Sanya, Hainan Province, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The 2023 Agile Clear Water Bay Cup China Go League presented various awards in the regular season in Sanya, Hainan on the 6th, with Ke Jie winning the Most Valuable Chess Player Award and Gu Zihao winning the Best Player Award.
Ke Jie led the Shenzhen Longhua team to the first place in the regular season as the main general this season, and his personal record was 10-5, contributing a lot to the team's first regular season championship.
Gu Zihao, the winner of the Best General Award, took first place in the home game win list with a record of 10 wins and 5 losses in the regular season, and his Shenzhen Nie Dao Go team ranked fourth in the regular season. The title of the regular season scoring champion belongs to Li Xuanhao of the Chongqing Wild Fox Go team, who has a record of 13 wins and 2 losses. Xie Erhao of the Chengdu Rural Commercial Bank team won the popular king award in the regular season.
In addition to the awards in the regular season of this season, the Chinese Weiqi Association has set up special awards for players who have performed brilliantly in major competitions in 2023. The Chinese women's team composed of Wu Yiming, Yu Zhiying and Li He won the Breakthrough Award of the Year, and they won the women's team championship in the Hangzhou Asian Games, winning the first gold medal in the history of the Asian Games for the Chinese team. Gu Zihao won the annual excitement award by defeating South Korean star Shin Zhenzhen in the Quzhou Ranke Cup. Ding Hao, who won the Samsung Cup and LG Cup world championships within a year, won the annual double championship award, and the Chengdu women's Go team won the annual rookie award.
Chang Hao, Chairman of the Chinese Weiqi Association, said: "The Weijia League is a pillar event for the development of Chinese Go, and today is not only an award for the league, but also a recognition for the players who have achieved outstanding results in various competitions in 2023, which is to better encourage all players to make persistent efforts and achieve better results in the 2024 World Championship." (ENDS).