On the morning of March 17, the first round of the 14th Chunlan Cup World Professional Go Championship was drawn on March 17, and the results were as follows:
On March 22, the first round of the Chunlan Cup matchup:
Li Weiqing vs Ilya
Shi Yue VS Kim Myung Hoon
Kim Shi-hyun VS Yuta Iyama
Bian Xiangyi VS Yili Liao
Yu Ting vs Takshi Sada
Hiroshi Ding VS Toshimaru Shibano
Li Xuanhao vs Li Liyan
Lee Chin Shing vs Kwan Hang Taro
Chinese mainland total of 10 people. Tang Weixing participated as the runner-up of the previous year, Ke Jie, Mi Yuting, Ding Hao, Yang Dingxin, Gu Zihao and other 5 people were selected by points, and yue consecutive victories over Xie Kelianxiao in the selection competition, Li Xuanhao won consecutive victories over Tan Xiao Fan Tingyu, Li Qincheng won consecutive victories over Shelhao Jiang Weijie, and Li Weiqing won consecutive victories over Dang Yifei Zhao Chenyu.
The South Korean team consists of 6 players: Shin Jin-hyun (previous champion), Park Young-hwan, Shin Min-hoon, Bian Sang-il, Myung-hoon and Kim Ji-seok.
The Japanese team is 5 players: Yuta Iyama, Kentaro Kane, Torano Toramaru, Kazuri Ryo, and Tachibana Sada. Xu Haofeng of Chinese Taipei, Li Liyan of the Americas, and Ilyashkesin of Europe.
Tang Weixing, Ke Jie, Yang Dingxin, Gu Zihao, Shin Jin-chen, Park Ting-hwan, Shin Min-ho, and Xu Hao-hoon had a first-round bye.
The first round of the Chunlan Cup will start at 10:30 a.m. on March 22 and will be played on the Tencent Wild Fox Go platform through the network. A second round of draws will be held after the match, with the second round taking place on 24 March.
"Chunlan Cup" is the first world professional Go tournament funded by chunlan (group) company, a Chinese mainland enterprise, in 1998, which has been held for more than 20 years and is one of the major world professional Go tournaments that are still being held. The game adopts the rules of the Chinese Weiqi Association, and the black chess stickers are 3 and 3/4 subs, each side is 2.5 hours, and 5 times 1 minute reading seconds. The prize money for the winner is $150,000, the runner-up is $50,000, and the semifinals are $20,000. Previously, Chinese players won the championship 5 times, South Korea 7 times and Japan 1 time.
Chunlan Cup Past Champions and Runners-up:
Number of years Year Champion Score Runner-up
1st 1999 Cho Hwan-hyun 2:1 Lee Chang-ho
2nd 2000 Wang Licheng 2:1 Ma Xiaochun
3rd 2001 Liu Changhe 2:1 Wang Licheng
4th 2003 Lee Chang-ho 2:0 Naoki Feather
5th 2005 Lee Chang-ho 2:1 Zhou Heyang
6th 2007 Guli 2:0 Chang Hao
7th 2009 Chang Hao 2:0 Lee Chang-ho
8th 2011 Lee Sedol 2:1 Sheikh
9th 2013 Chen Yaoye 2:1 Lee Sedol
10th 2015 Coulee 2:0 Zhou Ruiyang
11th 2017 Tan Xiao 2:1 Park Yong-hoon
12th 2019 Park Young-hwan 2:0 Park Yong-hoon
13th 2021 Shin Jin-chan 2:0 Tang Weixing