Gu Li
Gǔ Lì (古力; born Feb. 3 1982) is a Chinese professional Go player who reached 9-dan in 2006. Ranked #1 in Chinese Ranking as of December 2008.
1995 - 1p
2000 - 5p
2002 - 7p
April 2006 - 9p
Gu is one of the strongest players in the world as of January 2009. He is the title holder of one major Chinese title?: the 21st Mingren. He has held the Mingren title for five years, and the Tianyuan for six years. He also won the 11th Chinese NEC Cup defeating Liu Shizhen, and was the challenger for the 10th Chinese NEC Cup, losing to Chang Hao.
With his win in the 1st BCcard Cup in 2009, he became the first professional to simultaneously hold five international titles.
He was awarded 9-dan professional status after defeating Chen Yaoye to win his first international title, the 10th LG Cup, in April 2006.
He has an aggressive and combative style, where he immediately goes for the kill but is also known for his great invading skills.
Titles (as of January 2009)
- 1st BCcard Cup (2009)
- 14th NEC Cup China (2009)
- 13th LG Cup (2009)
- 4th Toyota Denso Oza (2009)
- 2nd Quzhou-Lanke Cup (2008)
- 10th Ahan Tongshan Cup (2008)
- 4th Chang-Ki Cup (2008)
- 21st Fujitsu Cup (July 2008)
- 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st and 22nd (2008) Tianyuan
- 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st (2008) Mingren
- 4th, 8th, China Korea New Star
- 5th, 7th, Ahan Tongshan Cup
- 11th NEC Cup China
- 5th, 7th, 10th Japan China Agon Cup
- 6th Chunlan Cup
- 10th LG Cup
In 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2008 won the China weiqi League, as member of the Team Chongqing.
External links
- Go Base
player card
- Go Game World
player page
- Wikipedia
article
- Interview:
http://gogame.info/samples/3/index.html
- Games:
http://www.go4go.net/v2/modules/collection/byplayer2.php?pid=179