China-Japan Agon Cup

The China-Japan Agon Cup is a Go competition.

Outline

The China-Japan Agon Cup is a single-game match held each year between the winner of the Agon Kiriyama Cup in Japan and the Ahan Tongshan Cup in China. It is sponsored by Agon Shu. As of 2021, the winner's prize is 5 million yen, and the runner-up's prize is 2 million yen.[1]

Past winners and runners-up

Edition Year Winner Runner-up
1st 1999 Japan Kobayashi Kōichi China Ma Xiaochun
2nd 2000 Japan Cho Sonjin China Zhou Heyang
3rd 2001 Japan Cho Sonjin China Liu Jing
4th 2002 Japan Cho Chikun China Yu Bin
5th 2003 China Gu Li Japan Kato Masao
6th 2004 China Zhou Heyang Japan Hane Naoki
7th 2005 China Gu Li Japan Iyama Yuta
8th 2006 China Liu Xing Japan Cho U
9th 2007 China Liu Xing Japan Cho U
10th 2008 China Gu Li Japan Cho U
11th 2009 China Sun Tengyu Japan Hane Naoki
12th 2010 China Qiu Jun Japan Yamashita Keigo
13th 2011 China Piao Wenyao Japan Iyama Yuta
14th 2012 China Gu Li Japan Cho U
15th 2013 China Lian Xiao Japan Murakawa Daisuke
16th 2014 China Ke Jie Japan Iyama Yuta
17th 2015 Japan Iyama Yuta China Huang Yunsong
18th 2016 China Ke Jie Japan Kono Rin
19th 2017 China Tuo Jiaxi Japan Mutsuura Yuta
20th 2018[2] China Gu Zihao Japan Ichiriki Ryo
21st 2019[3] Japan Cho U China Fan Tingyu
22nd 2021[4][1] China Gu Zihao Japan Hsu Chia-yuan
23rd 2022[5][6] China Li Qincheng Japan Hirata Tomoya

References

  1. ^ a b "2年ぶりの開催は中国が勝利【第22期阿含・桐山杯 早碁オープン戦 日中決戦】", Nihon Ki-in (in Japanese), 2021-12-08
  2. ^ "The Power Report (2 of 4): Fujisawa takes Women's Honinbo title; Kobayashi Koichi scores 1,400th win; Rin Kanketsu wins SGW Cup; Gu wins Japan-China Agon Kiriyama Cup play-off", American Go E-Journal, 2019-01-09
  3. ^ "阿含桐中日冠軍對抗爆大冷 年近40的日本棋手戰勝范廷鈺", people.com.cn (in Chinese), 2019-12-03
  4. ^ "阿含中日对抗赛辜梓豪胜许家元 获500万日元奖金", sina.com.cn (in Chinese), 2021-12-08
  5. ^ "李钦诚轻取平田智也 助中国17次取得阿含桐山杯优胜", Yike Weiqi (in Chinese), 2022-12-17 – via 163.com
  6. ^ "平田は中国強豪に敗れ準優勝【第23期阿含・桐山杯早碁オープン戦日中決戦】", Niho Ki-in (in Japanese), 2022-12-17