Xu Haohong

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Xu Haohong (許皓鋐), born on 2001-04-30 in Hsinchu City, Taiwan, is a Taiwanese professional 9-dan of the Taiwan Qiyuan.

On the [ext] 2024-01-02 rating list, Xu is now #23 in the world and #1 in Taiwan.

He has won both the Zhonghuan Qisheng and Haifeng Cup more times (three times each) than anyone else.

2013-01-01: 1-dan (winner in the second promotion tournament, scoring 5 wins, 2 losses)
2014-09-02: 2-dan
2016-01-12: 3-dan
2017-09-15: 4-dan
2017-11-16: 5-dan
2019-01-18: 6-dan
2020-07-31: 7-dan
2022-03-10: 8-dan
2022-12-08: 9-dan

2016: Won the 5th Zhonghuan Qisheng
2017: Runner up in the 6th Zhonghuan Qisheng
2018: Won the 10th Haifeng Cup and the 7th Zhonghuan Qisheng
2019: Won the 11th Haifeng Cup
2020: Won the 8th Zhonghuan Qisheng, Semifinalist in the 1st UMC Cup. Also competed in the 25th Samsung Cup, losing in the second round
2021: Won the 13th Haifeng Cup, Semifinalist in the 9th Zhonghuan Qisheng. Also quarterfinalist in the 9th Ing Cup
2022: Won the 21st Taiwan Tianyuan
2022: Set a new record of winning 8 domestic titles this year
2023: Won Gold medal in Hangzou 2022 Asian Games, Men's individual competition, after defeating Park Junghwan, Shin Jinseo and Ke Jie in the quarterfinal, semifinal and final respectively
2025: Reached R3 (final 8) of 30th LG Cup after beating Japan’s “genius girl” Nakamura Sumire in R2.

In Asian Games in 2023 he emulated Chen Yaoye’s performance from the 3rd Bailing Cup in 2016—beating Park Junghwan in the quarterfinals, Shin Jinseo in the semifinal, and Ke Jie in the final

A 10-minute news segment on Xu Haohong in 2021. "20 years old wins 6 titles and earns 5 million" (taiwanese dollars) YouTube link
Taiwanese news segment from Pair Go World Cup in 2022 on him and Hei Jiajia defeating the Japanese pair. Youtube link
A news segment about Xu Haohong setting a new record of winning 8 domestic titles and then donating 800 000 Taiwanese Dollars to Taiwanese Go Community in December 2022. As of September 2023 exchange rates that's about 24 000 euros. YouTube link