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2011 in go

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The following are the scheduled events of the ancient game of Go for the year 2011 throughout the world. Most of the Go tournaments are held in Asia.

Contents

January

  • 14 – Choi Cheol-han defeats Kong Jie in the final game of the 12th Nongshim Cup, giving Team Korea the title.
  • 27 – Choi Cheol-han sweeps Lee Taehyun to win the 15th Chunwon title.

    • February

  • 14 – Choi Cheol-han defeats Lee Chang-ho three games to one in the 54th Guksu.
  • 16 – Xie Yimin defends her title against Umezawa Yukari in the 14th Female Kisei.
  • 18 – Rui Naiwei defeats Cho Hyeyeon to win the 12th Female Myungin, her seventh consecutive Female Myungin title.
  • 23 – Piao Wenyao wins the 16th LG Cup, his first international tournament. Wenyao was promoted to 9 dan for winning.

    • March

  • 2 – Li He wins the 2nd Female Mingren. Yang Dingxin wins the 5th RICOH Xinxiu Cup.
  • 5 – Cho U wins the 30th NEC Cup, his third NEC Cup title.
  • 7 – Kong Jie defeats Heo Yeongho in the final game of the 1st Zhaoshang Cup, propelling Team China to a 6–4 victory over Team Korea.
  • 8 – Rui Naiwei wins the 16th Female Guksu, her third straight Female Guksu title.
  • 11 – Gu Lingyi wins the 10th South-West Qiwang. Cho U wins the 35th Kisei.
  • 18 – Fan Tingyu wins the 18th Xinren Wang.
  • 20 – Li He wins her second title of the year after defeating Li Xiaoxi for the 5th Female Xinren Wang.
  • 21 – Park Junghwan defeats Paek Hongsuk in the 29th KBS Cup finals.
  • 25 – Xie Yimin keeps her Female Meijin title by beating Mukai Chiaki two to one in the finals of the 23rd Female Meijin.
  • 26 – Takao Shinji becomes the 4th Daiwa Cup Grand Champion.
  • 27 – Yamada Kimio wins the 58th NHK Cup.

    • April

  • 5 – Lee Sedol defeats Kang Yootaek in the finals of the 6th Siptan.
  • 7 – Pak Yeong-hun wins the 12th Maxim Cup.
  • 9 – Li He's victory over Park Jieun completes the sweep for Team China in the 1st Huanglongshi Cup.
  • 13 – Chen Yaoye defends his Tianyuan title by defeating Zhou Hexi two to zero in the finals of the 25th Tianyuan.
  • 17 – Chen Shiyuan wins the Zhonghuan Cup.
  • 24 – Tan Xiao wins the 11th RICOH Cup.
  • 28 – Lee Sedol defeats Gu Li in the finals of the 3rd BC Card Cup.
  • 29 – Iyama Yuta wins the 49th Judan, his second major title.

    • May

  • 17 – Zhong Wenjing wins the 23rd CCTV Cup.
  • 18 – Iyama Yuta defeats Gu Li and Lee Sedol to win the 1st Bosai Cup.
  • 24 – Chen Shiyuan wins the 10th Tianyuan.

    • June

  • 10 – Kong Jie defeats Paek Hongsuk in the final of the 23rd Asian TV Cup.
  • 19 – Zhou Junxun wins the 11th Donggang Cup against Xiao Zhenghao.
  • 30 – Lee Sedol wins the 8th Chunlan Cup, defeating Xie He 2–1.

    • July

  • 18 – Xiao Zhenghao wins his first Siyuan Cup after besting Wang Yuanjun in the final.
  • 21 – Honinbo Dowa Keigo Yamashita defends his Honinbo title by defeating Naoki Hane for the second term in-a-row.
  • 23 – Cho Chikun, holder of most titles won in Nihon Ki-in history, wins the inaugural edition of the Igo Masters Cup.

    • August

  • 14 – Park Junghwan becomes the youngest holder of the Fujitsu Cup after defeating Qiu Jun in the final.
  • 20 – Pak Yeong-hun wins the 2nd World Meijin.
  • 29 – Naoki Hane wins his first Gosei title by defeating previous holder Hideyuki Sakai.
  • 30 – Lin Zhihan defends his Guoshou title against Xiao Zhenghao.

    • References

    2011 in go Wikipedia
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