2011 in go
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| Years in go: | 2011 |
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Calendar[]
The following are the scheduled events of the ancient game of Go for the year 2011 throughout the world. Most of the Go tournaments are held in Asia.
January[]
- 14 – Choi Cheol-han defeats Kong Jie in the final game of the 12th Nongshim Cup, giving Team Korea the title.[1][2]
- 27 – Choi Cheol-han sweeps to win the 15th Chunwon title.[3]
February[]
- 14 – Choi Cheol-han defeats Lee Chang-ho three games to one in the 54th Guksu.[4]
- 16 – Xie Yimin defends her title against Umezawa Yukari in the .[5]
- 18 – Rui Naiwei defeats to win the , her seventh consecutive Female Myungin title.[6]
- 23 – Piao Wenyao wins the 16th LG Cup, his first international tournament. Wenyao was promoted to 9 dan for winning.[6]
March[]
- 2 – wins the .[7] Yang Dingxin wins the .
- 5 – Cho U wins the 30th NEC Cup, his third NEC Cup title.
- 7 – Kong Jie defeats Heo Yeongho in the final game of the 1st Zhaoshang Cup, propelling Team China to a 6–4 victory over Team Korea.
- 8 – Rui Naiwei wins the , her third straight title.[8]
- 11 – Gu Lingyi wins the 10th South-West Qiwang. Cho U wins the 35th Kisei.[8]
- 18 – Fan Tingyu wins the .
- 20 – Li He wins her second title of the year after defeating for the .
- 21 – Park Junghwan defeats Paek Hongsuk in the 29th KBS Cup finals.
- 25 – Xie Yimin keeps her Female Meijin title by beating Chiaki Mukai two to one in the finals of the .[9]
- 26 – Takao Shinji becomes the .
- 27 – Yamada Kimio wins the .[9]
April[]
- 5 – Lee Sedol defeats Kang Yootaek in the finals of the 6th Siptan.
- 7 – Pak Yeong-hun wins the 12th Maxim Cup.[10]
- 9 – Li He's victory over Park Jieun completes the sweep for Team China in the .
- 13 – Chen Yaoye defends his Tianyuan title by defeating Zhou Hexi two to zero in the finals of the 25th Tianyuan.[11]
- 17 – Chen Shiyuan wins the .
- 24 – Tan Xiao wins the 11th RICOH Cup.
- 28 – Lee Sedol defeats Gu Li in the finals of the 3rd BC Card Cup.[12]
- 29 – Iyama Yuta wins the 49th Judan, his second major title.[13]
May[]
- 17 – Zhong Wenjing wins the .
- 18 – Iyama Yuta defeats Gu Li and Lee Sedol to win the 1st Bosai Cup.[14]
- 24 – Chen Shiyuan wins the .
June[]
- 10 – Kong Jie defeats Paek Hongsuk in the final of the 23rd Asian TV Cup.
- 19 – Zhou Junxun wins the against .
- 30 – Lee Sedol wins the 8th Chunlan Cup, defeating Xie He 2–1.[15]
July[]
- 18 – wins his first after besting in the final.[16]
- 21 – Honinbo Dowa Keigo Yamashita defends his Honinbo title by defeating Naoki Hane for the second term in-a-row.
- 23 – Cho Chikun, holder of most titles won in Nihon Ki-in history, wins the inaugural edition of the Igo Masters Cup.
August[]
- 14 – Park Junghwan becomes the youngest holder of the Fujitsu Cup after defeating Qiu Jun in the final.
- 20 – Pak Yeong-hun wins the 2nd World Meijin.
- 29 – Naoki Hane wins his first Gosei title by defeating previous holder Hideyuki Sakai.
- 30 – Lin Zhihan defends his title against Xiao Zhenghao.
Tournament results[]
| International | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
| BC Card Cup |  Lee Sedol |
3–2 |  Gu Li
|
| LG Cup | Piao Wenyao |
2–0 | Kong Jie
|
| Won Seongjin |
2–1 | Gu Li
| |
| Chunlan Cup | Lee Sedol |
2–1 | Xie He
|
| Fujitsu Cup | Park Junghwan |
1–0 | Qiu Jun
|
| Continental | |||
| Asian TV Cup | Kong Jie |
1–0 | Paek Hongsuk
|
| Nongshim Cup | Team Korea Lee Chang-ho Mok Jin-seok (1) Lee Sedol (2) Choi Cheol-han (4) |
||
| Park Jieun |
1–0 | Tang Yi
| |
| Team Korea Park Jieun (1) Lee Hajin Park Jiyeon (7) (1) |
|||
| Team China |
7–5 | Team Korea Park Jieun Park Jiyeon | |
| Pak Yeong-hun |
2–0 | ||
| Bosai Cup |  Iyama Yuta |
1–0 | Gu Li
|
| Piao Wenyao |
1–0 | Iyama Yuta
| |
| Chen Yaoye |
2–0 | Choi Cheolhan
| |
| Japan-Taiwan Jingying |  Chen Shiyuan |
1–0 | Lin Zhihan
|
| Zhaoshang Cup | Team China Kong Jie Gu Li Xie He Liu Xing Zhou Ruiyang Jiang Weijie |
6–4 | Team Korea Choi Cheol-han Pak Yeong-hun Kang Dongyun Park Junghwan Heo Young-ho Yun Junsang |
| Team China Li Zhe Shi Yue Lian Xiao Yang Dingxin Tang Yi Yu Zhiying |
Team Korea Park Junghwan Kang Yootaek Lee Jihyun Na Hyun Choi Jeong | ||
| China | |||
| Mingren | Jiang Weijie | 3–2 | Kong Jie |
| Tianyuan | Chen Yaoye | 2–0 | Zhou Hexi |
| Chang-ki Cup | Gu Li | 2–0 | Liu Xing |
| Piao Wenyao | 1–0 | Chen Yaoye | |
| RICOH Cup | Tan Xiao | 1–0 | Li Zhe |
| Tan Xiao | 1–0 | Wang Lei | |
| Longchen | |||
| Zhong Wenjing | 1–0 | Wang Lei | |
| South-West Qiwang | Gu Lingyi | 1–0 | |
| Fan Tingyu | 2–0 | ||
| Yang Dingxin | 1–0 | Fan Tingyu | |
| 1–0 | |||
| Zhang Xiang | 2–0 | ||
| Japan | |||
| Kisei | Cho U | 4–2 | Yuta Iyama |
| Meijin | Keigo Yamashita | 4–2 | Yuta Iyama |
| Honinbo | Keigo Yamashita | 4–3 | Naoki Hane |
| Tengen | Yuta Iyama | 3–0 | Satoshi Yuki |
| Oza | Cho U | 3–0 | Naoki Hane |
| Judan | Yuta Iyama | 3–2 | Cho U |
| Gosei | Naoki Hane | 3–2 | Hideyuki Sakai |
| Agon Cup | Yuta Iyama | 1–0 | Keigo Yamashita |
| Yuta Iyama | 1–0 | Satoshi Yuki | |
| Kimio Yamada | 1–0 | Norimoto Yoda | |
| Daisuke Murakawa | 1–0 | Nobuaki Anzai | |
| Shuhei Uchida | 1–0 | ||
| NEC Cup | Cho U | 1–0 | Keigo Yamashita |
| Okan | Naoki Hane | 1–0 | Hiroshi Yamashiro |
| Kansai Ki-in 1st Place | Hideyuki Sakai | 2–0 | Daisuke Murakawa |
| 1st Igo Masters Cup | Cho Chikun | 1–0 | Koichi Kobayashi |
| Xie Yimin | 3–1 | Chiaki Mukai | |
| Xie Yimin | 2–1 | Chiaki Mukai | |
| Xie Yimin | 2–0 | Yukari Yoshihara | |
| Takao Shinji | 1–0 | Cho U | |
| Korea | |||
| Guksu | Choi Cheol-han | 3–1 | Lee Chang-ho |
| Pak Yeong-hun | 3–1 | Paek Hongsuk | |
| Siptan | Lee Sedol | 2–1 | Kang Yootaek |
| GS Caltex Cup | Park Junghwan | 3–0 | Pak Yeong-hun |
| Prices Information Cup | Lee Younggu | 2–1 | Yun Junsang |
| Chunwon | Choi Cheol-han | 2–0 | Yun Junsang |
| KBS Cup | Park Junghwan | 2–0 | Paek Hongsuk |
| Kang Yootaek | 2–0 | ||
| Maxim Cup | Pak Yeong-hun | 2–0 | Lee Chang-ho |
| Cho Hunhyun | 2–0 | Seo Bongsoo | |
| Rui Naiwei | 2–1 | ||
| Rui Naiwei | 2–0 | Kim Yunyoung | |
| Rui Naiwei | 1–0 | Choi Jeong | |
| Team Senior | |||
| Korean Baduk League | |||
| Taiwan | |||
| Chen Shiyuan | 4–3 | Zhou Junxun | |
| Chen Shiyuan | 3–1 | ||
| Lin Zhihan | 3–0 | Xiao Zhenghao | |
| Lin Zhihan | 2–0 | Zhou Junxun | |
| Chen Shiyuan | 1–0 | ||
| Zhou Junxun | 1–0 | Xiao Zhenghao | |
| Xiao Zhenghao | 1–0 | ||
See also[]
- List of Go organizations
- Go players
- Go professionals
References[]
- ^ "WORLD GO NEWS ROUND-UP January 18–24: Kim Yunyoung vs. Rui Naiwei in Female Kuksu final; Lee Sedol falls to Mok Jinseok in Maxim Cup; Korea wins the Nongshim again". usgo.org. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "History of Topics 2011 – January". nihonkiin.or.jp/english. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "WORLD GO NEWS ROUND-UP January 25–31: BC Card Cup begins; Choi Cheolhan wins the Chunwon; Xie Yimin wins game 1 in Female Kisei; Cho U evens the score in Kisei; Choi Cheolhan wins game 3 in Kuksu". usgo.org. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "WORLD GO NEWS ROUND-UP February 8–14: Choi Cheolhan wins the Kuksu; Did Lee Changho resign too early?; Cho U and Yamashita Keigo advance to NEC Cup final". usgo.org. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "History of Topics 2011 – March". nihonkiin.or.jp/english. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ a b "WORLD GO NEWS ROUND-UP February 22–28: Kong Jie's slump continues; BC Card Cup 2nd round; Cho U takes Kisei lead; Piao Wenyao wins LG Cup; Rui Naiwei 1–0 in Female Kuksu; Park Yeonghun vs. Lee Changho in Maxim Cup; Zhou Hexi in Tianyuan finals". usgo.org. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "WORLD GO NEWS ROUND-UP March 1–7: Lee Sedol Advances to Siptan Semifinals; Cho U Wins NEC Cup; Li He Wins Female Mingren; Cho U Takes Game 1 in Judan; Mukai Chiaki Wins First Round in Female Meijin". usgo.org. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ a b "WORLD GO NEWS ROUND-UP March 8–14: Park Junghwan Defeats Choi Cheolhan in Siptan; Cho U Wins Kisei; Rui Naiwei Wins Female Kuksu". usgo.org. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ a b "History of Topics 2011 – April". nihonkiin.or.jp/english. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "Park Younghun Wins 12th Maxim Cup". usgo.org. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "Chen Yaoye holds 25th Tianyuan against Zhou Hexi". usgo.org. Archived from the original on 10 May 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "Lee Sedol Prevails in 5-Match Battle to Win BC Card Cup". usgo.org. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "History of Topics 2011 – May". nihonkiin.or.jp/english. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "Iyama Yuta Wins Bosai Cup for Japan". usgo.org. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "Lee Sedol wins 8th Chunlan Cup". gogameguru.com. Archived from the original on 4 July 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ^ "2nd Siyuan Cup". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
External links[]
- Igo-Kisen, all yearly Go results
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