The World Go Championship is in the ascendant, although the Fujitsu Cup, Toyo Securities Cup, Toyota Cup, BC Card Cup, Xinao Cup, Bailing Cup, Tianfu Cup and other seven events have been suspended, but the upcoming Beihai New Interpretation Cup, Nanyang Cup and the highest chess battle and other three have been suspended.
Dream Lily Cup
At present, there are six world competitions in the world, including the Samsung Cup, LG Cup, Chunlan Cup, Yingshi Cup, Ranke Cup, and Dream Lily Cup. Who stands out the most?
In order to reflect the founding time, number of sessions, and reigning champions of the six world competitions, the author takes the trouble to list them as follows:
| serial number | Founded | World Series | Number of sessions | Reigning champion |
| 1 | 1988 year | Ying's cup | 10th | Yili Liao |
| 2 | 1996 year | Samsung Cup | 28th | Ding Hao |
| 3 | 1996 year | LG Cup | 28th | Shen Zhenzhen |
| 4 | 1998 year | Chunlan Cup | 14th | Bian Xiangyi |
| 5 | In 2013 | Dream Lily Cup | Fifth | Li Xuanhao |
| 6 | In 2022 | Rotten Ke Cup | 2nd | Shen Zhenzhen |
| 7 | In 2024 | Nanyang Cup | 1st edition | ？ |
| 8 | In 2025 | Beihai New Interpretation Cup | 1st edition | ？ |
| 9 | In 2025 | The highest chess fight | 1st edition | ？ |
Through the above table, we can find that Shen Zhenzhen, the first person in the world today, has two gold cups in the LG Cup and Rotten Ke Cup, and Li Xuanhao Jiuduan, Ding Hao Jiuduan, Bian Xiangyi Jiuduan, and Yili Liao Jiuduan respectively have the championship trophies of Dream Lily Cup, Samsung Cup, Chunlan Cup and Yingshi Cup.
Despite this, the most striking thing on this year's world championship list is not Shin Zhenzhen or Li Xuanhao, but Japan's first person Ichiri Liao, because Japan's last world championship title dates back to the 9th LG Cup in 2005, when Zhang Xu defeated Yu Bin in 9 dan to win the championship.
After a lapse of 19 years, Japan chess players have once again reached the top of the world of Go, which has made chess fans cheer, because for many years the world chess scene has been completely dominated by Chinese and Korean masters, which makes people feel so monotonous and boring that the world champion player is dejoratively called the winner of the Sino-Korean confrontation.
Ying's cup
Even on the occasion of the wonderful Romance of China, Japan and South Korea, the Go World Championship is often nicknamed the "East Asian Cup". It seems that the globalization of Go is still a long way off.
The next trend of the six world competitions is that the quadrennial Yingshi Cup will be unveiled in 2028, the sixth Dream Lily Cup does not know if it will be unveiled next year, and the third Ranco Cup is expected to be held as scheduled.
The 29th Samsung Cup is about to start on November 12, and all the matches will be played in one go, which will make fans addicted.
The 15th Chunlan Cup has produced the quarterfinals, and the matchups are: Gu Zihao 9 dan vs Park Tinghuan 9 duan, Li Xuanhao 9 dan vs Yang Kaiwen 9 duan, Qi Yuting 9 dan vs Bian Xiangyi 9 duan, Ding Hao 9 dan vs Shibano Tiger Pill 9 duan, the date of the quarterfinals and semi-finals is December this year.
The quarterfinals of the 29th LG Cup will start on September 30, six days later, and the matchups are: Ke Jie 9 dan VS Han Sang-chao 6 dan, Ding Hao 9 dan VS Lee Ji Hyun 9 dan, Park Tinghuan 9 dan VS Bian Sang-il 9 dan, Shin Min Jun 9 dan VS Won Sung-kyun 9 dan.
Can Ke Jie and Ding Hao break out of the encirclement and meet in the LG Cup final early next year? It is the focus of everyone's attention.
LG Cup
According to unofficial information, the first Nanyang Cup World Go Masters Tournament jointly sponsored by the Chinese Go Association and the Singapore Go Association will be launched in November this year, the first Beihai New Interpretation Cup founded by China will be unveiled in April next year, and the first Supreme Chess Tournament launched by Korea will also start next year.
I hope that professional Go players outside of China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan can reach the final stage of the World Series as soon as possible, and if this is the case, the globalization of Go will truly come!