Ahan Tongshan Cup

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Ahan Tongshan Cup
Full nameAhan Tongshan Cup
Chinese阿含桐山杯
Pinyin Āhán Tóngshān Bēi
Started1999
Sponsors Agon Shu
Prize money200,000 RMB
Affiliation Zhongguo Qiyuan

The Ahan Tongshan Cup (Chinese :阿含桐山杯; pinyin :Āhán Tóngshān Bēi) is a Chinese Go competition.

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The Ahan Tongshan Cup is a Go tournament played with fast time controls. The format is single knockout. As of 2021, the winner receives 200,000 RMB in prize money. [1]

The Ahan Tongshan Cup is the Chinese counterpart of the Agon Cup in Japan. Both tournaments are sponsored by Agon Shu. The winners of the two tournaments play against each other in the China-Japan Agon Cup.

Past winners and runners-up

EditionYearWinnerScoreRunner-up
1st1999 Ma Xiaochun 1–0 Zhou Heyang
2nd2000Zhou Heyang1–0 Shao Weigang
3rd2001Liu Jing1–0Ma Xiaochun
4th2002 Yu Bin 1–0 Huang Yizhong
5th2003 Gu Li 1–0 Kong Jie
6th2004Zhou Heyang1–0Shao Weigang
7th2005Gu Li1–0 Qiu Jun
8th2006 Liu Xing 1–0 Lu Xihe
9th2007Liu Xing1–0Kong Jie
10th2008Gu Li1–0 Chang Hao
11th2009Sun Tengyu1–0 Piao Wenyao
12th2010Qiu Jun1–0Chang Hao
13th2011Piao Wenyao1–0Chen Yaoye
14th2012Gu Li1–0 Zhou Ruiyang
15th2013 Lian Xiao 1–0 Fan Tingyu
16th2014 Ke Jie 1–0 Tang Weixing
17th2015 Huang Yunsong 1–0 Chen Yaoye
18th2016Ke Jie1–0 Chen Yaoye
19th2017 Tuo Jiaxi 1–0Ke Jie
20th2018 Gu Zihao 1–0Fan Tingyu
21st2019 Fan Tingyu 1–0 [2] Tuo Jiaxi
22nd2021 Gu Zihao 1–0 [1] Huang Yunsong

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  1. 1 2 "辜梓豪屠龙再夺阿含·桐山杯,周三挑战许家元", bjnews.com.cn (in Chinese), 2021-12-06
  2. "阿含桐山杯快棋赛范廷钰问鼎冠军 12月中日对抗", sina.com.cn (in Chinese), 2019-09-12

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