Tang Weixing (; born 15 January 1993) is a Chinese

professional A professional is a member of a profession or any person who works in a specified professional activity. The term also describes the standards of education and training that prepare members of the profession with the particular knowledge and skil ...

go player. He has won three international titles, with two championships in the Samsung Cup (2013, 2019) and one in the

Ing Cup The Ing Cup () is an international Go tournament with a cash prize of over US$400,000. It was created by, and is named after, Ing Chang-ki. The tournament is held once every four years and hence often nicknamed the Go Olympics. In the 7th Ing ...

(2016).

Early life

Tang Weixing was born in Guiyang,

Guizhou Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to t ...

in 1993. His name is related to Go: The ''wei'' in his name, taken from his mother's

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, is a homophone of the ''wei'' in ''weiqi'', while the ''xing'' in his name, meaning 'star', is in reference to the star points on a Go board. He began to learn Go when he was 5 years old. At the age of 7, he moved to

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with his father to further pursue his study of Go. As an amateur player, he won two consecutive Chinese amateur Go championships at the 2004 and 2005 . He was China's representative at the 2006

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, where he finished in second place. He earned professional 1 dan rank that same year, at age 13.

Career

In 2013, Tang won the 18th Samsung Cup, his first international championship, defeating

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2–0 in the finals. Tang, who was 3 dan at the time, was promoted to 9 dan with the victory. His win capped off a year in which Chinese players swept every major international Go tournament. He finished as the runner-up in the 19th Samsung Cup in 2014, with a 2–0 loss to the champion Kim Ji-seok. In 2016, he won his second international title in the 8th

, beating runner-up

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3–2. He was the 22nd Samsung Cup runner-up in 2017, with a 2–1 loss to

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. In 2019, he defeated

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to win the 24th Samsung Cup, marking his seventh consecutive quarterfinals appearance, fourth finals appearance, and second title at the Samsung Cup. He played his sixth major international title match in the 13th

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in 2021, and lost 2–0 to

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Promotion record

Career record

*2006: 0 wins, 2 losses *2007: 11 wins, 8 losses *2008: 16 wins, 9 losses *2009: 17 wins, 11 losses *2010: 28 wins, 17 losses *2011: 29 wins, 22 losses *2012: 48 wins, 31 losses *2013: 56 wins, 30 losses *2014: 40 wins, 30 losses *2015: 34 wins, 25 losses *2016: 39 wins, 33 losses *2017: 29 wins, 27 losses *2018: 32 wins, 31 losses *2019: 17 wins, 24 losses *2020: 5 wins, 6 losses *Total: 401 wins, 306 losses (56.7% winning percentage)

Titles and runners-up

Head-to-head record vs selected players

''Players who have won international go titles in bold.'' *

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4:8 * Wang Haoyang 5:6 *

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3:8 * Chen Yaoye 1:10 *

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6:4 * Li Xuanhao 6:3 *

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7:1 *

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4:4 * Wang Xi 4:4 * Gu Lingyi 5:2 * Zhong Wenjing 5:2 * Huang Yunsong 2:5

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tang, Weixing 1993 births Living people Chinese Go players