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The South-West Qiwang (Chinese: 西南棋王赛; pinyin: Xīnán Qíwáng Sài), also known as the Xinan Wang, is a Go competition in China.
The competition is a single-elimination tournament for 16 players. It is played with fast time controls: each player has no main time and five 40-second byoyomi periods, as of the 23nd South-West Qiwang in 2024.[1] Formerly, in 2021 and earlier, each player had 30 seconds to play each move, as well as ten extra periods of 60 seconds.[2]
As of 2024, the winner's prize is 250,000 RMB and the runner-up's prize is 120,000 RMB.[1] This was increased from 2019, when the prize money was 160,000 RMB and 80,000 RMB respectively.[3][4]
| Edition | Year | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2002 | Yang Yi | Ding Wei |
| 2nd | 2003 | Gu Li | Ding Wei |
| 3rd | 2004 | Zhou Heyang | Gu Li |
| 4th | 2005 | Wang Lei | Zhu Yuanhao |
| 5th | 2006 | Wang Lei | Wang Xi |
| 6th | 2007 | Gu Lingyi | Yang Yi |
| 7th | 2008 | Gu Lingyi | Li Jie |
| 8th | 2009 | Gu Lingyi | Gu Li |
| 9th | 2010 | Wang Xi | Piao Wenyao |
| 10th | 2011 | Gu Lingyi | Dang Yifei |
| 11th | 2012 | Piao Wenyao | Peng Liyao |
| 12th | 2013 | Xie He | Gu Li |
| 13th | 2014 | Tang Weixing | Chang Hao |
| 14th | 2015 | Tang Weixing | Shi Yue |
| 15th | 2016 | Yang Dingxin | Tao Xinran |
| 16th | 2017 | Yang Dingxin | Tan Xiao |
| 17th | 2018 | Mi Yuting | Tang Weixing |
| 18th | 2019[3] | Ke Jie | Dang Yifei |
| 19th | 2020[4] | Mi Yuting | Tuo Jiaxi |
| 20th | 2021[2] | Yang Dingxin | Mi Yuting |
| 21st | 2022[5] | Ke Jie | Tang Weixing |
| 22nd | 2023[6] | Fan Tingyu | Tang Weixing |
| 23rd | 2024[1] | Fan Tingyu | Ke Jie |