Longxing (competition)

{{Short description|Chinese Go competition}}

The Longxing ({{zh|s=龙星战|p=Lóngxīng Zhàn}}) is a Go competition in China. It is the Chinese equivalent of the Japanese Ryusei.

Outline

The Longxing is a Go tournament played with fast time controls: Each player has 30 seconds per move, along with 10 one-minute periods of extra thinking time. As of 2023, the winner receives 200,000 RMB in prize money, and the runner-up receives 80,000 RMB. It is sponsored by the Go / Shogi Channel, a Japanese broadcaster.

Past winners and runners-up

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YearWinnerScoreRunner-up
1st2008 Gu Li1–0Kong Jie
2nd2010Gu Lingyi2–1Wang Xi
3rd2011Li Zhe2–0Wang Haoyang
4th2012Mao Ruilong2–0Tuo Jiaxi
5th2014 Gu Li2–1Li Zhe
6th2015Tuo Jiaxi2–1Tan Xiao
7th2016Mi Yuting2–0Chen Yaoye
8th2017Ke Jie2–0Li Qincheng
9th

|2018

|Ke Jie

|2–1

|Lian Xiao

10th

|2019

|Jiang Weijie

|2–1

|Xu Jiayang

11th

|2020

|Ke Jie

|2–1

|Lian Xiao

12th

|2021{{cite web |url=https://sports.sina.com.cn/go/2021-12-21/doc-ikyakumx5479393.shtml |title=龙星战辜梓豪2-1胜芈昱廷 首夺龙星战冠军 |website=sina.com.cn |date=2021-12-21 |lang=zh}}

|Gu Zihao

|2–1

|Mi Yuting

13th

|2023{{cite web |url=https://sports.sina.com.cn/chess/weiqi/2023-07-25/doc-imzcwsys1212245.shtml |title=决赛惊现"宇宙流" 李维清首度加冕龙星战 |website=sina.com.cn | date=2023-07-25 |lang=zh}}

|Li Weiqing

|2–1

|Ding Hao

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