Nanyang Cup

The Nanyang Cup World Go Masters Tournament is a new world Go championship founded in 2024, and the first tournament continued into 2025. Nányáng (南洋) literally means “South foreign”.

The 1st one was jointly hosted by the Chinese Weiqi Association and the Singapore Go Association. All rounds by the final were held in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, in 2024. The final and third and fourth place matches were held in Singapore in February 2025. The dates in the table refer to the year the final was held.

The first winner was Korea’s Shin Jinseo, and the next three places were all Chinese: Wang Xinghao, Li Qincheng, and Dang Yifei. The three female players, top players of Korea, China, and Japan, were Choi Jung, Zhou Hongyu, and Ueno Asami. They were all eliminated in R1.

Table of contents Rules Prizes Time control Players by country Winner, Runner-up, 3rd place, 4th place Links

Rules

Chinese rules, 3¾-point komi. 32-player knockout, finals best-of-three, losing semifinalist play one decision game for 3rd place.

Prizes

• Champion: SG$250,000 (US$188,000)
• Runner-up: SG$100,000
• 3rd place: SG$40,000
• 4th Place: SG$30,000
• Quarterfinals: SG$15,000
• Top 16: SG$8,000
• Top 32: SG$4,000

Time control

The Nanyang Cup was the first international Go championship to use the Fischer time control?. In particular, it was 2 hours per side, plus 15 seconds for each move.

Players by country

• China: 11 (including 1 female player)
• South Korea: 6 (including 1 female player)
• Japan: 5 (including 1 female player)
• Taiwan: 2
• Europe: 1
• USA: 1
• Singapore: 1
• Malaysia: 1
• Thailand: 1
• Indonesia: 1

Winner, Runner-up, 3rd place, 4th place

The challenge match is best of three, while the 3rd place decision match is only one game. For the first and so far only edition, both were contested in February.

Links

• Go to Everyone
• Chinese Wikipedia