Sino-Singapore Online Online, July 3 (Reporter Miao Lu) The Shanghai Weiqi Association issued an obituary on the evening of the 2nd, saying that at one o'clock in the afternoon on July 2, 2020, the famous professional Go player Fan Yunruo unfortunately fell from his home and died. Found to have depression. The Shanghai Chess Academy and the Shanghai Weiqi Association expressed their deep condolences for Fan Yunruo's unfortunate death.
The data shows that Fan Yunruo was born in Shanghai in January 1996, and together with Fan Tingyu and Zhi Yuting, he was called "two meals and one meter" in Shanghai chess world. It is scheduled for 2009 and will be promoted to eight in 2019. He entered the Shanghai Weiqi team in 2009 and became the main force of the Shanghai Weiqi team in 2012. He is currently training in the Chinese national Weiqi team.
Fan Yunruo won the runner-up in the 20th Jianqiao Cup Go newcomer Wang Sai in 2013. The 2016 Samsung Cup World Go Open semifinals. In 2017, the 18th Nongshim Cup World Go Team Championship defeated South Korean leader Park Ting-hwan, winning the sixth Nongshim Cup championship for China. The runner-up of the 33rd China Go Tianyuan Tournament in 2019. In 2019, he represented Shanghai and won the mixed double gold medal of the 4th National Intellectual Games.
In the LG Cup 32 battle in June, Fan Yunruo faced South Korea's first-ranked Shen Zhencheng. Although Fan Yunruo continued to create disputes in the middle of the plate, he rashly opened up at the lower left, and the gap between the two sides was further widened to 168 hands. Fan Yunruo The voter conceded the defeat and stopped in the top 32. Unexpectedly, this turned out to be the last game of Fan Yunruo's public appearance.
The Chinese Go Association also said in the obituary issued on the evening of the 2nd: "Fan Yunruo, a member of the national Go training team and professional Go player, Fan Yunruo died in Shanghai on July 2, 2020 due to illness. Fan Yunruo, as the top player of the Shanghai Go team, many He was selected as the national Go team for the second time, won the runner-up in the national competition of the rookie king competition, CCTV Cup, Tianyuan competition, etc., and won the third place in the Samsung Cup World Go Masters Championship, the Nongshim Cup World Go team competition Terminator, the Thanksgiving Cup International Outstanding champions of the Go game and other achievements. The Chinese Go Association expressed its deep condolences to Fan Yunruo's unfortunate death and extended deep condolences to his family." (End)
Source: chinanews
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