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Fan Tingyu

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Fan Tingyu is a Chinese professional Go player born on August 6, 1996, in Shanghai. He turned professional in 2009 and rose quickly through the ranks, winning the Ing Cup in 2012 and 2013 by defeating Park Junghwan three games to one in the final, which made him the youngest Ing Cup champion in the tournament's history and brought him one of the youngest 9 dan promotions on record. His domestic titles include three Xinren Wang championships between 2010 and 2012 and wins in the Liguang Xinxiu Cup, the Weifu Fangkai Cup, the Ahan Tongshan Cup, the Quzhou-Lanke Cup and the CCTV Cup, and he plays under the Chinese Weiqi Association, Zhongguo Qiyuan.

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Birth Year
1996 1
Birth Date
1996-08-06 1
Nationality
Chinese 1
Career Highlight
Won the 2012-13 Ing Cup by defeating Park Junghwan three games to one, becoming the youngest Ing Cup champion in history. 1
Classification
Competition Category
Individual 1
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1. Wikipedia: Fan Tingyu
  • Lead sentence, birth clause
    born 6 August 1996
  • Lead sentence, closing clause
    is a Chinese professional Go player.
  • Infobox: Born
    Born: (1996-08-06) 6 August 1996 (age 30) Shanghai, China
  • Article body: career section
    Fan defeated Park Junghwan (b. 1993) [3-1] in the final of the 7th (2012/13) Ing Cup, and became the youngest Ing Cup title holder in history.
  • Wikipedia, article summary lead
    Fan Tingyu (born 6 August 1996) is a Chinese professional Go player.
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