On October 9th-12th, the 4th Silk Road international City Weiqi Tournament is held in Tianshui, Gansu Province. The European professional and strong players are going to compete with amateur players from China on the “silk road”.
Three years ago, before Alphago walked onto the stage, Pavol and Ali got the championship and 2nd place in the first Silk Road tournament. Eastern Go players started to aware that a new Go power was emerging from the west. In the second Silk Road tournament, Li Xu, a Chinese 6 dan won the championship with 9 consecutive win. In the third tournament, Ilya won all 8 games and got the Silk Road Cup.
In this year, there are more and more strong players from China and Europe. Let’s wait and see who will be the champion of 4th silk Road Tournament.