On December 29, 2023, the top 8 of the 5th Dream Lily Cup World Go Open Championship kicked off in Chuzhou City, Anhui Province. As a result of the game, Gu Zihao lost to Dang Yifei after 204 hands.
On January 3, 2024, the Chinese Go Association announced the December 2023 China Professional Go Player Rank. Among them, Ding Hao, a 2021 undergraduate student majoring in journalism in the School of Humanity, ranked first with 2698.1 points, surpassing Gu Zihao to become the first person in Chinese Go.
Ding Hao is a native of Datong, Shanxi, born in 2000. He started learning chess at the age of 6, successfully set a stage at the age of 13, and reached the championship podium of the CCTV rapid chess tournament at the age of 19. In 2021, Ding Hao was admitted to Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and became a college student chess player. In recent years, Ding Hao, a chess player, has achieved brilliant results in major Go competitions at home and abroad.
Wish Ding Hao can win glory for the country, and create new achievements!
