The Qisheng (Traditional: 棋聖; Simplified: 棋圣; Pinyin: Qíshèng) is a Go competition in China organized by the Chinese Weiqi Association. The word qíshèng means "Go saint", similar to the Japanese Kisei and the Korean Kiseong.
Outline The Qisheng consists of a knockout tournament to determine a challenger, who then plays against the previous edition's winner in a best-of-three title match.
In the 4th and 5th edition, the winner received 800,000 RMB in prize money, and the runner-up received 200,000 RMB. In the 6th edition, these prizes were 600,000 RMB and 200,000 RMB, respectively.
As of the 5th edition, games were played with 2 hours of main time and five 60-second byoyomi periods per player.
Past winners and runners-up Edition Year Winner Score Runner-up1st 1999 Chang Hao 4–3 Ma Xiaochun2nd 2000 Zhou Heyang 4–0 Chang Hao3rd 2001 Yu Bin 4–2 Zhang Wendong
Edition Year Winner Score Runner-up1st 2013 Zhou Ruiyang 3–2 Tuo Jiaxi2nd 2014 3–1 Lian Xiao3rd 2018 Lian Xiao 2–1 Zhou Ruiyang4th 2019 Ke Jie 2–1 Lian Xiao5th 2021 2–0 Shi Yue6th 2025 2–1 Tu Xiaoyu
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