The Ahan Tongshan Cup (Chinese

Chinese character

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: 阿含桐山杯; Pinyin

Pinyin

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: Āhán Tóngshān Bēi) is a Zhongguo Qiyuan

Zhongguo Qiyuan

Zhongguo Qiyuan is an official agency responsible for board games and card games such as go, bridge, chess and Chinese chess affairs under the All-China Sports Federation of the People's Republic of China...

 Go competition.

Outline

The Ahan Tongshan Cup is equvilant of the Agon Cup

Agon Cup

The Agon Cup is a Go competition.-Biography:The Agon Cup is a Go competition used by the Japanese Nihon Kiin. It was started in 1994 by Agon Shu. The name was originally the "Acom Cup" but it changed its sponsor in 1999 and became the Agon Cup...

 in Japan

Japan

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. It is sponsored by the same company, the Agon Shu

Agon Shu

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. 144 professional and 8 amateur players come together to play a fast game tournament. The format is single knockout. The winner's purse is 15,000 CY ($1,800).

Past winners

Player	Years Held
Ma Xiaochun Ma Xiaochun Ma Xiaochun is a Chinese professional Go player.- Biography :Ma was born in Zhejiang, China. He began playing Go at the age of nine and was awarded 7 dan rank in 1982. In 1983, Ma was promoted to 9 dan. He visited Japan in 1982 and later won the World Amateur Go Championship in 1983...	1999
Zhou Heyang Zhou Heyang Zhou Heyang is a Chinese professional Go player.- Biography :Zhou Heyang was born in Luoyang, Henan, China. He is a Chinese professional Go player. He turned professional in 1988, and advanced to 9 dan in 2001. He started learning how to play Go at the age of 8...	2000, 2004
Liu Jing	2001
Yu Bin Yu Bin Yu Bin is a Chinese professional Go player.- Biography :Yu Bin is one of China's best Go players. He became 9 dan in 1991 at the age of 24.- Titles & Runner Up's :...	2002
Gu Li Gu Li Gu Li is a Chinese professional Go player.- Biography :Gu Li is currently the #1 ranked Chinese player by the Zhongguo Qiyuan. He became a pro in 1994 when he was only 12. In 2006, he won the 10th LG Cup and became the youngest Chinese player to ever win a major international title; as a result,...	2003, 2005, 2008
Liu Xing Liu Xing Liu Xing is a Chinese professional Go player.-Biography:Liu started to learn Go at the age of 6. He turned professional in 1995, and joined the Chinese national squad in 1997. He was promoted to 7 dan in 2005.-Titles & runners-up:...	2006, 2007
Sun Tengyu	2009

See also

• International Go Federation
  International Go Federation
  The International Go Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Go federations around the world. It is usually referred to as IGF.-Role of the IGF:...
  
  
• List of professional Go tournaments