Tang_Weixing

Tang Weixing

Tang Weixing

Chinese professional go player (born 1993)


Tang Weixing (Chinese: 唐韦星; born 15 January 1993) is a Chinese professional go player. He has won three international titles, with two championships in the Samsung Cup (2013, 2019) and one in the Ing Cup (2016).

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Early life

Tang Weixing was born in Guiyang, Guizhou in 1993. His name is related to Go: The wei in his name, taken from his mother's surname, is a homophone of the wei in weiqi, while the xing in his name, meaning 'star', is in reference to the star points on a Go board.[1][2] He began to learn Go when he was 5 years old. At the age of 7, he moved to Beijing with his father to further pursue his study of Go.[1][2]

As an amateur player, he won two consecutive Chinese amateur Go championships at the 2004 and 2005 Wanbao Cup [zh].[1][2] He was China's representative at the 2006 World Amateur Go Championship, where he finished in second place.[3][4] He earned professional 1 dan rank that same year, at age 13.[3]

Career

In 2013, Tang won the 18th Samsung Cup, his first international championship, defeating Lee Sedol 2–0 in the finals. Tang, who was 3 dan at the time, was promoted to 9 dan with the victory. His win capped off a year in which Chinese players swept every major international Go tournament.[5] He finished as the runner-up in the 19th Samsung Cup in 2014, with a 2–0 loss to the champion Kim Ji-seok.[6]

In 2016, he won his second international title in the 8th Ing Cup, beating runner-up Park Junghwan 3–2.[7][8] He was the 22nd Samsung Cup runner-up in 2017, with a 2–1 loss to Gu Zihao.[9] In 2019, he defeated Yang Dingxin to win the 24th Samsung Cup, marking his seventh consecutive quarterfinals appearance, fourth finals appearance, and second title at the Samsung Cup.[10][1] He played his sixth major international title match in the 13th Chunlan Cup in 2021, and lost 2–0 to Shin Jin-seo.[11]

Promotion record

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Career record

As of 1 August 2020[12][13]
  • 2006: 0 wins, 2 losses
  • 2007: 11 wins, 8 losses
  • 2008: 16 wins, 9 losses
  • 2009: 17 wins, 11 losses
  • 2010: 28 wins, 17 losses
  • 2011: 29 wins, 22 losses
  • 2012: 48 wins, 31 losses
  • 2013: 56 wins, 30 losses
  • 2014: 40 wins, 30 losses
  • 2015: 34 wins, 25 losses
  • 2016: 39 wins, 33 losses
  • 2017: 29 wins, 27 losses
  • 2018: 32 wins, 31 losses
  • 2019: 17 wins, 24 losses
  • 2020: 5 wins, 6 losses
  • Total: 401 wins, 306 losses (56.7% winning percentage)

Titles and runners-up

As of 1 August 2020[14]
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Head-to-head record vs selected players

As of 1 July 2018 [15]

Players who have won international go titles in bold.


References

  1. "斩获3亿韩元奖金!贵阳棋手唐韦星三星杯夺冠", sina.com.cn (in Chinese), 2019-09-16
  2. "Hiraoka wins WAGC", Nihon Ki-in, 2006-06-07
  3. "应氏杯决胜局唐韦星胜朴廷桓 中国第三度捧杯". www.ycqweiqi.com (in Chinese). 2016-10-27.
  4. "唐韦星 统计数据". 弘通围棋网. Retrieved 10 June 2018.

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