Chinese Changqi Cup

Submitted by macelee on 2014-06-03 13:38; Last upda ted on: 2016-02-27 20:48
Overview: 

Changqi Cup (倡棋杯中国围棋职业锦标赛) is a major Chinese domestic Go tournament sponsored by the Ing family and its Go foundation. The tournament is smartly named: changqi(倡棋) literally means 'promoting Go'; it is also the Chinese pinyin of the given name of Ing Chang-Ki, the millionaire businessman who spent his lifetime promoting Go. Ing Chang-Ki passed away in 1997. In memory of him, his family created this tournament in 2004. Each year, the main tournament often starts on his birthday 23rd of October.

Tournament Format: 

The main tournament is in a knock-out format. Each year there are 30 players. Previous year's winner and runner-up are directly seeded into the 2nd round. Due to the Ing family's connection to Taiwan, a seat is always reserved for a top Taiwanese player.

Prize Money: 
Winner: 450,000 CNY; runner-up: 150,000 CNY.
Time System: 
For games using Ing rule, each side has 3.5 hours reserved time. When that runs out, there is a special system allowing players to buy 30 minutes of extra time at a price of 2 points. Players can spend a maximum of 6 points for extra time. Players do frequently take advantage of this system (6-point penalty can be a small price to pay if one can find a way killing a big dragon). As a result, official game results reported in media often differ from the actual on-board situations (unfortunately there is no official way to record such discrepancy in SGF specification). Games in early-stage preliminary tournaments are shorter with 2 hours reserved time and normal byoyomi.
Ruleset and Komi: 
This is one of the few major professional tournaments adopting Ing Rules. The komi is 8 and black side wins ties (which is practically equivalent to a komi of 7.5 points). The open preliminary tournament (introduced from term 12) use normal Chinese rule.
Key Players, Events and Statistics: 

Gu Li and Kong Jie both won the title twice.

Historical Results: 

Term

Year

Winner

Score

Runner-up

Game Records

1

2004

Kong Jie

2-1

Wang Lei (b)

2

2005

Zhou Heyang

2-0

Kong Jie

3

2006

Kong Jie

2-1

Gu Li

4

2007

Gu Li

2-1

Liu Xing

5

2008

Qiu Jun

2-1

Liu Xing

6

2009

Wang Xi

2-0

Wang Yao

7

2010

Tuo Jiaxi

2-1

Zhou Ruiyang

8

2011

Gu Li

2-0

Liu Xing

9

2012

Chen Yaoye

2-1

Tuo Jiaxi

10

2013

Shi Yue

2-0

Lian Xiao

11

2014

Yang Dingxin

2-0

Piao Wenyao

12

2015

Lian Xiao

2-0

Qiu Jun

13

2016
Reference Links: 
Go4Go's collection Changqi Cup games
Go4Go Collection Note: 
Go4go has all final games, most main tournament games and a large number of preliminary games.
Tournament Tag: 
Chinese Tournament
Changqi Cup