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Fan Tingyu
Fan Tingyu (born 6 August 1996) is a Chinese professional Go player. He won the 17th Xinren Wang and 18th Xinren Wang. Fan defeated Park Junghwan Park Junghwan (born 11 January 1993) is a South Korean professional Go player of 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 f ... (b. 1993) [3-1] in the final of the 7th (2012/13) Ing Cup, and became the youngest Ing Cup title holder in history. Fan is also the second-youngest 9 dan (Lee Changho became 9 dan a bit before Fan) in history. Promotion record Career Record *2010: 31 wins, 12 losses *2011: 15 wins, 8 losses Titles and Runners-up References 1996 births Living people Go players from Shanghai {{PRChina-Go-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanghai
Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowing through it. The population of the city proper is the List of largest cities, second largest in the world after Chongqing, with around 24.87 million inhabitants in 2023, while the urban area is the List of cities in China by population, most populous in China, with 29.87 million residents. As of 2022, the Greater Shanghai metropolitan area was estimated to produce a gross metropolitan product (GDP (nominal), nominal) of nearly 13 trillion Renminbi, RMB ($1.9 trillion). Shanghai is one of the world's major centers for finance, #Economy, business and economics, research, science and technology, manufacturing, transportation, List of tourist attractions in Shanghai, tourism, and Culture of Shanghai, culture. The Port of Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Weiqi Association
Chinese Weiqi Association (), or Chinese Go Association, founded in Hefei, Anhui, in 1962, is the major go organization in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after .... As a branch of the Zhongguo Qiyuan, it oversees professional players as well as strong amateurs, functioning in the same way as the Nihon Ki-in 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 {{China-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Births
1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa, killing around 300 people. * January 9– 20 – Serious fighting breaks out between Russian soldiers and rebel fighters in Chechnya. * January 11 – Ryutaro Hashimoto, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, becomes Prime Minister of Japan. * January 13 – Italy's Prime Minister, Lamberto Dini, resigns after the failure of all-party talks to confirm him. New talks are initiated by President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro to form a new government. * January 14 – Jorge Sampaio is elected President of Portugal. * January 16 – President of Sierra Leone Valentine Strasser is deposed by the chief of defence, Julius Maada Bio. Bio promises to restore power following elections scheduled for February. * January 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CCTV Cup
The CCTV Cup is a Chinese Go competition. Outline The CCTV Cup is the longest running fast game tournament in China and the sponsor is the Chinese CCTV station. The winner and the runner-up qualify for the Asian TV Cup, where they compete against the winners and runners-up of the Japanese NHK Cup and the South Korean KBS Cup. Each player has 1 hour of main time with one 60-second byoyomi A time control is a mechanism in the tournament play of almost all two-player board games so that each round of the match can finish in a timely way and the tournament can proceed. For turn-based games such as chess, shogi or go, time controls ... period. The time control was changed in 2021 to be much slower than the previous time limit, which was one move every 30 seconds. The winner's prize is 350,000 RMB (as of 2024). Formerly, the winner's prize was 250,000 RMB in 2019, increased to 300,000 RMB in 2020, and further increased to the current 350,000 RMB for the 2023–24 cup. Past wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quzhou-Lanke Cup
The Quzhou-Lanke Cup is a Go competition in China. Outline The Quzhou-Lanke Cup is sponsored by the Chinese Weiqi Association Chinese Weiqi Association (), or Chinese Go Association, founded in Hefei, Anhui, in 1962, is the major go organization in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, ... and the Sports Administration of Zhejiang Province. As of 2011, it was the most prestigious Chinese tournament, paying 500,000 Yuan ($77,000) to the winner. Past winners and runners-up References Go competitions in China {{Go-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahan Tongshan Cup
The Ahan Tongshan Cup () is a Chinese Go competition. Outline The Ahan Tongshan Cup is a Go tournament played with fast time controls: Each player has 30 seconds per move, along with 10 one-minute periods of extra thinking time. The format is single elimination. As of 2024, the winner receives 200,000 RMB in prize money. The Ahan Tongshan Cup is the Chinese counterpart of the Agon Kiriyama Cup in Japan. Both tournaments are sponsored by Agon Shu. The winners of the two tournaments play against each other in the China-Japan Agon Cup. Past winners and runners-up References See also * List of professional Go tournaments This is a list of professional go (game), Go tournaments, for competitors in the board game of ''Go''. The tradition, initiated by the Honinbo, Honinbo Tournament in Japan, is for an event to be run annually, leading up to a title match and the a ... Go competitions in China {{Go-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xinren Wang
The Xinren Wang (), literally meaning King of the New Stars, is a Go competition in China. It is equivalent to the ''Shinjin-O'' in Japan. Outline The Xinren Wang is a Go tournament held by the Zhongguo Qiyuan for players under 20 years of age and under 7 dan. In 2007, the age limit was lowered from 30 to 20. The format is a single knockout, and the final is a best-of-3. The winner's prize is 120,000 RMB the runner-up's prize is 70,000 RMB (as of 2024). Past winners and runners-up See also *Shinjin-O The Shinjin-Ō (新人王, King of the New Stars) is a professional Go competition. An annual Japanese tournament, it has been held continuously since 1976. Format The Shinjin-Ō tournament is organised by the Japanese Nihon Ki-in. The tourna ... References External links gotoeveryone.k2ss.info {{Chinese go titles Go competitions in China ... [...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 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 ... 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] |
Liguang 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 imaging and electronics company. It was founded by the now- .... 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] |
Lee Changho
Lee Chang-ho (; born 29 July 1975) is a South Korean professional Go player of 9-dan rank. Considered to be one of the greatest Go players of all time, Lee was ranked #1 in the world in Go ELO rankings from 1991 to 2006. Biography He was born in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, South Korea. He turned professional in 1986 at the young age of 11. By the early 1990s, he started winning titles that his teacher, Cho, had previously won. In 1992, Lee won his first international title, the 3rd Tong Yang Cup. Lee has won all of the international Go tournaments at least twice, excluding the World Oza and Ing Cup, which are held every two and four years respectively. In 2006, Lee won the Wangwi title for the eleventh consecutive year. Go career Over the years, Lee's style of play has been broken down. Even Cho Chikun said that Lee Sedol would eventually pass Chang-ho because Chang-ho's style is no longer guaranteed due to the new generation of players. When asked if Lee's era was o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cao Dayuan
Cáo Dàyuán (), 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] |
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 Cup, held in 2012/13, Fan Tingyu defeated Park Junghwan and became the youngest Ing Cup winner in history. In the semifinal, Fan defeated Xie He, and Park defeated Lee Chang-ho. Overview The Ing Cup is sponsored by Ing Chang-ki Weichi Educational Foundation, Yomiuri Shimbun, the Nihon-Kiin, and Kansai-Kiin, and is held every four years (and thus often nicknamed Go Olympics). The competition has its own special rules. There is no ''byoyomi''; instead, players who run out of time pay a two-point penalty to receive some extra time. The precise amount of time has varied historically; in the 10th cup final in 2024, the time allotment was three and a half hours for each player, with a two-point penalty to receive an extra 35 minutes, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
