Yang Dingxin

Yang Dingxin
Full name Yang Dingxin
Chinese 杨鼎新
Born (1998-10-19) 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

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.


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