Mingren

The Mingren (Chinese: 名人; Pinyin: Míng Rén) 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

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 ¥300,000 ($46,834) and ¥80,000 ($12,486) for the runner-up, as of 2017.

Past Winners and Runners-up
YearWinnerScoreRunner-up
1988Liu Xiaoguang3–1Yu Bin
1989Ma Xiaochun3–0Liu Xiaoguang
19903–2Yu Bin
19913–2Nie Weiping
19923–1Zhang Wendong
19933–0Cao Dayuan
19943–2Luo Xihe
19953–0Liu Xiaoguang
19963–2
19973–1Luo Xihe
19983–2Liu Xiaoguang
19993–0Chang Hao
20003–2Shao Weigang
20013–2Chang Hao
2002Zhou Heyang3–1Ma Xiaochun
2003Qiu Jun3–2Zhou Heyang
2004Gu Li3–0Qiu Jun
20053–0Yu Bin
20063–0Zhou Ruiyang
20073–0Ding Wei
20083–2Piao Wenyao
20093–1Gu Lingyi
2010Jiang Weijie3–2Gu Li
20113–2Kong Jie
2012Tan Xiao3–0Jiang Weijie
2013Chen Yaoye3–1Tan Xiao
20143–1Lian Xiao
2015Lian Xiao3–0Chen Yaoye
20162-1Zhou Ruiyang
20172-1Mi Yuting
2018Mi Yuting2-1[2]Lian Xiao

See also

References
  1. "Go Tournament: Mingren Title". gogameworld.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
  2. "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.
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