Chen Yaoye
陈耀烨
Birth dateDecember 16, 1989 (age 36)
Birth placeBeijing, China
Turnedpro2000
Rank9 dan
AffiliationChinese Weiqi Association
Chen Yaoye
PChén Yàoyè
S陈耀烨
T陳耀燁

Chen Yaoye (Traditional: 陳耀燁; Simplified: 陈耀烨; Pinyin: Chén Yàoyè; born on December 16, 1989) is a Chinese professional Go player.

Biography

Chen Yaoye was born in Beijing, China. He is a young Go player who, at the age of 16, had already beaten Lee Chang-ho, arguably the best Go player in the world. He has won a title, the 2005 National Go Individual with a record of 7 wins and 2 losses. At the time he was 15 years and 9 months of age, the youngest Chinese player to win the tournament. After beating Lee in the 10th LG Cup, he scored two more wins in that tournament to progress to the final. In March 2006, he faced off against Gu Li in the final of the 10th LG Cup. Chen had lost the first two matches, but won the next two games to tie it at 2–2. It came to the final fifth game, and Chen lost. He was promoted to 9 dan in 2007 after he was runner-up to Lee Sedol in the Asian TV Cup.[1]

In June 2013, he defeated Lee Sedol in the 9th Chunlan Cup final by 2–1, winning his first international individual title.[2]

Chen's style is characterised by his strong preference for early territory, much like Cho Chikun.

Titles & runners-up

Tied for #5 in total number of titles in China.

Domestic
TitleWinsRunners-up
National Go Individual1 (2005)
CCTV Cup1 (2010)1 (2007)
Ahan Tongshan Cup2 (2003, 2011, 2015–16)
Changqi Cup1 (2012)
Mingren2 (2013-2014)1 (2015)
Longxing1 (2016)
Jinli Smartphone Cup1 (2017)
Tianyuan8 (2009-2016)1 (2017)
Total139
Continental
TitleWinsRunners-up
China-Korea Tengen4 (2009, 2011–2013)1 (2010)
Kongtong Mountain Invitational Tournament1 (2018)
Total51
International
TitleWinsRunners-up
LG Cup1 (2006)
Asian TV Cup1 (2007)
Chunlan Cup1 (2013)
Bailing Cup1 (2016)1 (2012)
Tianfu Cup1 (2018)
Total33
Career total
Total2113

Head-to-head record vs selected players

[3][4]
Players who have won international Go titles in bold.

References

  1. ^ Chen Yaoye 9p Archived December 31, 2008 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on June 14, 2007.
  2. ^ "Chen Yaoye wins 9th Chunlan Cup, finally achieves international success". Go Game Guru. Archived from the original on 2016-12-28.
  3. ^ "Chen Yaoye | Search by Player | Go4Go"
  4. ^ "陈耀烨 信息". 弘通围棋网. Retrieved 1 July 2018.