World Championships in Renju

There are several world championships in Renju organized by the Renju International Federation, including World Championship, Women World Championships, Team World Championships, Youth World Championships and Correspondence World Championships. ^[1]

World Championships

Renju World Championships have occurred every second year, since 1989. ^[2] The opening rule was Yamaguchi from 2009 to 2015, and was Soosõrv-8 from 2017 to 2023.

The results of previous World Championships are following:

Title year	Hosting city, country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Opening rule
1989	Kyoto, Japan	Shigeru Nakamura	Hideki Nara	Toshio Nishimura	Swap
1991	Moscow, Soviet Union	Shigeru Nakamura	Makoto Yamaguchi	Aldis Reims	Swap
1993	Arjeplog, Sweden	Ando Meritee	Hideki Nara	Aldis Reims	Swap
1995	Tallinn, Estonia	Norihiko Kawamura	Ando Meritee	Dmitry Ilyin	Swap
1997	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Kazuto Hasegawa	Ando Meritee	Takashi Sagara	RIF
1999	Beijing, China	Ando Meritee	Igor Sinyov	Stefan Karlsson	RIF
2001	Kyoto, Japan	Ando Meritee	Vladimir Sushkov	Igor Sinyov	RIF
2003	Vadstena, Sweden	Tunnet Taimla	Vladimir Sushkov	Ando Meritee	RIF
2005	Tallinn, Estonia	Ando Meritee	Vladimir Sushkov	Konstantin Chingin	RIF
2007	Tyumen, Russia	Wu Di	Konstantin Chingin	Yusui Yamaguchi	RIF
2009	Pardubice, Czech Republic	Vladimir Sushkov	Tunnet Taimla	Cao Dong	Yamaguchi
2011	Huskvarna, Sweden	Cao Dong	Lin Huang-Yu	Huang Jinxian	Yamaguchi
2013	Tallinn, Estonia	Tunnet Taimla	Yuuki Oosumi	Vladimir Sushkov	Yamaguchi
2015	Suzdal, Russia	Qi Guan	Lin Huang-Yu	Lan Zhiren	Yamaguchi
2017	Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Vladimir Sushkov	Zhu Jianfeng	Lin Shu-Hsuan	Soosõrv-8
2019	Tallinn, Estonia	Cao Dong	Vladimir Sushkov	Shunsuke Kamiya	Soosõrv-8
2023	Istanbul, Turkey	Lu Hai	Mei Fan	Tomoharu Nakayama	Soosõrv-8
2025	Brno, Czech Republic	Tomoharu Nakayama	Mei Fan	Shunsuke Kamiya	Taraguchi-10

The statistics for the players in the Renju World Championships following.

Place	Player	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Entries
1	Ando Meritee	4	2	1	7
2	Vladimir Sushkov	2	4	1	10
3	Tunnet Taimla	2	1	0	7
4	Cao Dong	2	0	1	6
5	Shigeru Nakamura	2	0	0	4
6	Tomoharu Nakayama	1	0	1	4
7	Kazuto Hasegawa	1	0	0	5
8	Norihiko Kawamura	1	0	0	2
8	Lu Hai	1	0	0	2
8	Qi Guan	1	0	0	2
8	Wu Di	1	0	0	2
12	Hideki Nara	0	2	0	6
13	Mei Fan	0	2	0	4
14	Lin Huang-Yu	0	2	0	3
15	Igor Sinyov	0	1	1	5
16	Konstantin Chingin	0	1	1	3
16	Yusui Yamaguchi	0	1	1	3
18	Yuuki Oosumi	0	1	0	2
19	Zhu Jianfeng	0	1	0	1
20	Shunsuke Kamiya	0	0	2	4
20	Aldis Reims	0	0	2	4
22	Stefan Karlsson	0	0	1	8
23	Takashi Sagara	0	0	1	3
24	Lan Zhiren	0	0	1	2
25	Huang Jinxian	0	0	1	1
25	Dmitry Ilyin	0	0	1	1
25	Lin Shu-Hsuan	0	0	1	1
25	Toshio Nishimura	0	0	1	1

Women World Championships

The Women World Championships started in 1997 and are played every second year, at the same time and place with the World Championships. ^[3] The results are following:

Title year	Hosting city, country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Opening rule
1997	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Irina Metreveli	Natalya Vasilyeva	Yelena Lebedeva	RIF
1999	Beijing, China	Yulia Savrasova	Irina Metreveli	Yelena Lebedeva	RIF
2001	Kyoto, Japan	Yulia Savrasova	Irina Metreveli	Hsu Wen-Ching	RIF
2003	Vadstena, Sweden	Yulia Savrasova	Yang Hsiao-Yu	Irina Metreveli	RIF
2005	Tallinn, Estonia	Oxana Sorokina	Irina Metreveli	Maris Tuvikene	RIF
2007	Tyumen, Russia	Tatyana Krayeva	Oxana Sorokina	Irina Metreveli	RIF
2009	Pardubice, Czech Republic	Yulia Savrasova	Yao Jinrui	Hu Xi	Yamaguchi
2011	Huskvarna, Sweden	Kazumi Arai	Irina Metreveli	Anastasja Oborina	Yamaguchi
2013	Tallinn, Estonia	Irina Metreveli	Kira Lashko	Olga Kurdina	Yamaguchi
2015	Suzdal, Russia	Kira Lashko	Wang Qingqing	Irina Metreveli	Yamaguchi
2017	Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Chien Yung-Hsuan	Wang Qingqing	Liu Xun	Soosõrv-8
2019	Tallinn, Estonia	Wu Zhiqin	Li Xiaoqing	Irina Metreveli	Soosõrv-8
2023	Istanbul, Turkey	Wang Qingqing	Ekaterina Porokhina [a]	Maiko Fujita	Soosõrv-8
2025	Brno, Czech Republic	Wang Qingqing	Wan Junhong	Shen Lanxin	Taraguchi-10

1. According to the protocol of the Renju International Federation in 2022, Russian players would play under the Russian Renju Association and would not be using Russian flags.

Team World Championships

Team World Championships in Renju have occurred every second year since 1996, except for 2020. ^[4] From 2010 to 2016, the opening rule was Yamaguchi. In 2018, the opening rule was Soosõrv-8. Since 2024, the opening rule has become Taraguchi-10. The results are following.

Title year	Hosting city, country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1996	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Russia Dmitry Ilyin Stepan Peskov Igor Sinyov Konstantin Nikonov Mikhail Kozhin	Estonia Ando Meritee Ants Soosõrv Margus Tuvikene Marek Kolk	Latvia Aldis Reims Arnis Veidemanis Nerses Grigorian Eduard Voskanian
1998 [a]	Yerevan, Armenia	No champion title awarded
2000	Tallinn, Estonia	Russia-1 Igor Sinyov Alexandr Klimashin Vladimir Sushkov Pavel Salnikov Mikhail Kozhin	Sweden Stefan Karlsson Rickard Johannesson Joachim Gaulitz Tord Andersson	Japan Kazuto Hasegawa Hideki Nara Yoshimi Hayakawa Hirouji Sakamoto
2002	Vadstena, Sweden	Russia-1 Pavel Salnikov Alexandr Klimashin Sergey Artemyev Alexey Skuridin Vladimir Semyonov	Estonia Ants Soosõrv Tunnet Taimla Johann Lents Timo Ilu Maris Tuvikene	Sweden-1 Stefan Karlsson Peter Gardstrom Goran Holgersson Linus Hermansson Joachim Gaulitz
2004	Tyumen, Russia	Russia-1 Vladimir Sushkov Alexandr Klimashin Konstantin Chingin Konstantin Nikonov Igor Sinyov	Estonia Ando Meritee Tunnet Taimla Ants Soosõrv Timo Ilu Irene Karlsson	Russia-2 Pavel Salnikov Pavel Makarov Sergey Artemyev Vladimir Semyonov Mikhail Kozhin
2006	Tallinn, Estonia	Russia-1 Vladimir Sushkov Konstantin Chingin Sergey Artemyev Yulia Savrasova Pavel Vershinin	Estonia-1 Ando Meritee Tunnet Taimla Ants Soosõrv Aivo Oll Johann Lents	China Chen Wei Wu Hao Zhu Jianfeng Ge Lingfeng
2008	Helsinki, Finland	Estonia Tunnet Taimla Aivo Oll Andry Purk Ants Soosõrv Johann Lents	Russia-1 Vladimir Sushkov Egor Serdyukov Konstantin Chingin Yulia Savrasova Alexandr Kadulin	China Cao Dong Wu Di Wu Hao Chen Wei
2010	Tokyo, Japan	China Li Yi Cao Dong Yin Licheng Xi Zhenyang	Estonia-1 Tunnet Taimla Aivo Oll Andry Purk Ants Soosõrv	Japan-1 Shigeru Nakamura Kazuto Hasegawa Hiroshi Okabe Yusui Yamaguchi Norihiko Kawamura Taizan Isobe
2012	Beijing, China	Japan Yuuki Oosumi Shigeru Nakamura Takahiro Kudomi Kazumasa Tamura Hiroshi Okabe Tomoharu Nakayama	China-1 Cao Dong Zhu Jianfeng He Qifa Lu Hai	China-2 Yang Yanxi Chen Jing Qi Guan Chen Wei
2014	Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Estonia Tunnet Taimla Martin Hõbemägi Ants Soosõrv Johann Lents Ando Meritee	Chinese Taipei-1 Lin Shu-Hsuan Lin Huang-Yu Chen Ko-Han Yang Yu-Hsiung Lin Shih-Pin Cheng Chih-Liang	Japan-1 Shigeru Nakamura Yoshihiro Iio Nobuhiro Fukui Ayako Tada Yuuki Oosumi Kazumasa Tamura
2016	Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia-1 Aivo Oll Tunnet Taimla Martin Hõbemägi Renee Pajuste Johann Lents	China Qi Guan Lan Zhiren Zhu Jianfeng Chen Xin Liu Yang	Russia-1 Oleg Fedorkin Vladimir Sushkov Pavel Salnikov Konstantin Nikonov Dmitry Epifanov Maxim Karasyov
2018	Saint Petersburg, Russia	China Yang Yanxi Zhu Jianfeng Cao Dong Liu Yang Lan Zhiren	Japan Tomoharu Nakayama Yudai Fujita Yoshihiro Iio Jun Koyama Hiroshi Okabe Maiko Fujita	Russia-2 Vladimir Sushkov Pavel Salnikov Mikhail Kozhin Denis Kachaev Maxim Karasyov Sergey Artemyev
2024	Xintai, China	China-2 Huang Liqin Cao Dong Jiang Qiwen He Shujun Ai Xianping	China-1 Mei Fan Huang Shengming Chen Xin Wu Di Lu Hai	China-3 Wang Qingqing Liu Xun Liu Qin Huang Xiangning Wan Junhong

1. In this year an Armenia-Sweden match was played instead of Team World Championship. The result is a draw between the two teams, but no champion title was awarded.

The statistics for the Renju Team World Championships following.

Place	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Entries
1	Russia	5	1	3	11
2	Estonia	3	5	0	11
3	China	2	2	3	7
4	Japan	1	1	3	11
5	Sweden	0	1	1	9
6	Chinese Taipei	0	1	0	4
7	Latvia	0	0	1	1

Youth World Championships

Renju Youth World Championships have occurred every second year since 1996. ^[5]

The results of Youth World Championships of different groups for boys are following:

Title year	Hosting city, country	U25	U23	U20	U18	U17	U15	U14	U12	U11	U9
1996	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia	-			Margus Tuvikene			Konstantin Chingin
1998	Beijing, China	-			Hannes Hermansson			Shao Xiaodong
2000	Arjeplog, Sweden	-			Konstantin Chingin			Denis Nekrasov
2002	Podyuga, Russia	-		Konstantin Chingin				Tunnet Taimla
2004	Yerevan, Armenia	-		Hiroshi Okabe				Evgeny Sumarokov
2006	Beijing, China	-	Wu Hao			Mikhail Lysakov			Hu Yu
2008	Haapsalu, Estonia	-	Aivo Oll			Alexandr Kadulin			Martin Hõbemägi
2010	Yerevan, Armenia	-	Rafik Nersisyan			Artyom Merkulov			Aleksey Vostryakov
2012	Suzdal, Russia	-	Artyom Merkulov			Roman Kruchok			Denis Fedotov
2014	Suure-Jaani, Estonia	-	Martin Hõbemägi			Denis Fedotov			Tang Xudong
2016	Tallinn, Estonia	Martin Hõbemägi		Georg-Romet Topkin			Denis Fedotov			Fan Shihao
2018	Kuşadası, Turkey	Martin Hõbemägi		Maksim Lavrik-Karmazin			Kang Zheming			Zhang Junyu
2024	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	Kang Sang-min					Wu Yanwei			Sergey Mikryukov [a]

1. According to the protocol of the Renju International Federation in 2022, Russian players would play under the Russian Renju Association and would not be using Russian flags.

The results of Youth World Championships of different groups for girls are following:

Title year	Hosting city, country	U25	U23	U20	U18	U17	U15	U14	U12	U11	U9
1996	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia	-			Yelena Lebedeva
1998	Beijing, China	-			Yelena Lebedeva			Wu Dan
2000	Arjeplog, Sweden	-			Yelena Lebedeva			Yulia Savrasova
2002	Podyuga, Russia	-		Yulia Savrasova				Alyona Mikhailova
2004	Yerevan, Armenia	-		Yulia Savrasova				Mariya Pestereva
2006	Beijing, China	-	Yulia Savrasova			Tatyana Krayeva			Anastasja Oborina
2008	Haapsalu, Estonia	-	Yulia Savrasova			Tatyana Krayeva			Alexandra Sumarokova
2010	Yerevan, Armenia	-	Gayane Petrosyan			Anastasja Oborina			Kira Lashko
2012	Suzdal, Russia	-	Tatyana Krayeva			Anastasja Oborina			Tuuli Tiivel
2014	Suure-Jaani, Estonia	-	Wang Qingqing			Jin Yichan			Fan Xuanzuo
2016	Tallinn, Estonia	Wang Qingqing		Kira Lashko			Ksenia Matushkina			Lou Qiongwen
2018	Kuşadası, Turkey	Liu Xun		Tatyana Prokopets			Xu Xicheng			Wang Kemiao
2024	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	Anna Fokicheva [a]					Deng Yuanxi			Zhang Yan	Cao Xinyu

1. According to the protocol of the Renju International Federation in 2022, Russian players would play under the Russian Renju Association and would not be using Russian flags.

Renju World Championships via Correspondence

World Championships in Renju via Correspondence were held in 1982 to 1993 (by paper letters, later by e-mails), and now are played every year since 1996 with an exception in 2009, 2010 and 2016. ^[6] The opening rule being played is Soosõrv-N from 2014 to 2020, and was changed to Taraguchi-10 since 2021.

The results from 1982 to 1993 are in the following.

Title year	Champion	Country
1982	Vladimir Sapronov	Soviet Union
1984	Alexandr Nosovsky	Soviet Union
1985	Alexandr Nosovsky	Soviet Union
1991	Albert Poghosyan	Soviet Union
1993	Albert Poghosyan	Armenia

The results since 1996 are in the following.

Title year	Champion	Runner-up	Third
1996	Aldis Reims	Linas Laibinis	Igor Sinyov
1997	Yuriy Tarannikov	Aldis Reims	Stefan Karlsson
1998	Oleg Fedorkin	Aldis Reims	Kazuto Hasegawa
1999	Oleg Fedorkin	Alexander Nosovsky	Konstantin Nikonov
2000	Aldis Reims	Evgeniy Bobkov	Konstantin Nikonov
2001	Konstantin Nikonov	Zhang Jinyu	Vitaly Lunkin
2002	Vitaly Lunkin	Zhang Jinyu	Vladimir Dvoeglazov
2003	Chen Wei	Sergey Filippov	Oleg Klimachev
2004	Sun Chengmin	Alexey Potapov	Chen Wei
2005	Victor Barykin	Zhang Jinyu	Lu Wenzhe
2006	No gold awarded	Dmitry Epifanov	Victor Barykin
2007	Dmitry Epifanov	Zhang Jinyu	Anatoly Ustimov
2008	Zhang Jinyu	Jelena Balanova	Alexey Potapov
2011	Jelena Balanova	Aivo Oll	Alexey Potapov
2012	Alexey Potapov	Jelena Balanova	Aivo Oll
2013	Vladimir Sushkov	Alexey Potapov	Viktor Balabhai
2014	Vladimir Sushkov	Evgeniy Bobkov	Oleg Fedorkin
2015 [7]	Konstantin Nikonov	Oleg Fedorkin	Pavel Makarov
2017 [8]	Hao Tianyi	Qi Bo	Dmitry Epifanov
2018 [9]	Hao Tianyi	Dmitry Epifanov	Vladimir Filinov
2019 [10]	Wang Qichao	Vladimir Sushkov	Aivo Oll
2020 [11]	Aivo Oll	Qiu Weifu	Vladimir Sushkov
2021 [12]	Yao Yujie	Qian Yunbing	Aivo Oll
2022 [13]	Yao Yujie	Aivo Oll	Vladimir Filinov
2023 [14]	Aivo Oll	Ni Zhongxing	Valery Koreshkov
2024 [15]	Ni Zhongxing	Jin Rui	Su Baowen

See also

• Renju
• Renju International Federation
• RIF rating list

References

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