Bingsheng Cup
The Bingsheng Cup (Chinese: 兵圣杯; pinyin: Bīngshèng Bēi) was an international women's Go tournament. It was held annually from 2010 to 2019, a total of 10 times. The tournament was held at Qionglong Mountain in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. It is also known as the Qionglong Mountain Bingsheng Cup. The name bingsheng is in honor of Sun Tzu, who is said to have written The Art of War at Qionglong Mountain;[1] the historicity of Sun Tzu is uncertain.
Rules[edit]
The Bingsheng Cup was a Go competition for female players from China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Europe, North America, and Oceania. It was a 16-player knockout tournament. Games were played under Chinese rules with a 7.5 point komi. Each player had 2 hours of main time with five 60-second byoyomi periods.
From the 1st to the 3rd Bingsheng Cup, the winner received 200,000 RMB in prize money and the runner-up received 80,000 RMB.[2][3] From the 4th to the 6th cup, the prizes were 250,000 RMB and 100,000 RMB, respectively.[1][4] From the 7th cup to the 10th cup, the winner's prize was 300,000 RMB and the runner-up's prize remained 100,000 RMB.[5][6]
History[edit]
The Bingsheng Cup was first held in 2010. At the time of its creation, the Bingsheng Cup was the only international women's individual Go tournament. Other such tournaments had been held before, such as the Bohai Cup, but were discontinued or were one-off events.[7] It remained the only one until the Wu Qingyuan Cup was established in 2018.
The 1st Bingsheng Cup winner was Park Jieun, and the runner-up was Joanne Missingham. Missingham, who was born in Australia and is a Taiwan Qiyuan professional player, represented Oceania in the tournament, achieving the best-ever international tournament result for a player born outside Asia.[8]
Korean players won the title 7 times and Chinese players have won 3 times. Japan's best result was a semifinals appearance by Rina Fujisawa in 2019.[9]
Winners and runners-up[edit]
| Edition | Year | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st[8][2] | 2010 | Park Jieun 
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Joanne Missingham 
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| 2nd[10] | 2011 | Park Jieun
|
Tang Yi 
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| 3rd[3] | 2012 | Li He
|
Rui Naiwei
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| 4th[1] | 2013 | Wang Chenxing
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Yu Zhiying
|
| 5th[11] | 2014 | Choi Jeong
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Rui Naiwei
|
| 6th[4] | 2015 | Yu Zhiying
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Park Jieun
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| 7th[5] | 2016 | Oh Yu-jin
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Wang Chenxing
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| 8th | 2017 | Choi Jeong
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Wang Chenxing
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| 9th[12] | 2018 | Choi Jeong
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Oh Yu-jin
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| 10th[6][9] | 2019 | Choi Jeong
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Zhou Hongyu
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References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Wang Chenxing wins 4th Bingsheng Cup", Go Game Guru, 2013-09-16, archived from the original on 2016-04-04
- ^ a b 穹窿山兵圣杯击败黑嘉嘉 朴志恩夺个人第四冠 (in Chinese), Tencent Sports, 2010-09-14
- ^ a b "Li He wins her first international title: 3rd Bingsheng Cup", Go Game Guru, 2012-11-05, archived from the original on 2016-04-10
- ^ a b "Yu Zhiying wins her first international title – 6th Bingsheng Cup", Go Game Guru, 2015-10-22, archived from the original on 2016-04-10
- ^ a b "'반상 미녀' 오유진, 궁륭산에서 생애 첫 우승", Korea Baduk Association (in Korean), 2016-11-16
- ^ a b "穹窿山兵圣杯小将周泓余憾负崔精 韩国豪取四连冠", Sina Sports (in Chinese), 2019-11-03
- ^ "世界女子大赛历史盘点 吴侑珍夺兵圣杯成新女王", Sina Sports (in Chinese), 2016-11-16
- ^ a b History of Topics 2010, Nihon Ki-in, 2010-10-26
- ^ a b "The Power Report: Ueno wins 38th Women's Honinbo; Choi wins Bingsheng Cup; Kono to challenge for Kisei", American Go E-Journal, 2019-12-05
- ^ "Park Jieun wins 2nd Bingsheng Cup", Go Game Guru, 2011-10-13, archived from the original on 2016-12-24
- ^ "兵圣杯芮乃伟不敌崔精 韩国诞生第3位女子世界冠军", Sina Sports (in Chinese), 2014-09-03
- ^ "The Power Report: Cho U wins Meijin title; Young players share lead in Honinbo League; Choi Jeong wins Bingsheng Cup", American Go E-Journal, 2018-11-07
External links[edit]
- Nihon Ki-in archive (in Japanese)
- https://gotoeveryone.k2ss.info/news/wr/ql/ – game records