Gu Zihao Explained

Gu Zihao
Birth Date:13 March 1998
Birth Place:Xiantao, Hubei, China
Turnedpro:2010
Rank:9 dan
Affiliation:Chinese Weiqi Association

Gu Zihao (; born 13 March 1998[1]) is a Chinese professional go player. He is the winner of two major international championships: the Samsung Cup in 2017 and the Quzhou Lanke Cup in 2023.

Gu Zihao was born in Xiantao, Hubei in 1998. He began to play go when he was 6 years old. To further study go, he moved to Wuhan at age 9, and then to Beijing at age 11.[2] He earned professional 1 dan rank in 2010, when he was 12.[3] He began participating in the Chinese A League in 2012.[4] In 2015, he won China's National Go Individual tournament, and the Limin Cup, an under-20 international tournament.

He won an international title at the Samsung Cup in 2017, defeating Tang Weixing in the finals. Gu, who was 5 dan at the time, was promoted to 9 dan for the victory.

He won two domestic competitions in 2018, the Weifu Fangkai Cup and the Ahan Tongshan Cup, as well as the China-Japan Agon Cup playoff. In January 2020, while visiting family in his hometown Xiantao, he fell under the COVID-19 lockdown in Hubei; he continued to compete remotely while staying there until April.[5] He won the CCTV Cup later that year, followed by several championships in 2021: the Tianyuan, the Ahan Tongshan Cup and China–Japan playoff, and the Longxing.

He claimed his second major international title in the Quzhou Lanke Cup in June 2023, beating Shin Jin-seo. In August 2023, he overtook Ke Jie to become the number one ranked Chinese player in the Chinese Weiqi Association's official rankings.[6]

Gu is sometimes nicknamed èbà 'evil tyrant', derived from a username which he used for playing go online, Yìnchéng zhī bà 'Indianapolis tyrant' . He originally chose the username because he was a fan of the Indiana Pacers in the NBA.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 辜梓豪:和Al下棋压力巨大 冠军奖金会先存银行 . zh:楚天都市报 . Chutian Dushi Bao . sina.com.cn . 2017-12-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200926161918/http://sports.sina.com.cn/go/2017-12-20/doc-ifypvuqe2826931.shtml . 2020-09-26 . dead . zh.
  2. Web site: 辜梓豪登顶三星杯围棋赛:这个冠军很年轻 . people.com.cn . 2017-12-09 . zh.
  3. Web site: 2010"钻石杯"全国段位赛 新定段棋手一览(多图) . sina.com.cn . 2010-07-25 . zh.
  4. Web site: 辜梓豪:体操之乡走出的围棋冠军 . 2017-12-19 . . people.com.cn . zh.
  5. Web site: 湖北围棋世界冠军辜梓豪:70天没出门,线上赛夺冠 . . 2020-04-20 . zh.
  6. Web site: 柯洁再丢中国围棋第一人位置 辜梓豪首次登顶 . sina.com.cn . 2023-09-11 . zh.
  7. Web site: 武汉围棋队"炼金" 辜梓豪击败外援队友夺魁 . 2015-12-03 . Wuhan Wanbao . chinanews.com.cn . zh.
  8. Web site: 三星杯辜梓豪胜唐韦星夺冠 成中国第19位冠军 . Tencent Sports . 2017-12-07 . zh.
  9. Web site: The Power Report (2 of 4): Fujisawa takes Women's Honinbo title; Kobayashi Koichi scores 1,400th win; Rin Kanketsu wins SGW Cup; Gu wins Japan-China Agon Kiriyama Cup play-off . American Go E-Journal . 2019-01-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20221121103231/https://www.usgo.org/news/2019/01/the-power-report-2-of-4-fujisawa-takes-womens-honinbo-title-kobayashi-koichi-scores-1400th-win-rin-kanketsu-wins-sgw-cup-gu-wins-japan-china-agon-kiriyama-cup-play-off/ . 2022-11-21.
  10. Web site: 阿含中日对抗赛辜梓豪胜许家元 获500万日元奖金 . sina.com.cn . 2021-12-08 . zh.
  11. Web site: 2年ぶりの開催は中国が勝利【第22期阿含・桐山杯 早碁オープン戦 日中決戦】. Nihon Ki-in . 2021-12-08 . ja.
  12. Web site: 烂柯杯大逆转申真谞,辜梓豪斩获第二个世界冠军 . The Beijing News . 2023-06-17 . zh.
  13. Web site: 威孚房开杯辜梓豪击败廖元赫 一年之内夺两冠 . 2018-12-05 . sina.com.cn . zh.
  14. Web site: 辜梓豪屠龙再夺阿含·桐山杯,周三挑战许家元 . . 2021-12-06 . zh.
  15. Web site: 辜梓豪战胜连笑,首夺电视快棋赛冠军 . . 2020-09-24 . zh.
  16. Web site: 天元赛辜梓豪2-1胜杨鼎新夺冠 同里再出新天元 . sina.com.cn . 2021-04-17 . zh.
  17. Web site: 新天元辜梓豪的围棋之路:"辜排长"的重锤功是如何练成的?. Xinmin Evening News . 2021-04-18 . zh.
  18. Web site: 龙星战辜梓豪2-1胜芈昱廷 首夺龙星战冠军 . sina.com.cn . 2021-12-21 . zh.