1st Beihai Xinyi Cup

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1st Beihai Xinyi Cup Round of 64 starts tomorrow 10th April

The 1st Beihai Xinyi Cup (北海新绎杯), organised by the China Weiqi Association, will be held from 9 April to 20 April 2025 in Guangxi, Beihai (Beihai means North Sea, but in this case, it’s the city name). The tournament uses Chinese rules with black giving a komi of 7.5 points. The time control is 2 hours main time with 5 periods of 60 seconds byo yomi. The champion prize is 1.8 million yuan, the runner-up prize is 600,000 yuan, the top four prize is 250,000 yuan, the top eight prize is 160,000 yuan, the top 16 prize is 80,000 yuan, the top 32 prize is 50,000 yuan, and the top 64 prize is 30,000 yuan.

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The round of 64 of the 1st Beihai Xinyi Cup will start tomorrow 2025-04-10T04:30:00Z. The games should be broadcast on most Go servers but I’m not sure whether all games would be broadcast. Please see below for the pairings.

Key Matchups:

Xie Ke VS Park Junghwan
Yang Dingxin VS Shibano Toramaru
Xu Jiayang VS Shin Jinseo
Gu Zihao VS Hsu Haohung
Lian Xiao VS Ichiriki Ryo
Jiang Weijie VS Kim Jiseok

Western Players Matchups:

Tu Xiaoyu VS Stanislaw Frejlak
Huang Jingyuan VS Michael Chen
Tanguy Le Calvé VS Kyo Kagen
Zhao Chenyu VS Alexander Qi

Other Matchups:

Shi Yue VS Chen Qirui
Ding Hao VS Chang Fukang
Zhou Zhenyu VS Iyama Yuta
Mi Yuting VS Seki Kotaro
Zheng Zaixiang VS Hirose Yuichi
Zhou Ruiyang VS Otake Yu
Li Qincheng VS Na Hyun
Sun Tengyu VS Shin Minjun
Dang Yifei VS Ueno Risa
Wu Yiming VS Moon Minjong
Wang Zejin VS Wang Yuanjun
Cai Jing VS Sakai Yuki
Liu Yuhang VS Kim Sehyeon
Wang Xinghao VS Seol Hyunjoon
Li Xuanhao VS Ahn Sungjoon
Lu Minquan VS Byun Sangil
Tan Xiao VS Park Yeonghun
Li Weiqing VS Geum Jiyu
Xie Erhao VS Lai Junfu
Li Haotong VS Park Minkyu
Chen Xian VS Oh Yujin
Zhang Qiang VS Ida Atsushi

Here is a video snippet of the opening ceremony:

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I’m surprised that they hold a new tournament there. Beihai is mostly a touristic seaside city with beaches and an old street. I spent some time there, found a few weiqi schools but nothing more about weiqi activity. Anyway it’s great news, I’m just wondering why there.

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Edit: time corrected above and below

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Yeah I heard that it’s very far away. Probably that’s why they chose to do it in one shot instead of dragging it over months lol.

As for the reason why, maybe they want to promote the tourism there?

The Beihai New Yixin Cup World Go Open is the first international Go competition held in Beihai, Guangxi. The event is hosted by the Chinese Weiqi Association, the Guangxi Sports Bureau, and the Beihai Municipal People’s Government. It is organized by the Guangxi Social Sports Development Center, the Beihai Tourism, Culture and Sports Bureau, the Beihai Transportation Bureau, and Beihai New Yixin Cruises Co., Ltd., and co-organized by the Beihai Social Sports Development Center and the Beihai Weiqi Association, with support from the Guangxi Weiqi Association.

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Hmm it’s actually

2025-04-10T04:30:00Z

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These two games will be streamed on BadukTV (though I guess they will focus more on SJS)

Xie Ke VS Park Junghwan
Xu Jiayang VS Shin Jinseo

Other streams:

TygemTV

KBaduk

Also surprisingly all games are broadcast on Fox, so go check them out!

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[1st BX Cup Round of 64] Tu Xiaoyu’s close shave against Stanislaw and Iyama Yuta’s dragon gets slain by China’s strongest amateur

Shin Jinseo (left) wins against Xu Jiayang (right)

Iyama Yuta (left) loses to amateur player Zhou Zhenyu (right)

Key Results:

Park Junghwan 1-0 Xie Ke
Yang Dingxin 1-0 Shibano Toramaru
Xu Jiayang 0-1 Shin Jinseo
Hsu Haohung 0-1 Gu Zihao
Ichiriki Ryo 1-0 Lian Xiao
Jiang Weijie 0-1 Kim Jiseok

Upsets:

Zhou Zhenyu Amateur 8D 1-0 Iyama Yuta 9P
Wu Yiming 6P 1-0 Moon Minjong 8P

For the full results and kifus as well as matchups, please refer to the sheet here.
For the highlights, please refer to the post here.

With that, the number of players remaining from each country is as follows:

China: 21
Korea: 7
Japan: 4

The round of 32 of the 1st Beihai Xinyi Cup will start tomorrow 2025-04-11T04:30:00Z. The games should be broadcast on most Go servers like Fox. Please see below for the pairings.

Key Matchups:

Tu Xiaoyu (China) VS. Kim Jiseok (Korea)
Xie Erhao (China) VS Ichiriki Ryo (Japan)
Zhou Zhenyu (China Amateur) VS Ahn Sungjoon (Korea)
Huang Jingyuan (China) VS Shin Jinseo (Korea)
Gu Zihao (China) VS Park Junghwan (Korea)

Other Matchups:

Liu Yuhang (China) VS Kyo Kagen (Japan)
Zhao Chenyu (China) VS Byun Sangil (Korea)
Wu Yiming (China) VS Chen Xian (China)
Li Weiqing (China) VS Shin Minjun (Korea)
Yang Dingxin (China) vs. Dang Yifei (China)
Ding Hao (China) VS Park Minkyu (Korea)
Mi Yuting (China) VS Hirose Yuichi (Japan)
Zhou Ruiyang (China) VS Shi Yue (China)
Cai Jing (China) VS Tan Xiao (China)
Li Qincheng (China) VS Ida Atsushi (Japan)
Wang Xinghao (China) vs. Wang Zejin (China)

Please refer to here for more pictures.

The 1st Beihai Xinyi Cup (北海新绎杯), organised by the China Weiqi Association, will be held from 9 April to 20 April 2025 in Guangxi, Beihai (Beihai means North Sea, but in this case, it’s the city name). The tournament uses Chinese rules with black giving a komi of 7.5 points. The time control is 2 hours main time with 5 periods of 60 seconds byo yomi. The champion prize is 1.8 million yuan, the runner-up prize is 600,000 yuan, the top four prize is 250,000 yuan, the top eight prize is 160,000 yuan, the top 16 prize is 80,000 yuan, the top 32 prize is 50,000 yuan, and the top 64 prize is 30,000 yuan.

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You can watch the live broadcast via the SOOP Global app or on your PC.
:point_right: Check it out here: K-BADUK - SOOP

您可以通过 SOOP Global 应用或电脑观看直播。
:point_right: 点击此链接观看: K-BADUK - SOOP

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Round of 32 Streams

Starts at 2025-04-11T04:30:00Z

Results and kifu will be updated on this sheet in real-time.
Games would also be broadcast on most Go servers such as Fox.

Below two games will be streamed on BadukTV.

Shin Jinseo VS Huang Yuanjun
Park Junghwan VS Gu Zihao

Other streams:

KBaduk

TygemTV (Shin Minjun VS Li Weiqing)

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Kim Jiseok doing well against Tu Xiaoyu

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Seems like all Koreans and Japanese are leading except for Kyo Kagen.

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The Chinese Amateur brought the game back to even…

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Only the game between Byun Sangil and Zhao Chenyu left!

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It’s kind of clickbait though when

The biggest upset of this round has to be Iyama Yuta 9P from Japan losing to China’s King of Amateurs Zhou Zhenyu. Zhou used to be a professional who went up till 4P before quitting to become an amateur in 2018.

Like it’s different being a pro and quitting vs being an amateur.

In theory there’s nothing to say amateurs can’t be as strong as top pros, but probably sheer time commitment is going to be a factor on top of usual ability and skill etc.

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I would say an amateur is still an amateur. Besides, he has been away from the pro scene for too long to be categorized together with the pros and he’s indeed the strongest amateur in China now. There are also many other such players who quit pro to become an amateur, but he’s the more exceptional one. Even so, it’s amazing (or disappointing) that a top player like Iyama Yuta loses to him.

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I mean he lost to a 4p. Do we know why he quit being a pro? Was the prize money better in being an amateur? It’s what Dinershteyn seems to be suggesting Professional or amateur? Whose life is better? | by Breakfast | Baduk News. It’s not like he necessarily took a break from playing. Maybe he’s nearly 40 is he?

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I have to disagree with that because I don’t consider him a 4p, at most a former 4p. Even a current 9p can also vary in strength from losing to a 1p to being a world champion.

This should be part of the reason.

Many low-level professional players in China don’t have games to play and hence less money. They are allowed to “return” their professional status and go back to amateur as long as they don’t go above 4p, so there are many such 4ps who go and become amateurs. In China, there are also many amateur tournaments with good money and many of the top amateurs make a living just from tournaments. I would say they are “professional” amateurs since they are amateurs but not really amateurs.

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But we know that the pro ranks don’t indicate current strength but rather achievement.

If you’re top of the world currently and a 9p then sure, but a new 1p could be very strong, very rapidly improving and winning leagues and tournamets, or a 9p could be a former champion and 80 years old.

Well that’s because they were professionals XD If Iyama lost to a player that was never a professional, then sure very surprising or whatever you want to say.

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I look forward to the day where we spend even a tenth of the time talking about the cool moves these players play, rather than their ranks.

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