CCTV Cup

The CCTV Cup is a Chinese Go competition.

Outline

The CCTV Cup is the longest running fast game tournament in China and the sponsor is the Chinese CCTV station. The winner and the runner-up qualify for the Asian TV Cup, where they compete against the winners and runners-up of the Japanese NHK Cup and the South Korean KBS Cup.

Each player has 1 hour of main time with one 60-second byoyomi period.^[1] The time control was changed in 2021 to be much slower than the previous time limit, which was one move every 30 seconds.^[2]

The winner's prize is 350,000 RMB (as of 2024).^[3] Formerly, the winner's prize was 250,000 RMB in 2019,^[4] increased to 300,000 RMB in 2020,^[2] and further increased to the current 350,000 RMB for the 2023–24 cup.^[3]

Past winners and runners-up

Year	Winner	Runner-up
1987	Nie Weiping	Cao Dayuan
1988	Qian Yuping	Cao Dayuan
1989	Ma Xiaochun	Nie Weiping
1990	Qian Yuping	Liu Xiaoguang
1991	Ma Xiaochun	Cao Dayuan
1992	Ma Xiaochun	Nie Weiping
1993	Nie Weiping	Ma Xiaochun
1994	Ma Xiaochun	Qian Yuping
1995	Ma Xiaochun	Nie Weiping
1996	Cao Dayuan	Wang Lei
1997	Nie Weiping	Yu Bin
1998	Cao Daoyuan	Ma Xiaochun
1999	Chang Hao	Liu Jing
2000	Ding Wei	Luo Xihe
2001	Hu Yaoyu	Ma Xiaochun
2002	Ma Xiaochun	Ding Wei
2003	Zhou Heyang	Peng Quan
2004	Gu Li	Yu Bin
2005	Liu Xing	Gu Li
2006	Luo Xihe	Wang Xi
2007	Piao Wenyao	Chen Yaoye
2008	Xie He	Li Zhe
2009	Kong Jie	Zhou Heyang
2010	Chen Yaoye	Gu Lingyi
2011	Zhong Wenjing	Wang Lei
2012	Tuo Jiaxi	Lian Xiao
2013	Wang Xi	Jiang Weijie
2014	Li Qincheng	Tao Xinran
2016	Mi Yuting	Li Qincheng
2017	Zhang Tao	Li Xuanhao
2018	Fan Tingyu	Fan Yunruo
2019[4]	Ding Hao	Xu Jiayang
2020[2]	Gu Zihao	Lian Xiao
2021[1]	Ke Jie	Dang Yifei
2022[5]	Shi Yue	Xie Erhao
2023–24[3]	Huang Mingyu	Shi Yue

References

1. "柯洁首夺CCTV快棋赛冠军 清华学子之争学长胜", sina.com.cn (in Chinese), 2021-12-05
2. "辜梓豪战胜连笑，首夺电视快棋赛冠军", The Beijing News (in Chinese), 2020-09-24
3. "洛阳围棋国手时越获中国快棋赛亚军", news.lyd.com.cn (in Chinese), 2024-01-21
4. "快棋赛丁浩小胜许嘉阳夺冠 二人将出征亚洲杯", sina.com.cn (in Chinese), 2019-04-09
5. "当湖十局杯决赛时越力克谢尔豪加冕冠军", sina.com.cn (in Chinese), 2022-09-16