Female Mingren round 1

As I mentioned in my post before, the first round of the 1st Female Mingren was played at April 22. All but one well known player managed to the second round. Here is the result of round one.

Lu Jia won from Yu Zhiying.

Yu Zhiying (left) vs. Lu Jia (right)

Meng Zhaoyu won from Zhang Xiang

Meng Zhaoyu (left) vs. Zhang Xiang (right)

Zheng Yan won from Xie Shaobo

Zheng Yan (left) vs. Xie Shaobo (right)

Game record between Zheng Yan vs. Xie Shaobo

Wang Chenxing won from Li Chunhua

Li Chunhua (left) vs. Wang Chenxing (right)

Wang Hongju won from Tang Yi

Tang Yi (left) vs. Wang Hongju (right)

Wang Xiangyun won from Zhan Yueren

Wang Xiangyun (left) vs. Zhang Yueren (right)

Game record between Wang Xiangyun vs. Zhang Yueren

Song Ronghui won from Fan Yijing

Fan Yijing (left) vs. Song Ronghui (right)

The First Female Mingren

There is a new championship in China. The championship is specially designed for female players. It is the 1st Female Mingren (Female Meijin).

Sixteen players will compete each other in a knock-out format tournament to be the first Female Mingren. This includes China's top female player such as Song Ronghui (5 dan), Tang Yi (2 dan), Li He (2 dan), and Lu Jia (2 dan)


Song Ronghui

Actually, back in 2003 there already a Female Mingren championship. However, it was discontinued in 2005. It seems that Jianqiao group is the new sponsor for this tournament. Perhaps that's way they recount the cycle.