| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 13, 2000 |
| Sport | |
| Turned pro | 2013 |
| Rank | 9 dan |
| Affiliation | Chinese Weiqi Association |
Ding Hao (Chinese :丁浩; pinyin :Dīng Hào; born 13 June 2000 [1] ) is a Chinese professional Go player.
Ding was born in Datong, Shanxi. [2] He began to attend Go classes when he was seven years old. To continue his studies, he moved to Taiyuan and then to Beijing. [3] [4] He earned professional status in 2013, at age 13. [5]
He won the 2019 CCTV Cup, a tournament with fast time controls. [6] This qualified him as one of China's two representatives for the Asian TV Cup, where he finished as runner-up to Shin Jinseo. [7]
In 2021 he won three Chinese tournaments within a span of three months: [8] the Changqi Cup in October, [9] Guoshou on December 12, [10] and the GBA Cup Chinese Weiqi Master Championship on December 30. [11] He successfully defended the Weiqi Master title in 2022, [12] and lost it to Yang Kaiwen in 2023. [13] He also successfully defended the Guoshou title in October 2023. [14]
He won an international championship at the LG Cup in February 2023 with a victory over Yang Dingxin in the finals. [8] [4] The same year, he won his second major international title at the Samsung Cup in November. [15] In December 2023, he became the number one ranked Chinese player in the Chinese Weiqi Association's official rankings. [16] He won the Samsung Cup again in 2024. [17]
| Competitions | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung Cup | × | × | × | × | W | W | RU |
| LG Cup | × | R16 | × | W | R16 | QF | × |
| Chunlan Cup | - | × | - | R16 | - | QF | - |
| Mlily Cup | R16 | - | R64 | - | |||
| Kuksu Mountains | × | - | × | R16 | × | × | × |
| Lanke Cup | - | R16 | SF | QF | |||
| Nanyang Cup | - | R16 | - | ||||
| Shinhan Cup | - | R16 | |||||
| Asian TV Cup | SF | - | |||||
| Nongshim Cup | × | × | × | × | 0:1 | 0:1 | |
(W) Winner; (RU) Runner-up; (SF) Semifinalist; (QF) Quarterfinalist; (R16) Round of 16; (R32) Round of 32; (R64) Round of 64.
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