Xie Yimin
Appearance
Xie Yimin (謝依旻) (born 16 November 1989) is a Taiwanese female professional Go player at Nihon Ki-in, Japan. She has obtained more than 25 female titles in her career.[1][2][3] She is also qualified for the Honorary female board master (名誉女流棋聖), honorary female grand master (名誉女流名人), and the honorary female Honinbo (名誉女流本因坊).[1][2][3]
Achievements[1][2][3]
[change | change source]The following tables are the summary of her achievements in career.
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Female board master (女流棋聖) | Female grand master (女流名人) | Female Tachiaoi Cup (女流立葵杯) | Senou Cup (扇興杯) | Female Honinbo (女流本因坊) | Other tournaments | Prizes (棋道賞) | Prize money ranking | Notes | |
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Held in January to February | Held in March | Held in June to July | Held in July | Held in October to November | |||||
2004 | |||||||||
2005 | Promoted to 2 dan due to the prize money ranking | ||||||||
2006 | Female Champion | Female MVP | Finalist at the U20 tournament | ||||||
2007 | Kumiko Yashiro 3-0 |
Female MVP | 14th | ||||||
2008 | Keiko Kato 2-0 |
Ayumi Suzuki 3-1 |
Daiwa Securities Cup | Female MVP | 10th (She became the first female player to be ranked higher than 10th) | Promoted to 4 dan due to the prize money ranking | |||
2009 | Kaori Chinen 2-1 |
Kikuyo Aoki 3-1 |
Female MVP | 9th | |||||
2010 | Yukari Umezawa 2-0 |
Chiaki Mukai 2-0 |
Chiaki Mukai 3-0 |
Female MVP | 8th | Obtained three female titles in the same year (女流三冠) Attended to the Asian Games from team Taiwan | |||
2011 | Yukari Umezawa 2-0 |
Chiaki Mukai 2-1 |
Chiaki Mukai 3-1 |
Pair Go Tournament | MVP (She became the first female player to receive the general MVP) Female MVP |
6th (She became the first female player to gain more than 20 million yen in a year) | Obtained three female titles in the same year (女流三冠) | ||
2012 | Kikuyo Aoki 1-2 |
Chiaki Mukai 2-0 |
Aya Okuda 3-0 |
Pair Go Tournament | Female MVP | 7th | Promoted to 6 dan due to the prize money ranking | ||
2013 | Kikuyo Aoki 2-0 |
Aya Okuda 2-0 |
Chiaki Mukai 2-3 |
Pair Go Tournament | 6th | ||||
2014 | Kikuyo Aoki 2-0 |
Keiko Kato 2-1 |
9th | ||||||
2015 | Kazuko Konishi 2-0 |
Ayumi Suzuki 2-0 |
王景怡 0-1 |
Rina Fujisawa 3-2 |
Female MVP | 5th | Obtained three female titles in the same year (女流三冠) | ||
2016 | Yukari Yoshihara 2-0 |
Kikuyo Aoki 2-1 |
Kikuyo Aoki 1-0 |
Chiaki Mukai 〇 |
Rina Fujisawa 1-3 |
Female MVP | Obtained five female titles in the same year (女流五冠) She became the fastest female player to obtain 300 wins in career | ||
2017 | Eiko Nyu 2-1[4] |
Rina Fujisawa 0-2 |
Rina Fujisawa 1-2 |
Rina Fujisawa ● |
Rina Fujisawa 3-2 |
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2018 | Asami Ueno 0-2 |
Rina Fujisawa 1-2 |
Rina Fujisawa 1-3 |
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2019 | Rina Fujisawa 1-2 |
Rina Fujisawa ● |
Name of title | Season | Obtained year | Finalist | Obtained | Consecutive victory | Honorary title |
Female Honinbo (女流本因坊) | Held in October to November | 2007-12,15,17 | 11 times | 8 (Japan record) |
6 (Japan record) |
Honorary female Honinbo (名誉女流本因坊) |
Female grand master (女流名人) | Held in March | 2008-16 | 10 times | 9 (Japan record) |
9 (Japan record) |
Honorary female grand master(名誉女流名人) |
Female board master (女流棋聖) | Held in January to Febuary | 2010-11,13-17 | 9 times | 7 (Japan record) |
5 (Japan record) |
Honorary female board master (名誉女流棋聖) |
Senou Cup (扇興杯) | Held in July | 2016 | 3 times | 1 | ||
female Tachiaoi Cup (女流立葵杯) | Held in June to July | 2016 | 4 times | 1 | ||
The total number of her obtained titles is a female player record in Japan[1][2][3] |