Wanbao Cup

(晚报杯全国业余围棋锦标赛) The Wanbao Cup is China's premier amateur event. It's a week long event with an individual and team portion and culminates in the top six, amateur entrants playing handicap games against a team of opposing professionals. The prize purse for first prize was 600 yuan, and increased to 3,000 yuan in 2005. In 2017 the format reverted to a Swiss-style tournament without groups and 1st-8th place play-offs: the 4 'amateurs emperors' of Bai Baoxiang, Ma Tianfang, Hu Yuqing and Wang Chen all finished on the same number of wins but Bai won by SOS tiebreak.

Winners

• 1988: Shen Guangji
• 1989: Jiang Changsheng
• 1990: Li Jiaqing
• 1991: Yu Weiwei
• 1992: Han Qiyu
• 1993: Sun Yiguo
• 1994: Wang Cun
• 1995: Shi Hongyi
• 1996: Liu Jun
• 1997: Liu Jun
• 1998: Zhao Wendong
• 1999: Sun Yiguo
• 2000: Zhou Zhenyu
• 2001: Li Daichun
• 2002: Li Daichun
• 2003: Shi Yue
• 2004: Zhou Ruiyang
• 2005: Tang Weixing
• 2006: Tang Weixing
• 2007: Shan Ziteng
• 2008: Guo Yuzheng
• 2009: Hu Yuqing
• 2010: Wang Chen
• 2011: Bai Baoxiang
• 2012: Qiao Zhijian
• 2013: Hu Yuqing
• 2014: Yi Lingtao
• 2015: Hu Aohua
• 2016: Bai Baoxiang
• 2017: Bai Baoxiang