Qisheng

The Qisheng (Traditional: 棋聖; Simplified: 棋圣; Pinyin: Qíshèng) is a Go competition in China organized by the Chinese Weiqi Association. It is equivalent to the Nihon-Kiin's Kisei and the Hanguk Kiwon's Kiseong. The word qíshèng means "Go saint".

Outline

The Qisheng consists of a preliminary tournament in which 32 players compete against one another to determine the challenger to the previous year's winner. The preliminary is a single-elimination format, and the title match is decided in a best-of-five. As of 2018, the winner's purse is ¥600,000 ($93,795), ¥150,000 ($23,449) for the runner-up, ¥45,000 ($7,035) for the losers in the semifinal ,¥18,000 ($2,814) for the losers in the quarterfinal, ¥9,000 ($1,407) for the losers in the round of 16, and ¥6,000 ($938) for the losers in the round of 32.

Past Winners and Runners-up
YearWinnerScoreRunner-up
1999Chang Hao4–3Ma Xiaochun
2000Zhou Heyang4–0Chang Hao
2001Yu Bin4–2Zhang Wendong
2013Zhou Ruiyang3–2Tuo Jiaxi
20143–1Lian Xiao
2018 LIan Xiao 2-1 Zhou Ruiyang
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