Promotions

• Promoted to 1 dan on 2007-07-24
• Promoted to 2 dan on 2008-07-17
• Promoted to 3 dan on 2009-07-20
• Promoted to 4 dan on 2010-07-27
• Promoted to 7 dan on 2013-12-03
• Promoted to 8 dan on 2017-01-06
• Promoted to 9 dan on 2017-10-30

In 2017, Lian Xiao ranked 3th in the world rankings.

Tournament wins

Personal record: 14 Champion, 17 Runner-up titles

• 2009
  • Runner-up of the 43th National Go Individual(Men's Group B) on 2009-09-25 in Chengde, Hebei.
• 2010
  • Winner of the 4th Xinxiu on 2010-03-09 in Beijing.
• 2012
  • Runner-up of the CCTV Cup on 2012-07-11 in Beijing.
  • Runner-up of the 46th National Go Individual(Men's Group A) on 2012-09-26 in Beijing.
• 2013
  • Winner of the 15th Ahan Tongshan Cup on 2013-09-16 in Changchun, Jilin.
  • Runner-up of the 10th Changqi Cup on 2013-10-24 in Shanghai.
  • Winner of the 15th Japan China Agon Cup on 2013-12-03 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.
• 2014
  • Winner of the 14th Ricoh Cup? on 2014-04-12 in Changsha, Hunan.
  • Third-place of the 1st Globis Cup on 2014-05-11 in Tokyo.
  • Runner-up of the 2nd Qisheng on 2014-09-27 in Luoyang, Henan.
• 2015
  • Runner-up of the 27th Mingren on 2015-01-12 in Beijing.
  • Winner of the 28th Mingren on 2015-08-12 in Beijing.
  • Winner of the 12th Changqi on 2015-11-05 in Guangzhou, Guangdong.
• 2016
  • Runner-up of the 13th Changqi on 2016-10-24 in Shanghai.
• 2017
  • Winner of the 29th Mingren on 2017-03-09 in Yanting, Sichuan.
  • Winner of the 31th Tianyuan on 2017-04-13 in Tongli, Jiangsu.
  • Winner of the 30th Mingren on 2017-11-04 in Yanting, Sichuan.
  • Runner-up of the 3rd TWT Cup? on 2017-12-15 in Sanya, Beijing.
• 2018
  • Runner-up of the 5th China-Korea-Japan Meijin on 2018-01-10 in Baoshan, Yunnan.
  • Winner of the 32th Tianyuan on 2018-04-17 in Tongli, Jiangsu.
  • Runner-up of the 9th Longxing on 2018-06-07 in Beijing.
  • Runner-up of the 31th Mingren on 2018-10-19 in Beijing.
  • Winner of the 3rd Qisheng on 2018-11-14 in Luoyang, Hennan.
• 2019
  • Winner of the 33th Tianyuan on 2019-04-13 in Tongli, Jiangsu.
  • Runner-up of the 4th Qisheng on 2019-08-06 in Luoyang, Hennan.
  • Winner of the 4th National Intelligence Games of Go(Men's Rapid) on 2019-11-10 in Quzhou, Jiangsu.
• 2020
  • Runner-up of the CCTV Cup on 2020-09-24 in Pinghu, Zhejiang.
  • Runner-up of the 11th Longxing on 2020-10-20 in Beijing.
  • Runner-up of the 34th Tianyuan on 2020-12-03 in Tongli, Jiangsu.
• 2021
  • Third-place of the 14th Tianyuan(Men's Open) on 2021-09-23 in Hefei, Anhui.
• 2023
  • Third-place of the 5th National Intelligence Games of Go(Men's Rapid) on 2023-10-27 in Anhui, Hefei.
• 2024
  • Winner of the 38th Tianyuan on 2024-04-17 in Tongli, Jiangsu.
  • Runner-up of the 33th Quzhou-Lanke Cup on 2024-06-17 in Quzhou, Jiangsu.
  • Runner-up of the 1st Jincheng Cup? on 2024-09-25 in Jincheng, Shanxi.

Mixed Record: 1 runner-up title

• 2018
  • Runner-up of the 6th China-Korea-Japan Meijin Mixed Doubles? on 2018-05-04 in Hefei, Anhui.

Team Record: 9 First-place, 2 Second-place, 4 Third-place

• 2015
  • First-place of the 16th Nongshim Cup on 2015-03-05 in Shanghai.
  • First-place of the 17th China Weiqi League on 2015-12-06 in Beijing.
• 2016
  • First-place of the 17th Nongshim Cup on 2016-03-05 in Shanghai.
  • First-place of the 18th China Weiqi League on 2016-12-03 in Beijing.
• 2017
  • First-place of the 18th Nongshim Cup on 2017-02-22 in Shanghai.
  • Third-place of the 19th China Weiqi League on 2017-12-02 in Chongqing.
• 2018
  • Third-place of the 20th China Weiqi League on 2018-12-14 in Shenzhen, Guangdong.
• 2019
  • First-place of the 4th National Intelligence Games of Go(Men's Team) on 2019-11-18 in Quzhou, Jiangsu.
  • First-place of the 21th China Weiqi League on 2019-12-09 in Xiamen, Fujian.
• 2020
  • Third-place of the 22th China Weiqi League on 2020-12-23 in Chengdu, Sichuan.
• 2022
  • First-place of the 23th China Weiqi League on 2022-01-20 in Changxing, Zhejiang.
• 2023
  • First-place of the 24th China Weiqi League on 2023-02-18 in Chengdu, Sichuan.
  • Second-place of the 24th Nongshim Cup on 2023-02-24(online).
  • Second-place of the 5th National Intelligence Games of Go(Men's Team) on 2023-11-04 in Anhui, Hefei.
• 2024
  • Third-place of the 25th China Weiqi League on 2024-03-25 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.

Links

• Homepage at Bilibili.
• Homepage at Weibo.
• Part of Profile at bingoweiqi.

Fun Facts

• On May 26 2017, China's top Go players Gu Li and Lian Xiao played "pair Go" with AlphaGo, where Gu Li and AlphaGo1? faced Lian Xiao and AlphaGo2?. In the end, Lian Xiao's team won with a white victory in the middle game. Lian Xiao thus became the first human player to defeat AlphaGo since Lee Sedol defeated AlphaGo in the fourth game of the 2016 human-machine Go match.
• He is active on the Chinese social media relatively speaking. For example check gossip section in the Xie Ke's profile for a video about Xie Ke and Cho Seungah.

Videos

• The 10th Golden Award for Creativity commenced on July 17 2017 in Shanghai, featuring Lian Xiao as a distinguished guest at the Google session. He engaged in a conversation with Scott Beaumont, President of Google Greater China and Korea. In this interview, which was conducted in Chinese, Lian Xiao shared his journey into the world of Go, his experiences competing with AlphaGo, insights and transformations that AlphaGo has brought to him. Bilibili Link
• 'Quick questions and answers' interview by Fan Weijing in April 2023. Bilibili Link
• Video about Zhan Ying discussing the Onishi Ryuhei's opening moves in Mlily Cup 2023 with Lian Xiao and how one of his good friends Dang Yifei was seriously trying to hold in his laughter up since Onishi’s queer openning till move 5 despite the game recorders visibly laughing, and then when Dang turned around and saw Zhan Ying (also in this video) come up to his board he couldn't help himself and laughed. Bilibili Link

Pictures

lian xiao zhou ruiyang 2nd new qisheng 2014 (Image credit: Foxwq.com)

lian xiao mar2023 (Image credit: Foxwq.com)

xie erhao lian xiao jun2023 (Image credit: Foxwq.com)

ichiriki ryo lian xiao mlily 2023 (Image credit: Foxwq.com)