Fangkai Cup in 2013, and the Changqi Cup in 2014. He was the winner of the South-West Qiwang in 2016 and again in 2017. In 2019, he won the 23rd LG Cup, his first international championship, defeating Shi Yue 2–1 in the finals. He was promoted to 9 dan for the victory. He won seven c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou (; ), also spelt Zheng Zhou and alternatively romanized as Chengchow, is the capital and largest city of Henan Province in the central part of the People's Republic of China. Located in north-central Henan, it is one of the National Central Cities in China, the centre of Central Plains area, and serves as the political, economic, technological, and educational center of the province. The Zhengzhou metropolitan area (including Zhengzhou and Kaifeng) is the core area of the Central Plains Economic Zone. The city lies on the southern bank of the Yellow River. Zhengzhou is a major hub of China's national transportation network, with railways connecting Zhengzhou to Europe and an international airport. Zhengzhou is a and a State-list Famous Historical and Culture City. As of 2020, there are two World Cultural Heritage Sites in Zhengzhou. The Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE) is China's first futures exchange. Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone is China's first Airport E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weifu Fangkai Cup
The Weifu Fangkai Cup (), also sometimes known as the Qiwang (not to be confused with the defunct Qiwang), is a Go competition in China. Outline The tournament is sponsored by the Wuxi people government. The tournament began in 2003. Past winners and runners-up References Go competitions in China {{Go-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Births
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 17 – The ''Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the House of Representatives' impeachment of him. February * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car. * February 4 – The 5.9 Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (''Very strong''). With up t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RICOH Xinxiu Cup
The Liguang Xinxiu Cup (), or Ricoh Xinxiu Cup, is a Go competition in China. Outline The tournament is sponsored by Ricoh of Hong Kong and is the youth version of the Ricoh Cup The Liguang Cup (), or Ricoh Cup, was a Chinese Go competition. It was held 15 times from 2000 to 2015. Outline This tournament was sponsored by "Ricoh is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational imaging and electronics company .... Past Winners and Runners-up References Go competitions in China Recurring sporting events established in 2007 {{Go-stub ... [...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] |
Iyama Yuta
is a Japanese professional Go player. In April 2016, he became the first player in Japanese history to hold all seven major titles simultaneously. In January 2018, Iyama became the first professional Go player to be awarded Japan's People's Honour Award. Biography Born in Osaka, Iyama became the first professional of the Heisei period. He began playing Go at the age of five and reached the rank of 3 dan amateur a year later. It was at this time Kunio Ishii became Iyama's teacher, with the two playing thousands of games online. He won the national elementary school championship twice, in 1997 and 1998. Iyama became an insei in October 1998 and challenged for a professional spot in 2001. He lost to Kohei Kawada. The following year, he challenged again and passed the qualifying test. At the time, Iyama was the fourth youngest professional behind Cho Chikun, Utaro Hashimoto and Satoshi Yuki. Iyama was promoted to 2 dan on 4 September 2002. During the China-Japan Agon Cup in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nongshim Cup
The Nongshim Cup is a Go tournament sponsored by Nongshim, an instant noodle food company of South Korea. Outline The Nongshim Cup is a gathering of the best players from South Korea, Japan, and China. The Nongshim Cup is sponsored by Nongshim, an instant noodle food company of South Korea. Each team sends 5 best players to compete. The prize is 500 million Korean Won (approximately $450,000 USD) raised in 2016 from the previous 200 million Korean Won (about $180,000 USD). Past winners By nation Detailed results 18th Nongshim Cup (2016–2017) Members of the winning team who did not need to play: Ke Jie, Tuo Jiaxi, Lian Xiao 19th Nongshim Cup (2017–2018) Members of the winning team who did not need to play: Park Junghwan 20th Nongshim Cup (2018–2019) Members of the winning team who did not need to play: Shi Yue, Gu Zihao, Ke Jie 21st Nongshim Cup (2019–2020) The game between Park Junghwan and Fan Tingyu ended in no result because of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shi Yue (Go Player)
Shi Yue (; born 11 January 1991) is a Chinese professional go player. Shi won the LG Cup in 2013, defeating Won Seong-jin 2-0 in the final. In 2015 Shi proceeded to the Samsung Cup Final eventually losing to Ke Jie. In 2019 Shi proceeded to the LG Cup Final, but lost to Yang Dingxin. Promotion record Career record *2005: 2 wins, 1 loss *2006: 13 wins, 11 losses *2007: 22 wins, 14 losses *2008: 32 wins, 15 losses *2009: 27 wins, 23 losses *2010: 34 wins, 23 losses *2011: 33 wins, 16 losses *2012: 47 wins, 22 losses *2013: 64 wins, 23 losses *2014: 49 wins, 27 losses *2015: 43 wins, 25 losses *2016: 38 wins, 25 losses *2017: 29 wins, 19 losses *2018: 41 wins, 27 losses *2019: 26 wins, 35 losses *2020: 7 wins, 8 losses *Total: 507 wins, 314 losses (61.8% winning percentage) Titles and runners-up Head-to-head record vs selected players ''Players who have won international go titles in bold.'' * Tang Weixing 13:12 * Gu Li 17:7 * Ke Jie 9:12 * Jiang Weijie 14:6 * Tan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LG Cup (Go)
LG Cup World Baduk Championship (Korean language, Korean: LG배 세계기왕전, Hanja: LG杯 世界棋王戰) is a Go competitions, Go competition. Outline The LG Cup is organized by the Chosun Ilbo newspaper and sponsored by the LG Group of Korea. The LG Cup was created after the Kiwang (기왕; 棋王) title from Korea was abolished. There are 16 players who compete in a preliminary, and another 16 players are invited. The latest edition had 256 competitors in the preliminary, the biggest in history. The players are invited from the following Go (game), Weiqi/Go/Baduk associations. *2 from the holder and runner-up of the previous year. *6 from South Korea *3 from Japan *3 from China *1 from Chinese Taipei *1 wildcard The final is a best-of-three match. The komidashi, komi is 6.5 points, and each player has 3 hours main time and five 40-second byoyomi periods. The winner's purse is 300,000,000 South Korean won, won and the total prize pool is 1.3 billion won. Winners & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South-West Qiwang
The South-West Qiwang (), also known as the Xinan Wang, is a Go competition in China. Outline The competition is a single-elimination tournament for 16 players. It is played with fast time controls: each player has no main time and five 40-second byoyomi periods, as of the 22nd South-West Qiwang in 2023. Formerly, in 2021 and earlier, each player had 30 seconds to play each move, as well as ten extra periods of 60 seconds. As of 2023, the winner's prize is 250,000 RMB The renminbi (; symbol: ¥; ISO code: CNY; abbreviation: RMB) is the official currency of the People's Republic of China and one of the world's most traded currencies, ranking as the fifth most traded currency in the world as of April 2022. ... and the runner-up's prize is 120,000 RMB. This was increased from 2019, when the prize money was 160,000 RMB and 80,000 RMB respectively. Past winners and runners-up References Go competitions in China Recurring sporting events established in 2002 {{Go- ... [...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] |
Ricoh Cup
The Liguang Cup (), or Ricoh Cup, was a Chinese Go competition. It was held 15 times from 2000 to 2015. Outline This tournament was sponsored by "Ricoh is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational imaging and electronics company (law), company. It was founded by the now-defunct commercial division of the Riken, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Riken) known as the ''Riken ... Hong Kong Limited". The first year featured eight invited participants. The next year it was increased to 16 and then 54 in the third term. The 2011 game featured 48 players. The prize money was 80,000 ($12,300). Past winners and runners-up References {{Chinese go titles Go competitions in China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
