Yu Zhiying

Yu Zhiying (於之莹 Yú Zhīyíng) is a female professional 8 dan from China, who was born on 1997-11-23 in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China.^[1] She was the #1 ranked female on the women's rating list while still in her teens, from 2013 to 2016, then #2 behind Choi Jung until 2023. In 2024, she dropped to #4 as Kim Eunji took #2, she also fell behind #3 Zhou Hongyu.

In 2024-12-15, she had dropped to world #8 female and China’s #3 female.

Table of contents Promotion history Achievements 2013 2014 2015 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Head-to-head scores against current female rivals Links Videos Pictures Notes

Promotion history

• 1 dan in 2010-07-24
• 2 dan in 2011-07
• 4 dan in 2013-04-09 (six wins in the 3rd Huang Longshi Shuang Deng Cup)
• 5 dan in 2014
• 6 dan in 2017-09
• 7 dan in 2021
• 8 dan in 2023-11

Achievements

Member of the Chinese Team in the 2nd Huang Longshi Shuang Deng Cup and winner of the last game, beating Xie Yimin. In the 3rd Huang Longshi Shuang Deng Cup, in 2013, she won six games, losing by time against Choi Jung.

==Titles and Runners-up

2013

• Runner-up in the 4th Qionglong

2014

• Winner of the 21st Xinren Wang ^[2]

2015

• Winner of the 13th Jianqiao Cup
• Winner of the 6th Bingsheng Cup

2018

• Winner of the 1st Senko Cup

2019

• Winner of the 2nd Senko Cup

2020

• Runner-up of the 3rd Wu Qingyuan Cup

2021

• Winner of the 3rd Senko Cup.
• Runner-up of the 4th Wu Qingyuan Cup.

2022

• Winner of the 1st Hoban Cup (team tournament, did not need to play)

2023

• Winner of the 3rd (newest) Female Mingren (d. defending champion Zhou Hongyu 2–1)
• Winner of the gold medal in the female team tournament at the Asian Games
• Winner of the 4th (newest) Female Mingren (d. challenger Lu Minquan 2–0).

Head-to-head scores against current female rivals

(Based on Yu Zhiying, Go Ratings and game list), as of 1 Jun 2025.

• Choi Jung, 9p, current Korean and World #1 female: 19–22
• Kim Eunji, 8p, #2 female and #1 female teenager in world, #2 female in South Korea: 0–3
• Ueno Asami, 6p, #3 female in world, #1 female in Japan: 2–2
• Zhou Hongyu, 7p, #4 female in world, #1 female in China: 17–9
• Tang Jiawen, 6p, #5 female in world, and #2 female in China: 2–6
• O Yujin, 9p, #6 female in world, #3 female in South Korea: 9–11
• Kim Chaeyeong, 9p, #7 female in world, #4 female in South Korea: 4–2
• Fujisawa Rina, 7p, #9 female in world, #2 female in Japan: 11–3
• Lu Minquan, 6p, #10 female in world, #3 female in China: 14–5
• Wu Yiming, 6p, #11 female and #2 female teenager in world, #4 female in China: 6–3
• Li He, 6p, #12 female in world, #6 female in China: 12–8
• Nakamura Sumire, 4p, #14 ranked female in the world, #3 ranked female in Japan, #5 ranked female in Korea: 0–0
• Cho Seunga, 7p, #20 ranked female player and #304 overall, and #6 ranked player in Korea: 0–0
• Tang Yi, 5p, #16 female in world, #7 female in China: 12–3
• Ueno Risa, 3p, #21 female and #3 female teenager in world, #4 female in Japan: 2–0
• Gao Xing, 5p, #18 in world, #9 in China: 9–2
• Cho Hyeyeon, 9p, #19 female in world, once #1 and many years #2 female in world: 0–0
• Wang Chenxing, 5p, #22 female in world, #8 female in China: 9–5
• Rui Naiwei, 9p, #23 female in world, many years #1 female in world: 10–8
• Kim Hye-min, 9p, #28 female in the world, #8 female player in Korea: 1–1
• Xie Yimin, 7p, #30 ranked female in the world, #5 ranked female in Japan (#1 for many years): 8–0
• Suzuki Ayumi, 7p, #32 in world, #6 female in Japan, twice Female Strongest, once Female Kisei: 1–0
• Mukai Chiaki, 6p, #37 ranked female player, and #6 ranked female player in Japan: 5–1
• Nyu Eiko, 4p, #37 ranked female player and #304 overall, and #7 ranked female player in Japan: 3–0
• Joanne Missingham aka Hei Jiajia, 7p, #42 female in world, #1 ranked female player in Taiwan: 16–3
• Pak Chi-eun, 9p, #68 in world (formerly #3 for 4 years), #23 in Korea (formerly #1): 6–2

Links

• Chinese Wikipedia
• Go4Go
• Go Ratings and Games
• Her Weibo page

Videos

• Winners interview & ceremony after winning Japan-China-Korea Pair Go Meijin Championship with Tang Weixing in 2016. bilibili link
• A clip from a match Xie Yimin & Iyama Yuuta vs Ke Jie & Yu Zhiying in 2017 Pair Go World Cup where the players couldn't stop from laughing, especially Yu. bilibili link
• An interview in 2021 by Zhan Ying titled "Yu Zhiying reveals criteria for finding a boyfriend." bilibili link
• 'Quick questions and answers' interviewed by Fan Weijing in June 2023. bilibili link

Pictures

Yu Zhiying in May 2018

Yu Zhiying vs Li Xiaoxi, Female Mingren, Aug 2023 (Image credit: Foxwq.com)

Yu Zhiying vs Li He Jianqiao 2023 (Image credit: Foxwq.com)

Yu Zhiying jianqiao 2023 (Image credit: Foxwq.com)

Yu Zhiying vs Gao Xing, Female Mingren 2023 (Image credit: Foxwq.com)

Yu Zhiying vs Motoki Katsuya mlily 2023 (Image credit: Foxwq.com)

Yu Zhiying mlily 2023 (Image credit: Foxwq.com)

Yu Zhiying mlily 2023 (Image credit: Foxwq.com)

Ida Atsushi Yu Zhiying mlily 2023 (Image credit: Foxwq.com)

Yu Zhiying mlily 2023 (Image credit: Foxwq.com)

Xu Jiayang Yu Zhiying mlily 2023 (Image credit: Foxwq.com)

Yu Zhiying vs Ueno Risa, Asian Games 2023 (Image credit: Foxwq.com)

Notes

[1] ''Yu Zhiying’s 2015 Samsung Cup breakthrough'' (2015)

[2] ''Go Commentary: Yu Zhiying vs Li Qincheng – 21st Xinren Wang'' (2015)