Mingren

For other uses, see World Mingren.

The Mingren (Chinese: 名人; pinyin: Míngrén) is a Go competition in China organized by the Chinese Weiqi Association. The word míngrén means "brilliant man". The Mingren is equivalent to the Nihon-Kiin's Meijin and the Hanguk Kiwon's Myungin titles.[1]

Outline

The Mingren is sponsored by the Zhongguo Qiyuan and the People's Daily. It consists of a preliminary tournament in which 32 players compete against one another to determine the challenger to the previous year's winner. The preliminary is a single-elimination format, and the title match is decided in a best-of-three. Prior to 2016, the final of the preliminary tournament was decided in a best-of-three, and the title match was decided in a best-of-five.

The winner's purse is ¥400,000 and the runner-up's is ¥200,000, as of 2025.[2] This was increased in 2023 from the previous edition (2019), where the prize money was ¥300,000 and ¥100,000.[3]

Past Winners and runners-up

No.	Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up
1	1988	Liu Xiaoguang	3–1	Yu Bin
2	1989	Ma Xiaochun	3–0	Liu Xiaoguang
3	1990		3–2	Yu Bin
4	1991		3–2	Nie Weiping
5	1992		3–1	Zhang Wendong
6	1993		3–0	Cao Dayuan
7	1994		3–2	Luo Xihe
8	1995		3–0	Liu Xiaoguang
9	1996		3–2	Liu Xiaoguang
10	1997		3–1	Luo Xihe
11	1998		3–2	Liu Xiaoguang
12	1999		3–0	Chang Hao
13	2000		3–2	Shao Weigang
14	2001		3–2	Chang Hao
15	2002	Zhou Heyang	3–1	Ma Xiaochun
16	2003	Qiu Jun	3–2	Zhou Heyang
17	2004	Gu Li	3–0	Qiu Jun
18	2005		3–0	Yu Bin
19	2006		3–0	Zhou Ruiyang
20	2007		3–0	Ding Wei
21	2008		3–2	Piao Wenyao
22	2009		3–1	Gu Lingyi
23	2010	Jiang Weijie	3–2	Gu Li
24	2011		3–2	Kong Jie
25	2012	Tan Xiao	3–0	Jiang Weijie
26	2013	Chen Yaoye	3–1	Tan Xiao
27	2014		3–1	Lian Xiao
28	2015	Lian Xiao	3–0	Chen Yaoye
29	2016		2–1	Zhou Ruiyang
30	2017		2–1	Mi Yuting
31	2018	Mi Yuting	2–1[4]	Lian Xiao
32	2019		2–1[5]	Xu Jiayang
33	2023		2–1	Ke Jie
34	2024–25		2–0[2]	Tu Xiaoyu

See also

• Meijin
• Myungin

References

1. "Go Tournament: Mingren Title". gogameworld.com. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
2. "名人战挑战赛零封屠晓宇 芈昱廷达成名人四连冠". Sina Sports (in Chinese). 8 January 2025.
3. ""中吉号杯"第33届中国围棋名人战深圳开幕". Sina Sports (in Chinese). 28 March 2023.
4. "名人战挑战赛芈昱廷2-1逆转胜连笑 登顶新名人" (in Chinese). sina.com.cn. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
5. "芈昱廷2比1逆转胜许嘉阳 成功蝉联名人头衔" (in Chinese). sina.com.cn. 25 September 2019.