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The following six players will compete for the World Go Championship:

Park Jeong-Hwan 9p as the defending champion in 2017 (ranking number one in Korea), Iyama Yuta 9p (ranking number one in Japan), Ke Jie 9p (ranking number one in China), Shin Jinseo 8p (ranking number two in Korea), Wang Yuanjun 8p (*ranking number one in Chinese Taipei), Yamashita Keigo 9p (ranking number four in Japan)

Competition

Players

Competition Method

Single Kockout Tournament(seeded players: Iyama 9p and Park 9p *They will play from the 2nd round)
Time allowance: 3 hours, a countdown starts when the remaining time become 5 minutes.
All game will begin at 10:30 a.m. No break time till the end of the game.
Even game with black giving 6.5 points komi with Japanese rules

Prize

Total Amount: 32 million Japanese Yen
Winner: 20 million JPY, Runner-up: 5 million JPY, Third・Forth: 2.5 million JPY, Fifth・Sixth: 1 million JPY

Players

Iyama Yuta

Born in 24 May 1989 in Osaka

Became a professional Go player in 2002 and became 9-dan in 2009

<Go Career>
2005The 12th Agon Kiriyama Cup, winner (*his first title in pro tournaments)
2009The 34th Meijin, winner
2011The 49th Judan, the 37th Tengen, winner
The 24th Fujitsu Cup, the third place
2012The 67th Honinbo, the 37th Gosei and the 60th Oza, winner
2013The 37th Kisei、the 25th TV Asia Cup, winner
2016The 54th Judan, winner (*became the first player ever to hold all seven major titles simultaneously)
2017The 12nd Meijin, winner (*hold all seven major titles simultaneously for the second time）

Yamashita Keigo

Born in 6 September 1978 in Hokkaido

Became a professional Go player in 1993 and became 9-dan in 2003

<Go Career>
1998The 23rd Shinjin O, winner (*his first title in pro tournaments)
2000The 25th Gosei, winner
2003The 27th Kisei, winner
2004The 30th Tengen, winner
2006The 54th Oza, winner
2010The 65th Honinbo, winner
2011The 36th Meijin, winner

Park Jeong-Hwan

Born in 11 January 1993 in Seoul

Became a professional Go player in 2006 and became 9-dan in 2010

<Go Career>
2009Winner of Korean Judan、Korean Tengen
2010Winner of Korean Judan
2011Winner of The 24th Fujitsu Cup
2012Winner of Maxim Coffe Cup
2013The 25th TV Asia Cup, runner up, Ing Cup, runner-up
2014Winner of Korean Tengen
2015Winner of LG Cup, The 27th TV Asia Cup, runner-up
2016Ing Cup, runner-up

Shin Jin Seo

Born in 17 March 2000 in Busan

Became a professional Go player in 2012 and became 8-dan in 2017

<Go Career>
2016The 28th TV Asia Cup, winner
2017The 4th GLOBIS CUP World Go U-20, winner

Ke Jie

Born in 2 August 1997 in Zhejiang

Became a professional Go player in 2008 and became 9-dan in 2015

<Go Career>
2014Chinese Agon Kiriyama Cup, winner
2015Samsung Cup、winner
2016Samsung Cup、winner
2017Chinese Ryusei, winner

Wang Yuan Jyun

Born in 14 March 1996 in Taipei

Became a professional Go player in 2007 and became 8-dan in 2016

<Go Career>
2013Winner of Chinese Taipei Judan
2015Winner of Chinese Taipei Tengen
2016Winner of Chinese Taipei Tengen
2017Winner of Chinese Taipei Tengen、Chinese Taipei Judan

Tournament Chart

I: Iyama Yuta (Japan) - Seeded player
II: Park Jeong-Hwan (Koria) - Seeded player
A: Wang Yuan Jyun (Chinese Taipei)
B: Yamashita Keigo (Japan)
C: Shin Jin Seo (Koria)
D: Ke Jie (China)
Time allowance: 3 hours, a countdown starts when the remaining time become 5 minutes. Each game will begin at 10:30am
*No break time till the end of the game.
*All players will draw

Tournament Scheudle