Mingren
Mingren ( Chinese 名人 , Pinyin míngrén , Jyutping ming 4 jan 4 - “literally well-known person, famous personality”), means something like “luminary , expert, grandmaster” in the context of the game of Go , such as meijin ( Japanese 名人 , kana め い じ ん ) in Japanese and myungin in Korean. It is both the name of a go-Tournament ( 名人戰 / 名人战 , míngrénzhàn , Jyutping ming 4 jan 4 zin 3 ) and the title of a professional Go player in China , which is the counterpart of the Japanese Meijin tournament the Nihon Ki-in is .
overview
The Mingren is organized by the Chinese Go Association, Zhongguo Qiyuan and the Chinese people's newspaper , Renmin Ribao. 64 players compete every year to get one of the 16 places in the preliminary round. In this two players are determined in a knockout system , who then determine the challenger of the current title holder in a series of three games. The final title fight is a tournament series of five games between defending champion and challenger. The prize money is 25,000 CNY (around 3,300 euros).
Title winner
| player | year |
|---|---|
| Lui Xiaoguang | 1988 |
| Ma Xiaochun | 1989-2001 |
| Zhou Heyang | 2002 |
| Qiu Jun | 2003 |
| Gu Li | 2004-2009 |
| Jiang Weijie | 2010-2011 |
| Tan Xiao | 2012 |
| Chen Yaoye | 2013-2014 |
| Tan Xiao | 2015-2017 |
Books
- Chinese master games. The title fights of the 19th Mingren and 21st Tianyuan , Guo Juan, 2008, ISBN 978-3-940563-04-0
Individual evidence
- ↑ Term Mingren (名人) - Dictionary Handian (汉 典): [1] on www.zdic.net, accessed on December 28, 2018 - online
- ↑ Term Mingren (名人) - Dictionary of the Ministry of Education (中華民國 教育部 重 編 國語 辭典 修訂 本): [2] on dict.revised.moe.edu.tw, accessed on December 28, 2018 - Online
- ↑ Term Meijin (名人) - Japanese-German dictionary, Wadoku (和 独 辞典) : [3] at www.wadoku.de, accessed on December 28, 2018 - Online
- ↑ Term Meijin (名人) - Japanese-German dictionary, Tangorin (単 語 林): [4] on tangorin.com, accessed on December 28, 2018 - online