Liguang Cup Explained

The Liguang Cup, or Ricoh Cup, was a Chinese Go competition. It was held 15 times from 2000 to 2015.

Outline

This tournament was sponsored by "Ricoh Hong Kong Limited". The first year featured eight invited participants. The next year it was increased to 16 and then 54 in the third term. The 2011 game featured 48 players. The prize money was 80,000 ($12,300).^[1]

Past winners and runners-up

Year	Winner	Runner-up
		Zhou Heyang
		Kong Jie
	Kong Jie	Liu Xing
	Chang Hao	Liu Xing
		Wang Xi
	Wang Xi	Chang Hao
		Chang Hao
		Gu Li
		Zhou Heyang
	Kong Jie	Xie He
		Li Zhe
2012^[2]		Piao Wenyao
		Tang Weixing
		Wu Guangya
		Shi Yue

Notes and References

1. Web site: Go Tournament: Liguang Cup . gogameworld.com . 3 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324200145/http://www.gogameworld.com/gophp/pg_titlelist_detail.php?title=Liguang%20Cup . 2012-03-24 . dead.
2. Web site: 13 year old Yang Dingxin wins 12th Ricoh Cup . Go Game Guru . 2012-04-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161229000227/http://gogameguru.com/13-year-yang-dingxin-wins-12th-ricoh-cup/ . 2016-12-29 . dead.