2011 in go
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Calendar
The following are the scheduled events of the ancient game of Go for the year 2011 throughout the world. Most of the Go tournaments are held in Asia.
January
- 14 – Choi Cheol-han defeats Kong Jie in the final game of the 12th Nongshim Cup, giving Team Korea the title.[1][2]
- 27 – Choi Cheol-han sweeps Lee Taehyun to win the 15th Chunwon title.[3]
February
- 14 – Choi Cheol-han defeats Lee Chang-ho three games to one in the 54th Guksu.[4]
- 16 – Xie Yimin defends her title against Umezawa Yukari in the 14th Female Kisei.[5]
- 18 – Rui Naiwei defeats Cho Hyeyeon to win the 12th Female Myungin, her seventh consecutive Female Myungin title.[6]
- 23 – Piao Wenyao wins the 16th LG Cup, his first international tournament. Wenyao was promoted to 9 dan for winning.[6]
March
- 2 – Li He wins the 2nd Female Mingren.[7] Yang Dingxin wins the 5th RICOH Xinxiu Cup.
- 5 – Cho U wins the 30th NEC Cup, his third NEC Cup title.
- 7 – Kong Jie defeats Heo Yeongho in the final game of the 1st Zhaoshang Cup, propelling Team China to a 6–4 victory over Team Korea.
- 8 – Rui Naiwei wins the 16th Female Guksu, her third straight Female Guksu title.[8]
- 11 – Gu Lingyi wins the 10th South-West Qiwang. Cho U wins the 35th Kisei.[8]
- 18 – Fan Tingyu wins the 18th Xinren Wang.
- 20 – Li He wins her second title of the year after defeating Li Xiaoxi for the 5th Female Xinren Wang.
- 21 – Park Junghwan defeats Paek Hongsuk in the 29th KBS Cup finals.
- 25 – Xie Yimin keeps her Female Meijin title by beating Chiaki Mukai two to one in the finals of the 23rd Female Meijin.[9]
- 26 – Takao Shinji becomes the 4th Daiwa Cup Grand Champion.
- 27 – Yamada Kimio wins the 58th NHK Cup.[9]
April
- 5 – Lee Sedol defeats Kang Yootaek in the finals of the 6th Siptan.
- 7 – Pak Yeong-hun wins the 12th Maxim Cup.[10]
- 9 – Li He's victory over Park Jieun completes the sweep for Team China in the 1st Huanglongshi Cup.
- 13 – Chen Yaoye defends his Tianyuan title by defeating Zhou Hexi two to zero in the finals of the 25th Tianyuan.[11]
- 17 – Chen Shiyuan wins the Zhonghuan Cup.
- 24 – Tan Xiao wins the 11th RICOH Cup.
- 28 – Lee Sedol defeats Gu Li in the finals of the 3rd BC Card Cup.[12]
- 29 – Iyama Yuta wins the 49th Judan, his second major title.[13]
May
- 17 – Zhong Wenjing wins the 23rd CCTV Cup.
- 18 – Iyama Yuta defeats Gu Li and Lee Sedol to win the 1st Bosai Cup.[14]
- 24 – Chen Shiyuan wins the 10th Tianyuan.
June
- 10 – Kong Jie defeats Paek Hongsuk in the final of the 23rd Asian TV Cup.
- 19 – Zhou Junxun wins the 11th Donggang Cup against Xiao Zhenghao.
- 30 – Lee Sedol wins the 8th Chunlan Cup, defeating Xie He 2–1.[15]
July
- 18 – Xiao Zhenghao wins his first Siyuan Cup after besting Wang Yuanjun in the final.[16]
- 21 – Honinbo Dowa Keigo Yamashita defends his Honinbo title by defeating Naoki Hane for the second term in-a-row.
- 23 – Cho Chikun, holder of most titles won in Nihon Ki-in history, wins the inaugural edition of the Igo Masters Cup.
August
- 14 – Park Junghwan becomes the youngest holder of the Fujitsu Cup after defeating Qiu Jun in the final.
- 20 – Pak Yeong-hun wins the 2nd World Meijin.
- 29 – Naoki Hane wins his first Gosei title by defeating previous holder Hideyuki Sakai.
- 30 – Lin Zhihan defends his Guoshou title against Xiao Zhenghao.
Tournament results
| International | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
| BC Card Cup |  Lee Sedol | 3–2 |  Gu Li |
| LG Cup | Piao Wenyao | 2–0 | Kong Jie |
| Samsung Cup | Won Seongjin | 2–1 | Gu Li |
| Chunlan Cup | Lee Sedol | 2–1 | Xie He |
| Fujitsu Cup | Park Junghwan | 1–0 | Qiu Jun |
| Continental | |||
| Asian TV Cup | Kong Jie | 1–0 | Paek Hongsuk |
| Nongshim Cup | Team Korea Lee Chang-ho Mok Jin-seok (1) Lee Sedol (2) Choi Cheol-han (4) Park Seunghwa | ||
| Qionglong Cup | Park Jieun | 1–0 | Tang Yi |
| Jeongganjang Cup | Team Korea Park Jieun (1) Lee Hajin Park Jiyeon Moon Dowon (7) Kim Miri (1) | ||
| Huanglongshi Cup | Team China Li He Tang Yi Chen Yiming | 7–5 | Team Korea Park Jieun Cho Hyeyeon Park Jiyeon |
| World Meijin | Pak Yeong-hun | 2–0 | |
| Bosai Cup |  Iyama Yuta | 1–0 | Gu Li |
| China-Japan Agon Cup | Piao Wenyao | 1–0 | Iyama Yuta |
| China-Korea Tengen | Chen Yaoye | 2–0 | Choi Cheolhan |
| Japan-Taiwan Jingying |  Chen Shiyuan | 1–0 | Lin Zhihan |
| Zhaoshang Cup | Team China Kong Jie Gu Li Xie He Liu Xing Zhou Ruiyang Jiang Weijie | 6–4 | Team Korea Choi Cheol-han Pak Yeong-hun Kang Dongyun Park Junghwan Heo Young-ho Yun Junsang |
| Asian New Star Match | Team China Li Zhe Shi Yue Lian Xiao Wang Tao Yan Huan Yang Dingxin Tang Yi Yu Zhiying | Team Korea Park Junghwan Kang Yootaek Kim Junghyun Lee Jihyun Lee Taehyun Na Hyun Kim Miri Choi Jeong | |
| China | |||
| Mingren | Jiang Weijie | 3–2 | Kong Jie |
| Tianyuan | Chen Yaoye | 2–0 | Zhou Hexi |
| Chang-ki Cup | Gu Li | 2–0 | Liu Xing |
| Ahan Tongshan Cup | Piao Wenyao | 1–0 | Chen Yaoye |
| RICOH Cup | Tan Xiao | 1–0 | Li Zhe |
| Qiwang | Tan Xiao | 1–0 | Wang Lei |
| Longchen | |||
| CCTV Cup | Zhong Wenjing | 1–0 | Wang Lei |
| South-West Qiwang | Gu Lingyi | 1–0 | Dang Yifei |
| Xinren Wang | Fan Tingyu | 2–0 | Mao Ruilong |
| RICOH Xinxiu Cup | Yang Dingxin | 1–0 | Fan Tingyu |
| Female Mingren | Li He | 1–0 | Chen Yiming |
| Jianqiao Cup | Zhang Xiang | 2–0 | Cao Youyin |
| Chinese A League | |||
| Japan | |||
| Kisei | Cho U | 4–2 | Yuta Iyama |
| Meijin | Keigo Yamashita | 4–2 | Yuta Iyama |
| Honinbo | Keigo Yamashita | 4–3 | Naoki Hane |
| Tengen | Yuta Iyama | 3–0 | Satoshi Yuki |
| Oza | Cho U | 3–0 | Naoki Hane |
| Judan | Yuta Iyama | 3–2 | Cho U |
| Gosei | Naoki Hane | 3–2 | Hideyuki Sakai |
| Agon Cup | Yuta Iyama | 1–0 | Keigo Yamashita |
| Ryusei | Yuta Iyama | 1–0 | Satoshi Yuki |
| NHK Cup | Kimio Yamada | 1–0 | Norimoto Yoda |
| Shinjin-O | Daisuke Murakawa | 1–0 | Nobuaki Anzai |
| Hiroshima-Aluminium Cup | Shuhei Uchida | 1–0 | Tatsuya Shida |
| NEC Cup | Cho U | 1–0 | Keigo Yamashita |
| Okan | Naoki Hane | 1–0 | Hiroshi Yamashiro |
| Kansai Ki-in 1st Place | Hideyuki Sakai | 2–0 | Daisuke Murakawa |
| 1st Igo Masters Cup | Cho Chikun | 1–0 | Koichi Kobayashi |
| Female Honinbo | Xie Yimin | 3–1 | Chiaki Mukai |
| Female Meijin | Xie Yimin | 2–1 | Chiaki Mukai |
| Female Kisei | Xie Yimin | 2–0 | Yukari Yoshihara |
| Daiwa Cup | |||
| Grand Champion | Takao Shinji | 1–0 | Cho U |
| Korea | |||
| Guksu | Choi Cheol-han | 3–1 | Lee Chang-ho |
| Myungin | Pak Yeong-hun | 3–1 | Paek Hongsuk |
| Siptan | Lee Sedol | 2–1 | Kang Yootaek |
| GS Caltex Cup | Park Junghwan | 3–0 | Pak Yeong-hun |
| Prices Information Cup | Lee Younggu | 2–1 | Yun Junsang |
| Chunwon | Choi Cheol-han | 2–0 | Yun Junsang |
| KBS Cup | Park Junghwan | 2–0 | Paek Hongsuk |
| 1st Shinin-Wang | Kang Yootaek | 2–0 | Lee Donghoon |
| Maxim Cup | Pak Yeong-hun | 2–0 | Lee Chang-ho |
| Daejoo Cup | Cho Hunhyun | 2–0 | Seo Bongsoo |
| Female Myungin | Rui Naiwei | 2–1 | Cho Hyeyeon |
| Female Guksu | Rui Naiwei | 2–0 | Kim Yunyoung |
| Female Kisung | Rui Naiwei | 1–0 | Choi Jeong |
| GG Auction Cup | Team Senior | ||
| Korean Baduk League | |||
| Taiwan | |||
| Qiwang | Chen Shiyuan | 4–3 | Zhou Junxun |
| Tianyuan | Chen Shiyuan | 3–1 | Xiao Zhenghao |
| Wangzuo | |||
| Guoshou | Lin Zhihan | 3–0 | Xiao Zhenghao |
| Haifong Cup | Lin Zhihan | 2–0 | Zhou Junxun |
| Qisheng | |||
| Zhonghuan Cup | Chen Shiyuan | 1–0 | Lin Shuyang |
| Aixin Cup | |||
| Donggang Cup | Zhou Junxun | 1–0 | Xiao Zhenghao |
| Siyuan Cup | Xiao Zhenghao | 1–0 | Wang Yuanjun |