About Xinren Wang

The Chinese Xinren Wang (New Pro) is established for young players, only players under 30 year's old and 7 dan can participate. It uses a simple knockout format, the final is best-of-3. The champion prize is 20,000 Chinese Yuan (about US$ 2,400). Liang Weitang 7p who was just 30 year's old won the champion of Term 1. World Weiqi amateur champion Liu Jun won the champion of Term 4, it was the only amateur champion in Chinese professional tournaments.