South-West Qiwang
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The South-West Qiwang is a Go competition in China.

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The tournament is a knockout hayago
Hayago
is a Go term. It means "Quick go" or "Fast go". Most hayago games range 10 minutes plus 30 seconds for every move to 5 minutes plus 10 seconds....

 (blitz) tournament with 30 seconds per move. The winner's purse is 30,000 Yuan ($4,600).

Past winners and runners-up

Year Winner Runner-up
2002  Yang Yi  Ding Wei
Ding Wei
Ding Wei is a Chinese professional Go player.- Biography :In 1992, Ding became a professional. He advanced a rank every year until 2001, where he reached 8 dan. After six years, he reached his current rank of 9 dan....

2003  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,...

 
Ding Wei
2004  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...

 
Gu Li
2005  Wang Lei  Zhu Yuanhao
2006  Wang Lei 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...

2007  Gu Lingyi
Gu Lingyi
Gu Lingyi is a Chinese professional Go player.Lingyi became a professional in 2002. He won his first title, the South-West Qiwang, in 2007...

 
Yang Yi
2008  Gu Lingyi Li Jie
Li Jie
Li Jie is a Chinese classical guitar virtuosa.-Biography:She began studying the classical guitar at the age of 11 under Professor Chen Zhi . One year later, she appeared as a performer on the television program "Classical Guitar's Technique and Performance" of China's official national television...

2009  Gu Lingyi Gu Li
2010  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...

 
Piao Wenyao
Piao Wenyao
Piao Wenyao is a Chinese professional Go player of Korean descent currently residing in Harbin, Heilongjiang.- Biography :...

2011
10th South-West Qiwang
The 10th South-West Qiwang began on in March 2011 and concluded on 11 March 2011. The winner was Gu Lingyi, who defeated Dang Yifei in the final for his fourth South-West Qiwang title.-Tournament:...

 
Gu Lingyi Dang Yifei
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