Li Xuanhao (; born February 1, 1995) is a Chinese professional Go player.

Life

Li was born in

Chongqing ChongqingPostal Romanization, Previously romanized as Chungking ();. is a direct-administered municipality in Southwestern China. Chongqing is one of the four direct-administered municipalities under the State Council of the People's Republi ...

. He began to attend Go classes when he was five or six years old. At age nine, he left Chongqing for

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

to study at the Nie Weiping dojo, living without his parents. He earned professional 1-dan rank in 2008, at age 13. After many years of professional competition, 2022 was a breakout year for Li. He reached 9 dan in April. He won two domestic tournaments, the Quzhou-Lanke Cup in April and the ('King of Kings') in May. His standings rose in the Chinese Weiqi Association's official rankings of Chinese players, eventually overtaking

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to become the number one ranked Chinese player in February 2023. In December 2022, Chinese player

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publicly suggested that Li cheated using AI, an accusation which the Chinese Weiqi Association soon determined was unsubstantiated. Yang made the controversial allegation at the time of a

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 ar ...

semifinal game between Li Xuanhao and

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, which Li won. Li had also defeated Yang himself in the quarterfinals of the same tournament. The Chinese Weiqi Association ruled that there was no evidence of cheating, and penalized Yang with a six-month partial suspension from competition. Li finished the Chunlan Cup as runner-up. He won an international title at the

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in May 2024. He won two domestic tournaments later the same year: the Wangzhongwang in July and the in October.

Titles

International: *

2024 Chinese: *

National Go Individual The Chinese Go Championship is a Go competition which determines the national champion of China. Outline The Chinese Go Championship is held with the Swiss system where there are many players who play through 11 rounds. The final two are chosen ...

2014 * Quzhou-Lanke Cup 2022 * ('King of Kings') 2022, 2024 * 2024

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Xuanhao 1995 births Living people Chinese Go players Sportspeople from Chongqing