South-West Qiwang

The South-West Qiwang (Chinese: 西南棋王赛; pinyin: Xīnán Qíwáng Sài), also known as the Xinan Wang, is a Go competition in China.

Outline

The competition is a single-elimination tournament for 16 players. It is played with fast time controls: each player has no main time and five 40-second byoyomi periods, as of the 23nd South-West Qiwang in 2024.[1] Formerly, in 2021 and earlier, each player had 30 seconds to play each move, as well as ten extra periods of 60 seconds.[2]

As of 2025, the winner's prize is 250,000 RMB and the runner-up's prize is 120,000 RMB.[3] This was increased from 2019, when the prize money was 160,000 RMB and 80,000 RMB respectively.[4][5]

Past winners and runners-up

EditionYearWinnerRunner-up
1st2002Yang YiDing Wei
2nd2003Gu LiDing Wei
3rd2004Zhou HeyangGu Li
4th2005Wang LeiZhu Yuanhao
5th2006Wang LeiWang Xi
6th2007Gu LingyiYang Yi
7th2008Gu LingyiLi Jie
8th2009Gu LingyiGu Li
9th2010Wang XiPiao Wenyao
10th2011Gu LingyiDang Yifei
11th2012Piao WenyaoPeng Liyao
12th2013Xie HeGu Li
13th2014Tang WeixingChang Hao
14th2015Tang WeixingShi Yue
15th2016Yang DingxinTao Xinran
16th2017Yang DingxinTan Xiao
17th2018Mi YutingTang Weixing
18th2019[4]Ke JieDang Yifei
19th2020[5]Mi YutingTuo Jiaxi
20th2021[2]Yang DingxinMi Yuting
21st2022[6]Ke JieTang Weixing
22nd2023[7]Fan TingyuTang Weixing
23rd2024[1]Fan TingyuKe Jie
24th2025[3]Gu ZihaoDing Hao
25th2026[8]Li XuanhaoTu Xiaoyu

References

  1. 1 2 "西南王赛成都圆满收官 范廷钰小胜柯洁卫冕西南王", sina.com.cn (in Chinese), 2024-03-03
  2. 1 2 "芈昱廷卫冕战失利 杨鼎新三夺西南王冠军", sina.com.cn (in Chinese), 2021-04-25
  3. 1 2 "西南棋王赛辜梓豪首次登顶,笑称"家门口主场作战优势"", Fox Weiqi (in Chinese), 2025-03-16
  4. 1 2 "西南棋王赛决战柯洁胜党毅飞 8次参赛终于夺冠", sina.com.cn (in Chinese), 2019-03-24, archived from the original on 2019-03-27
  5. 1 2 "芈昱廷胜柁嘉熹夺西南王 聂卫平妙语解战局", sina.com.cn (in Chinese), 2020-06-15, archived from the original on 2020-06-15
  6. ↑ "柯洁再度折桂西南王 赛后感谢马老助其破雾登顶", sina.com.cn (in Chinese), 2022-06-19
  7. ↑ "西南王赛成都收官 冠军范廷钰:连胜四盘心境一转", sina.com.cn (in Chinese), 2023-03-05
  8. ↑ "2026中国围棋西南棋王赛在成都收官", people.com.cn (in Chinese), 2026-03-16