Yang Dingxin

Yang Dingxin
Full name	Yang Dingxin
Chinese	杨鼎新
Born	19 October 1998 China
Residence	China
Turned pro	2008
Rank	3 dan
Affiliation	Zhongguo Qiyuan

Yang Dinxin (born 19 October 1998) is a Chinese professional Go player. He became a professional on 24 July 2008, at age 9 years and 9 months, becoming the youngest Chinese professional. In 2010, he reached the semi-finals of the 3rd Quzhou-Lanke Cup, beating top Chinese pros Chen Yaoye (then holder of the Tianyuan, the second biggest title in China) and Li Zhe before losing to Jiang Weijie.^[1]

He won the 5th RICOH Xinxiu Cup.^[2]

Promotion record

Rank	Year	Notes
1 dan	2008
2 dan	2010
3 dan	2012
4 dan
5 dan
6 dan
7 dan
8 dan
9 dan

Career record

• 2010: 28 wins, 11 losses^[3]

Titles and runners-up

Domestic

Title	Wins	Runners-up
RICOH Xinxiu Cup	2011	2012
Ricoh Cup	2012
Total	2	1

References

1. "3rd Quzhou-Lanke Cup". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
2. "5th RICOH Cup(Xinxiu)". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
3. "Chinese win-loss 2010". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 8 June 2011.