World Championship
The idea of World Championships was discussed in the first RIF meeting in 1988. At that time, there were only 3 renju countries Japan, Sweden, USSR. It was decided that the First Renju World Championship should be held in Kyoto a year later - in 1989.Everybody was waiting for this big event excitedly. It was the first time the peope from western countries could have a chance to see the legendary Shigeru Nakamura playing the tournament games. That was the beginning of the history of Renju World Championships...
World Championships
Event | Location |
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World Championship 1989 | (Kyoto Japan) |
World Championship 1991 | (Moscow Russia) |
World Championship 1993 | (Arjeplog Sweden) |
World Championship 1995 | (Tallinn Estonia) |
World Championship 1997 | (Saint Petersburg Russia) |
World Championship 1999 | (Beijing China) |
World Championship 2001 | (Kyoto Japan) |
World Championship 2003 | (Vadstena Sweden) |
World Championship 2005 | (Tallinn Estonia) |
World Championship 2007 | (Tyumen Russia) |
World Championship 2009 | (Pardubice Czech Republic) |
World Championship 2011 | (Huskvarna Sweden) |
World Championship 2013 | (Tallinn Estonia) |
World Championship 2015 | (Suzdal Russia) |
World Championship 2017 | (Taipei Chinese Taipei) |
World Championship 2019 | (Tallinn Estonia) |
World Championship 2022 | (Istanbul Turkey) |
Qualification Tournament (QT) and Open Tournament (BT)
The System and Rules of World Championship
The Participants of World Championships of all times
No. | Name | Country | 1989 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | Times | Points |
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1 | Vladimir Sushkov | Russia | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 9 | 8.5 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 6.5 | 6.5 | - | 9.5 | 7 | 10 | 76 |
2 | Ando Meritee | Estonia | - | - | 8.5 | 8 | 8 | 9.5 | 11 | 7.5 | 8.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 61 |
3 | Tunnet Taimla | Estonia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 9 | 6.5 | 9.5 | 5 | - | - | 7 | 51 |
4 | Hiroshi Okabe | Japan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.5 | 5 | 3.5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6.5 | - | 6 | 8 | 41.5 |
5 | Hideki Nara | Japan | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6.5 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 40.5 |
6 | Stefan Karlsson | Sweden | - | - | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 7 | 5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 34.5 |
7 | Kazuto Hasegawa | Japan | 5.5 | 7 | 6.5 | - | 9 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 34 |
8 | Shigeru Nakamura | Japan | 8.5 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.5 | - | - | - | 7 | - | 4 | 33 |
9 | Dong Cao | China | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 9 | 6 | - | - | 9 | 4 | 32 |
10 | Mikhail Kozhin | Russia | 2.5 | 5 | 7 | - | 5 | 5.5 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 31 |
11 | Igor Sinyov | Russia | - | 3 | - | - | 5 | 7 | 8 | 4.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 27.5 |
12 | Ants Soosõrv | Estonia | - | - | 6.5 | 3.5 | 6 | 5.5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 26.5 |
13 | Aldis Reims | Latvia | - | 7 | 7.5 | 5.5 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 26 |
14 | Konstantin Chingin | Russia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.5 | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 22.5 |
15 | Petter Gardstrom | Sweden | 2 | 3.5 | - | 6 | 1 | - | 5.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.5 | 6 | 22.5 |
16 | Andry Purk | Estonia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 20.5 |
17 | Shunsuke Kamiya | Japan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.5 | 6.5 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
18 | Huang-Yu Lin | Chinese Taipei | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 7.5 | 4 | - | 3 | 19.5 |
19 | Yusui Yamaguchi | Japan | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 19 |
20 | Takashi Sagara | Japan | - | - | 5.5 | - | 7.5 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 16 |
21 | Aivo Oll | Estonia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3.5 | 5.5 | - | - | 5 | 4 | 16 |
22 | Di Wu | China | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 6.5 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 15.5 |
23 | Guan Qi | China | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.5 | 6.5 | - | 2 | 15 |
24 | Norihiko Kawamura | Japan | - | - | - | 9 | 5.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 14.5 |
25 | Yuuki Oosumi | Japan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 8 | - | - | - | 2 | 14 |
26 | Ingvar Sundling | Sweden | 3 | 5.5 | 5.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 14 |
27 | Ko-Han Chen | Chinese Taipei | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 6 | 5.5 | - | - | 3 | 13.5 |
28 | Zhiren Lan | China | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 7 | - | - | 2 | 13 |
29 | Pavel Salnikov | Russia | - | - | - | 5.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | 3 | 11.5 |
30 | Tomoharu Nakayama | Japan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
31 | Fan Mei | China | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
32 | Yulia Savrasova | Russia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 10 |
33 | Dmitry Epifanov | Russia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | 3.5 | 2 | 9.5 |
34 | Sergey Artemyev | Russia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.5 | - | - | 2.5 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 9 |
35 | Tord Andersson | Sweden | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 9 |
36 | Nikolay Mikhailov | Uzbekistan | 4.5 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 8.5 |
37 | Jianfeng Zhu | China | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 1 | 8 |
38 | Shu-Hsuan Lin | Chinese Taipei | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.5 | - | 1 | 7.5 |
39 | Jin-xian Huang | Hong Kong, China | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7.5 |
40 | Dmitry Ilyin | Russia | - | - | - | 7.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7.5 |
41 | Jan Palmgren | Sweden | 2 | 5.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7.5 |
42 | Yoshihiro Iio | Japan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.5 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7.5 |
43 | Xiaohan Dai | China | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6.5 |
44 | Joachim Gaulitz | Sweden | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6.5 |
45 | Konstantin Nikonov | Russia | - | - | 2.5 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6.5 |
46 | Stepan Peskov | Russia | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 |
47 | Toshio Nishimura | Japan | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 |
48 | Martin Hõbemägi | Estonia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.5 | 3.5 | - | - | 2 | 6 |
49 | Pavel Makarov | Russia | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.5 | 1.5 | - | 3 | 6 |
50 | Yuriy Tarannikov | Russia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5.5 |
51 | Oleg Fedorkin | Russia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.5 | - | - | 1 | 5.5 |
52 | Jun Koyama | Japan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.5 | 1 | 5.5 |
53 | Kai Lam Tang | Macao, China | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | 1 | 5 |
54 | Denis Fedotov | Russia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 5 |
55 | Yoshimi Hayakawa | Japan | - | - | - | - | - | 4.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4.5 |
56 | Jinyu Zhang | China | - | - | - | - | - | 4.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4.5 |
57 | Shin-ichi Ishitani | Japan | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4.5 |
58 | Norio Nishizono | Japan | - | - | - | - | - | 4.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4.5 |
59 | Maxim Karasyov | Russia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 |
60 | Arnis Veidemanis | Latvia | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 |
61 | Evgeniy Bobkov | Russia | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 |
62 | Martin Carlsson | Sweden | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 |
63 | Byoung-Jun Kim | Korea | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 |
64 | Ondrej Nykl | Czech Republic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.5 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3.5 |
65 | Eduard Voskanyan | Armenia | - | 3.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3.5 |
66 | Liu-Min Lin | Chinese Taipei | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.5 | - | 1 | 3.5 |
67 | Qingqing Wang | China | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
68 | Alexander Klimashin | Russia | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
69 | Albert Poghosyan | Armenia | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 |
70 | Takayuki Ono | Japan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
71 | Yu-Chien Chou Huang | Chinese Taipei | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 2 |
72 | Hannes Hermansson | Sweden | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
73 | I-Cheng Hou | Chinese Taipei | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
74 | Fumiya Inoue | Japan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 |
75 | Sheng-Min Lin | Chinese Taipei | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
76 | Michael Unterweger | Austria | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |