Weiqi Places In China
As a student of sinology I will have to opportunity to study one year in China (beginning in September '03). I've got a list of 88 universities all over the country to choose from. Since I am passionate weiqi player, I would of course like to go to a city where it is easy to find people to play with. Does anybody know whether there are certain regions where people do or don't play, or is it the same everywhere? If anybody knows more about one of the places on the list, I would love to hear about it.
Probably all of these cities will have weiqi centres. Most of the universities will have clubs. You might be best to contact the universities that you are interested in and ask them about their weiqi club.
Of the cities you mention I have only played weiqi in Beijing. It is fairly difficult to find the local clubs, but the bigger weiqi centres (eg Zhongguo Qiyuan and Beijing Qiyuan) are easy enough to find and from there you can make contacts.
I got from a friend the following address, not sure if it is correct.
Beijing
Beijing Xuanxuanhai Go(Weiqi)classroom adress:Room 509, beijing qianyan school, No. 19, yuandalu, haidianqu, beijing city (on the north side of 100 meters to the west of the jinyuanshidai shopping mall),take bus 355、851、996、664、619、yuntong bus 101、118、114、116 and get off at yuanda stop. Tel:86-010-59792313 北京玄玄海围棋教室 北京市海淀区远大路19号北京前沿教育培训学校509室(金源时代购物中心西100米路北),可乘355、851、996、664、619、运通101、118、114、116等公交车在远大路站下车。
China WeiQi Association
地址:北京天坛东路80号 电话:51029123 传真:6711612
Address: No.80, East Road of Heaven Temple, Beijing Phone: 51029123 FAX: 6711612
The World of WeiQi - 天 地 間
(Weiqi Tian Di, 围棋天地 - situated in the Ciqikou area) (tiān dì jiān; jiantizi(简体字): 天 地 间 )
While on my 2007 trip to China I visited this club and had a wonderful experience. After paying a small entrance fee (which also entitles you to a cup of tea) I found somebody who spoke English and they matched me up with a 5D player (very nice gesture considering I was around 8k at the time). You can find photos from inside the club on my blog: http://baduk.blogsite.org/wiki/index.php/Trip_to_China_in_2007
tderz Very new (about 18 months) and pleasant: Tiandi jian ('World room') open from 09:00-24:00,
entry fee 40,- Y (foreigners an embarrassing Y 20,-) 010-670.78.169 (manager Zhang speaks English)
Excellent interior & material, it gives you a nice feeling, you could even bring a non-Go-player bring along and s/he would feel ok; many books and magazines around
accomodates a book & equipment shop
no internet address yet! (must remind Zhang)
heavy advertisement in WQTD?, Weiqi Tiandi
Address:
- 天 地 間 (tiān dì jiān)
- 珠 市 口 东 大 街 5 号 (zhūshìkǒu dōng dà jiē 5 hào)
- No. 5, guan ming ribao dalou ximen er ceng (west entry of the (big, long) building no. 5; 2nd floor)
- 010-670.78.169
- You can now take the new no.5 line and get off at CiQiKou. Get out from exit A (there is no B yet), and just go straight. (behind you should be a bunch of fast-food restaurants, incl. KFC, for reference). You'll pass a bridge, then get to a building selling Buicks, and on the far side of that building is Tian Di Jian. Oh, and now it's 40 for everyone, but they're very nice and will find you opponents etc.
- Subway (avoids heavy traffic jam = 'du che')
Chong wen men (zhan; blue circle line) + 5 minutes walk southwards
Beijing Go Club
We meet on the roof of a cafe on san li tun, near the middle of beijing. We have some foreigners and some chinese players. There are 4 or 5 core members every week, from 15k-1d kgs, and also some beginners too. Right now meeting every tuesday night at 7:30pm. Check out the web site http://beijinggoclub.com for map and contact info.
Shan center
Just opened new studio invites you to study weiqi (for beginners). Please visit our site http://www.shan-center.cn/en for any further information.
Chengdu
For CHENGDU, I invite everybody to take contact with me, because it's quite difficult to explain this briefly here!
Some information on my blog too: http://Chengduweiqicenter.blog4ever.com
my email: maxmillot@freesurf.ch.
There are many places (like 20 at my knowledge)but all quite remote and moving sometimes. The biggest is in the center of the town beside the holliday inn.
nelssonI think I found this.. It's in the center, just on the street behind the Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza (a very big luxurious hotel). It can be quite hard to find though, since the entrance is small and looks pretty much like a restaurant (when I got there they were actually selling food on the entrance). No entrance fee, 100RMB deposit for a board and stones, tea 5RMB, refilling the cup is free. Oh.. It's just next to a barber shop, good luck finding it. :)
Chengdu Weiqi(Go)classroom A Weiqi tutor lives in Chengdu(KGS 8d),who can teach weiqi in english.HIs webpage is http://goplayer.blog.sohu.com/
Shanghai
- 1,南京西路591弄4号
- 2,静安区常德路809号415室
- 1, Number 4,Alley 591,West Nanjing Road,Shanghai post code:200041
- 2, Room 415 Number 809, Changde Road, Jingan District,Shanghai, post code:200040
(source: http://www.godiscussions.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1193&highlight=shanghai+clubs)
- Fuxing-parc
- Xiang-Yang-Parc
(source: http://www.dgob.de/yabbse/index.php?topic=2081.0)
- Duolun Lu (south of Lu-Xun-Parc, between Sichuan Beilu and Boashan Lu)
( http://www.dgob.de/yabbse/index.php?topic=2081.msg137362#msg137362, includ. photos)
- Heping Gongyuan (和平公园, Heping Park)
daily 7 - 17.oo o'clock,
(source: http://www.dgob.de/yabbse/index.php?topic=2081.msg138376#msg138376 )
- there's another one which I might visit today, only got directions until now,
near fujian beilu/zhonglu, east of Zheijiang zhonglu, north of Fuzhou lu,
not yet a proper address
Nanjing
1. 南汽宿舍,易初莲花旁的欣欣棋社
Xinxin Go Club, close to YiChu? Lotus, Dormitory of Nanjing Automobile (Group) Corporation http://www.nanqi.com.cn/
(source: http://www.xici.net/b4978/d89636683.htm)
2. 张府园第一中学旁边的"时来运转"茶馆
ShiLaiYunZhuan? Teahouse, close to Nanjing First High School http://www.njyz.net/
(source: http://www.xici.net/b4978/d89149992.htm)
See also: HongKongGoAssociation