Ma Xiaochun

Chinese Go player

Ma Xiaochun
Full name	Ma Xiaochun
Chinese	Trad. 馬暁春 Simp. 马晓春
Pinyin	Mǎ Xiǎochūn
Born	(1964-08-26) 26 August 1964 (age 59) Shengzhou, Zhejiang, China
Residence	China
Teacher	Fujisawa Hideyuki
Turned pro	1982
Rank	9 dan
Affiliation	Chinese Weiqi Association

Ma Xiaochun (simplified Chinese: 马晓春; traditional Chinese: 馬暁春; pinyin: Mǎ Xiǎochūn; born 26 August 1964) is a Chinese professional Go player.^[1]

Biography

Ma was born in Shengzhou, Zhejiang, China.^[2] 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.^[3] He visited Japan in 1982 and later won the World Amateur Go Championship in 1983.^[2] Ma won the 2nd Mingren title in 1989 and successfully defended it for thirteen straight years, second most behind Cho Hunhyun's sixteen Paewang titles.^[4]

Titles and runners-up

As of 1 May 2019

Ranks #1 in total number of titles in China.

Domestic
Title	Wins	Runners-up
Guoshou	2 (1982, 1985)	1 (1983)
National Go Individual	5 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1991)	2 (1980, 1981)
New Sports Cup	2 (1984, 1985)	1 (1986)
Tianyuan	4 (1987, 1994–1996)	3 (1988, 1992, 1997)
Mingren	13 (1989–2001)	1 (2002)
CCTV Cup	6 (1989, 1991-1992, 1994-1995, 2002)	3 (1993, 1998, 2001)
Shiqiang	2 (1990, 1992)	3 (1989, 1991, 1993)
Qiwang	4 (1991, 1993-1995)	1 (2000)
Da Guoshou	2 (1993, 1994)
Longshan	1 (1995)
Rongguan Cup	1 (1995)
Bawang Cup	1 (1996)	1 (1997)
Youqing Cup	1 (1996)	2 (1995, 1997)
Delong Yiye Cup	2 (1997-1998)
Ahan Tongshan Cup	1 (1999)	1 (2001)
Qisheng		1 (1999)
Lebaishi Cup		1 (2000)
Weifu Fangkai Cup		1 (2007)
Total	47	22
Continental
Title	Wins	Runners-up
China-Japan Agon Cup		1 (2000)
China-Japan Tengen	3 (1994–1996)
China-Japan Mingren	2 (1992, 1994)	4 (1989-1991, 1993)
Zhangshu Cup		1 (2017)
Total	5	6
International
Title	Wins	Runners-up
Tong Yang Cup	1 (1995)	1 (1996)
Fujitsu Cup	1 (1995)	2 (1996, 1999)
Asian TV Cup		1 (1998)
Samsung Cup		1 (1998)
LG Cup		1 (1999)
Chunlan Cup		1 (2000)
Total	2	7
Career total
Total	54	35

References

^ "Games List: Ma Xiaochun". Fuseki Info. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Ma Xiaochun". gobase.org. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
^ "Ma Xiaochun 9p". gogameworld.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
^ Yonghe Zhang (December 2002). "Consecutive Title Myth". gogameworld.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.

Tianyuan

Past editions

1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016

Past winners

Ma Xiaochun (1987)
Liu Xiaoguang (1988–1990)
Nie Weiping (1991)
Liu Xiaoguang (1993)
Ma Xiaochun (1994–1996)
Chang Hao (1997–2001)
Huang Yizhong (2002)
Gu Li (2003–2008)
Chen Yaoye (2009–2016)
Lian Xiao (2017-2019)

v t e Mingren
Past editions	1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Past winners	Liu Xiaoguang (1988) Ma Xiaochun (1989–2001) Zhou Heyang (2002) Qiu Jun (2003) Gu Li (2004–2009) Jiang Weijie (2010–2011) Tan Xiao (2012) Chen Yaoye (2013-2014) Lian Xiao (2015-2017) Mi Yuting (2018)

v t e World Amateur Go Champions
1979: W. Nie 1980: F. Imamura 1981: Z. Shao 1982: D. Cao 1983: X. Ma 1984: Q. Wang 1985: J. Wang 1986: J. Chen 1987: F. Imamura 1988: W. Zhang 1989: Z. Che 1990: H. Chang 1991: F. Imamura 1992: Y. Kikuchi 1993: Y. Sun 1994: S. Hiraoka 1995: H. Hirata 1996: J. Liu 1997: J. Liu 1998: C. Kim 1999: C. Yu 2000: H. Sakai 2001: D. Li 2002: L. Fu 2003: Not held 2004: K. Lee 2005: Y. Hu 2006: S. Hiraoka 2007: Z. Shan 2008: S. Ha 2009: Y. Hu 2010: H. Song 2011: B. Bai 2012: Z. Qiao 2013: H. Choi

World Amateur Go Champions