Chen Yaoye (
Traditional
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: 陳耀燁;
Simplified: 陈耀烨;
Pinyin
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: Chén Yàoyè; born on December 16, 1989) is a Chinese professional
Go player
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Biography
Chen Yaoye was born in Beijing, China. He is a young Go player who, at the age of 16, had already beaten
Lee Chang-ho, arguably the best Go player in the world. He has won a title, the 2005
National Go Individual with a record of 7 wins and 2 losses. At the time he was 15 years and 9 months of age, the youngest Chinese player to win the tournament. After beating Lee in the 10th
LG Cup, he scored two more wins in that tournament to progress to the final. In March 2006, he faced off against Gu Li in the final of the
10th LG Cup. Chen had lost the first two matches, but won the next two games to tie it at 2–2. It came to the final fifth game, and Chen lost. He was promoted to 9 dan in 2007 after he was runner-up to
Lee Sedol in the
Asian TV Cup.
In June 2013, he defeated
Lee Sedol in the 9th
Chunlan Cup final by 2–1, winning his first international individual title.
Chen's style is characterised by his strong preference for early territory, much like
Cho Chikun.
Promotion record
Titles & runners-up
Tied for #5 in
total number of titles in China.
Head-to-head record vs selected players
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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 ...
21:16
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Gu Li 20:11
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Choi Cheolhan
Choi Cheol-han () is a South Korean professional Go player. He is the fourth youngest (12 years 2 months) to become a professional Go player in South Korean history behind Cho Hun-hyun (9 years 7 months), Lee Chang-ho (11 years 1 months) ...
13:9
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Xie He 13:9
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Zhou Ruiyang
Zhou Ruiyang (; born March 8, 1991) is a Chinese people, Chinese professional Go (board game), Go Go players, player.
Biography
Zhou began playing Go at the age of 7. He won the biggest amateur tournament in China, the Wanbao Cup, in the s ...
5:16
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Tuo Jiaxi 10:10
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Ke Jie 8:12
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Piao Wenyao 6:13
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Tan Xiao 10:9
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Lian Xiao 8:10
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Jiang Weijie 10:7
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Lee Sedol 8:8
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Qiu Jun 8:8
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Hu Yaoyu 7:9
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Gu Lingyi 13:2
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Kang Dongyun 10:5
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Shi Yue 5:10
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Wang Xi 9:5
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Li Zhe 6:8
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Kim Ji-seok 6:6
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Kong Jie 6:6
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Mi Yuting 4:8
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Tang Weixing 11:1
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Fan Tingyu 9:2
References
External links
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1989 births
Chinese Go players
Living people
Sportspeople from Beijing
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