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Yang Dingxin

Yang Dingxin
Full name Yang Dingxin
Chinese 杨鼎新
Born 19 October 1998
China
Turned pro 2008
Rank 3 dan
Affiliation Zhongguo Qiyuan

Yang Dinxin (born 19 October 1998) is a Chinese professional Go player. He became a professional on 24 July 2008, at age 9 years and 9 months, becoming the youngest Chinese professional. In 2010, he reached the semi-finals of the 3rd Quzhou-Lanke Cup, beating top Chinese pros Chen Yaoye (then holder of the Tianyuan, the second biggest title in China) and Li Zhe before losing to Jiang Weijie.

He won the 5th RICOH Xinxiu Cup.

Promotion record

Rank Year Notes
1 dan 2008
2 dan 2010
3 dan
4 dan
5 dan
6 dan
7 dan
8 dan
9 dan

Career record

Titles and runners-up

Domestic
Title Wins Runners-up
RICOH Xinxiu Cup 2011 2012
Ricoh Cup 2012
Total 2 1
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