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Yang Dingxin

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Yang Dingxin is a Chinese professional Go player born on October 19, 1998, in Zhengzhou, Henan province. He turned professional in 2008 at nine years and nine months old, setting a record at the time as the youngest professional Go player, and won the Ricoh Cup in 2012 at age thirteen. His first international title came in 2019 when he won the LG Cup, defeating Shi Yue two games to one in the final and earning promotion to 9 dan, and he has also won the Weifu Fangkai Cup, the Changqi Cup, three South-West Qiwang titles and the Tianyuan championship, reaching the number one ranking among Chinese players in September 2024.

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Birth Year
1998 1
Birth Date
1998-10-19 1
Nationality
Chinese 1
Career Highlight
Won the 2019 LG Cup, his first international title, defeating Shi Yue two games to one in the final. 1
Classification
Competition Category
Individual 1
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1. Wikipedia: Yang Dingxin
  • Lead sentence, birth clause
    born 19 October 1998
  • Lead sentence, closing clause
    is a Chinese professional Go player.
  • Infobox: Born
    (1998-10-19) 19 October 1998 (age 27)
  • Article body: career section
    In 2019, he won the 23rd LG Cup, his first international championship, defeating Shi Yue 2-1 in the finals.
  • Wikipedia, article summary lead
    Yang Dingxin (Chinese: 杨鼎æ-°; pinyin: Yáng DǐngxÄ«n; born 19 October 1998) is a Chinese professional Go player.
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