The Mingren (Chinese: 名人; pinyin: Míngrén) is a Go competition in China organized by the Chinese Weiqi Association. The word míngrén means "brilliant man". The Mingren is equivalent to the Nihon-Kiin's Meijin and the Hanguk Kiwon's Myungin titles.[1]

Outline

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The Mingren is sponsored by the Zhongguo Qiyuan and the People's Daily. It 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-three. Prior to 2016, the final of the preliminary tournament was decided in a best-of-three, and the title match was decided in a best-of-five.

The winner's purse is ¥400,000 and the runner-up's is ¥200,000, as of 2023. This was increased in 2023 from the previous edition (2019), where the prize money was ¥300,000 and ¥100,000.[2]

Past Winners and Runners-up

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Year Winner Score Runner-up
1988 Liu Xiaoguang 3–1 Yu Bin
1989 Ma Xiaochun 3–0 Liu Xiaoguang
1990 3–2 Yu Bin
1991 3–2 Nie Weiping
1992 3–1 Zhang Wendong
1993 3–0 Cao Dayuan
1994 3–2 Luo Xihe
1995 3–0 Liu Xiaoguang
1996 3–2 Liu Xiaoguang
1997 3–1 Luo Xihe
1998 3–2 Liu Xiaoguang
1999 3–0 Chang Hao
2000 3–2 Shao Weigang
2001 3–2 Chang Hao
2002 Zhou Heyang 3–1 Ma Xiaochun
2003 Qiu Jun 3–2 Zhou Heyang
2004 Gu Li 3–0 Qiu Jun
2005 3–0 Yu Bin
2006 3–0 Zhou Ruiyang
2007 3–0 Ding Wei
2008 3–2 Piao Wenyao
2009 3–1 Gu Lingyi
2010 Jiang Weijie 3–2 Gu Li
2011 3–2 Kong Jie
2012 Tan Xiao 3–0 Jiang Weijie
2013 Chen Yaoye 3–1 Tan Xiao
2014 3–1 Lian Xiao
2015 Lian Xiao 3–0 Chen Yaoye
2016 2–1 Zhou Ruiyang
2017 2–1 Mi Yuting
2018 Mi Yuting 2–1[3] Lian Xiao
2019 2–1[4] Xu Jiayang

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Go Tournament: Mingren Title". gogameworld.com. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
  2. ^ ""中吉号杯"第33届中国围棋名人战深圳开幕". Sina Sports (in Chinese). 28 March 2023.
  3. ^ "名人战挑战赛芈昱廷2-1逆转胜连笑 登顶新名人" (in Chinese). sina.com.cn. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  4. ^ "芈昱廷2比1逆转胜许嘉阳 成功蝉联名人头衔" (in Chinese). sina.com.cn. 25 September 2019.