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The 'RICOH Cup is a Go competition in China.

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The tournament is sponsored by RICOH

Ricoh

or Ricoh, is a Japanese company that was established in 1936 on February 6th, as , a company in the RIKEN zaibatsu. Its headquarters is located in Ricoh Building in Chūō, Tokyo....

of Hong Kong. The first year featured eight invited participants. The next year it was increased to 16 and then 54 in the third term. The last edition (2011) featured 48 players. The prize money is 80,000 ($12,300).

Past winners and runners-up

Year	Winner	Runner-up
2001	Chang Hao Chang Hao Chang Hao is a professional Go player. He is a 9 dan Go player from China. He is China's best player of the 1990s and one of the best in the world. Growing up he was a prodigy in China. He has won many titles, two of them international titles. He is best friends with Lee Chang-ho, whom he most...	Zhou Heyang Zhou Heyang Zhou Heyang is a Chinese professional Go player.- Biography :Zhou Heyang was born in Luoyang, Henan, China. He is a Chinese professional Go player. He turned professional in 1988, and advanced to 9 dan in 2001. He started learning how to play Go at the age of 8...
2002	Gu Li Gu Li Gu Li is a Chinese professional Go player.- Biography :Gu Li is currently the #1 ranked Chinese player by the Zhongguo Qiyuan. He became a pro in 1994 when he was only 12. In 2006, he won the 10th LG Cup and became the youngest Chinese player to ever win a major international title; as a result,...	Kong Jie Kong Jie Kong Jie is a Chinese professional Go player.- Biography :Kong Jie turned professional in 1994 at the age of 12. He was promoted to 7-dan after 8-years in 2001. In 2004 he was sent into the Teda Cup as China's representative against Lee Chang-ho and Yoda Norimoto...
2003	Kong Jie	Liu Xing Liu Xing Liu Xing is a Chinese professional Go player.-Biography:Liu started to learn Go at the age of 6. He turned professional in 1995, and joined the Chinese national squad in 1997. He was promoted to 7 dan in 2005.-Titles & runners-up:...
2004	Chang Hao	Liu Xing
2005	Xie He Xie He Xie He may refer to:* Xie He , an ancient Chinese painter and art theorist in the 6th century* Xie He , a modern Chinese professional Go player...	Wang Xi Wang Xi Wang Xi is a professional Go player.-Biography:Wang was born in Kaifeng, Henan. He began playing Go at the very young age of 4. He was already enrolling in teams with professionals when he was only 8. In 1997, at the age of 13, Wang became a professional at the Zhongguo Qiyuan. The same year he...
2006	Wang Xi	Chang Hao
2007	Hu Yaoyu Hu Yaoyu Hu Yaoyu is a Chinese professional Go player.- Biography :Hu became a pro at the age most Chinese players do which is 11. He quickly achieved 5 dan in 5 years, and became 8 dan in 2005. He has beaten some of the best players in the world, and he did it in order...	Chang Hao
2008	Qiu Jun Qiu Jun Qiu Jun is a Chinese professional Go player.- Biography :Jun started learning Go at the age of 6. He became a professional in 1994. Over the next 3 years, he gained 3 consecutive promotions. He was promoted to 7 dan in 2005 and then reached 8 dan in 2006...	Gu Li
2009	Wang Yao	Zhou Heyang
2010	Kong Jie	Xie He
2011 11th RICOH Cup The 11th RICOH Cup began on 9 December 2010 and concluded on 24 April 2011. Tan Xiao defeated Li Zhe in the final.-Tournament:-Final:...	Tan Xiao Tan Xiao Tan Xiao is a Chinese professional Go player.He won the 11th RICOH Cup.-Promotion record:-Career record:2007: 35 wins, 14 losses2009: 33 wins, 12 losses2010: 31 wins, 21 losses2011: 23 wins, 9 losses...	Li Zhe Li Zhe Li Zhe is a Chinese professional Go player.-Biography:Li was born in China. At 11 years of age, Li Zhe became one of the youngest professional Go players ever. Two years later, in 2002, Li was promoted to 3 dan. Li made more history in 2006 when he became the youngest title holder in China, at 16...

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