The 8th

Chunlan Cup The Chunlan Cup, officially the Chunlan Cup World Professional Weiqi Championship (), is an international Go competition. Outline The Chunlan Cup is an international Go tournament sponsored and hosted by the Chunlan Group of China. 24 players are ...

was a 2011 international

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for the

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of Go, which began on 27 March 2011 and concluded on 29/30 June. Defending champion Chang Hao was knocked out in the first round. The finalists were Xie He and

Lee Sedol Lee Sedol ( ko, 이세돌; born 2 March 1983), or Lee Se-dol, is a former South Korean professional Go player of 9 dan rank. As of February 2016, he ranked second in international titles (18), behind only Lee Chang-ho (21). He is the fi ...

Heo Yeongho Heo Young-ho (born 2 July 1986) is a Korean 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 ** Pl ...

and

Gu Lingyi Gu Lingyi (; born 3 July 1991) is a Chinese professional Go player. Lingyi became a professional in 2002. He won his first title, the South-West Qiwang, in 2007. He challenged for the Mingren The Mingren () is a Go competition in China orga ...

Tournament

Finals

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