World Championships in Renju

There are several world championships in Renju organized by the Renju International Federation, including World Championship, Women World Championships, Team World Championships, Youth World Championships and Correspondence World Championships.[1]

World Championships

Renju World Championships have occurred every second year, since 1989.[2] The opening rule was Yamaguchi from 2009 to 2015, and has been changed to Soosõrv-8 since 2017.

The results of previous World Championships are following:

Title year Hosting city, country Gold Silver Bronze Opening rule
1989 Kyoto, Japan Japan Shigeru Nakamura Japan Hideki Nara Japan Toshio Nishimura Swap
1991 Moscow, Soviet Union Japan Shigeru Nakamura Japan Makoto Yamaguchi Soviet Union Aldis Reims Swap
1993 Arjeplog, Sweden Estonia Ando Meritee Japan Hideki Nara Latvia Aldis Reims Swap
1995 Tallinn, Estonia Japan Norihiko Kawamura Estonia Ando Meritee Russia Dmitry Ilyin Swap
1997 Saint Petersburg, Russia Japan Kazuto Hasegawa Estonia Ando Meritee Japan Takashi Sagara RIF
1999 Beijing, China Estonia Ando Meritee Russia Igor Sinyov Sweden Stefan Karlsson RIF
2001 Kyoto, Japan Estonia Ando Meritee Russia Vladimir Sushkov Russia Igor Sinyov RIF
2003 Vadstena, Sweden Estonia Tunnet Taimla Russia Vladimir Sushkov Estonia Ando Meritee RIF
2005 Tallinn, Estonia Estonia Ando Meritee Russia Vladimir Sushkov Russia Konstantin Chingin RIF
2007 Tyumen, Russia China Wu Di Russia Konstantin Chingin Japan Yusui Yamaguchi RIF
2009 Pardubice, Czech Republic Russia Vladimir Sushkov Estonia Tunnet Taimla China Cao Dong Yamaguchi
2011 Huskvarna, Sweden China Cao Dong Chinese Taipei Lin Huang-Yu China Huang Jinxian Yamaguchi
2013 Tallinn, Estonia Estonia Tunnet Taimla Japan Yuuki Oosumi Russia Vladimir Sushkov Yamaguchi
2015 Suzdal, Russia China Qi Guan Chinese Taipei Lin Huang-Yu China Lan Zhiren Yamaguchi
2017 Taipei, Chinese Taipei Russia Vladimir Sushkov China Zhu Jianfeng Chinese Taipei Lin Shu-Hsuan Soosõrv-8
2019 Tallinn, Estonia China Cao Dong Russia Vladimir Sushkov Japan Shunsuke Kamiya Soosõrv-8
2023 Istanbul, Turkey China Lu Hai China Mei Fan Japan Tomoharu Nakayama Soosõrv-8

The statistics for the players in the Renju World Championships following.

Place Player Gold Silver Bronze Entries
1 Estonia Ando Meritee 4 2 1 7
2 Russia Vladimir Sushkov 2 4 1 10
3 Estonia Tunnet Taimla 2 1 0 7
4 China Cao Dong 2 0 1 5
5 Japan Shigeru Nakamura 2 0 0 4
6 Japan Kazuto Hasegawa 1 0 0 5
7 Japan Norihiko Kawamura 1 0 0 2
7 China Wu Di 1 0 0 2
7 China Qi Guan 1 0 0 2
10 China Lu Hai 1 0 0 1
11 Japan Hideki Nara 0 2 0 6
12 Chinese Taipei Lin Huang-Yu 0 2 0 3
13 Russia Igor Sinyov 0 1 1 5
14 Japan Yusui Yamaguchi 0 1 1 3
15 Russia Konstantin Chingin 0 1 1 3
16 Japan Mei Fan 0 1 0 3
17 Japan Yuuki Oosumi 0 1 0 2
18 China Zhu Jianfeng 0 1 0 1
19 Latvia Aldis Reims 0 0 2 4
20 Sweden Stefan Karlsson 0 0 1 8
21 Japan Shunsuke Kamiya 0 0 1 4
22 Japan Takashi Sagara 0 0 1 3
22 Japan Tomoharu Nakayama 0 0 1 3
24 China Lan Zhiren 0 0 1 2
25 Japan Toshio Nishimura 0 0 1 1
25 Russia Dmitry Ilyin 0 0 1 1
25 China Huang Jinxian 0 0 1 1
25 Chinese Taipei Lin Shu-Hsuan 0 0 1 1

Women World Championships

The Women World Championships started in 1997 and are played every second year, at the same time and place with the World Championships.[3] The results are following:

Title year Hosting city, country Gold Silver Bronze Opening rule
1997 Saint Petersburg, Russia Russia Irina Metreveli Russia Natalya Vasilyeva Russia Yelena Lebedeva RIF
1999 Beijing, China Russia Yulia Savrasova Russia Irina Metreveli Russia Yelena Lebedeva RIF
2001 Kyoto, Japan Russia Yulia Savrasova Russia Irina Metreveli Chinese Taipei Hsu Wen-Ching RIF
2003 Vadstena, Sweden Russia Yulia Savrasova Chinese Taipei Yang Hsiao-Yu Russia Irina Metreveli RIF
2005 Tallinn, Estonia Russia Oxana Sorokina Russia Irina Metreveli Estonia Maris Tuvikene RIF
2007 Tyumen, Russia Russia Tatyana Krayeva Russia Oxana Sorokina Russia Irina Metreveli RIF
2009 Pardubice, Czech Republic Russia Yulia Savrasova China Yao Jinrui China Hu Xi Yamaguchi
2011 Huskvarna, Sweden Japan Kazumi Arai Russia Irina Metreveli Russia Anastasja Oborina Yamaguchi
2013 Tallinn, Estonia Russia Irina Metreveli Russia Kira Lashko Russia Olga Kurdina Yamaguchi
2015 Suzdal, Russia Russia Kira Lashko China Wang Qingqing Russia Irina Metreveli Yamaguchi
2017 Taipei, Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Chien Yung-Hsuan China Wang Qingqing China Liu Xun Soosõrv-8
2019 Tallinn, Estonia China Wu Zhiqin China Li Xiaoqing Russia Irina Metreveli Soosõrv-8
2023 Istanbul, Turkey China Wang Qingqing   Ekaterina Porokhina [lower-alpha 1] Japan Maiko Fujita Soosõrv-8
  1. According to the protocol of the Renju International Federation in 2022, Russian players would play under the Russian Renju Association and would not be using Russian flags.

Team World Championships

Team World Championships in Renju have occurred every second year since 1996, except for 2020.[4] Since 2010 the opening rule being played is Yamaguchi. The results are following.

Title year Hosting city, country Gold Silver Bronze
1996 Saint Petersburg, Russia  Russia
Dmitry Ilyin
Stepan Peskov
Igor Sinyov
Konstantin Nikonov
Mikhail Kozhin		  Estonia
Ando Meritee
Ants Soosõrv
Margus Tuvikene
Marek Kolk		  Latvia
Aldis Reims
Arnis Veidemanis
Nerses Grigorian
Eduard Voskanian
1998[lower-alpha 1] Yerevan, Armenia No champion title awarded
2000 Tallinn, Estonia  Russia-1
Igor Sinyov
Alexandr Klimashin
Vladimir Sushkov
Pavel Salnikov
Mikhail Kozhin		  Sweden
Stefan Karlsson
Rickard Johannesson
Joachim Gaulitz
Tord Andersson		  Japan
Kazuto Hasegawa
Hideki Nara
Yoshimi Hayakawa
Hirouji Sakamoto
2002 Vadstena, Sweden  Russia-1
Pavel Salnikov
Alexandr Klimashin
Sergey Artemyev
Alexey Skuridin
Vladimir Semyonov		  Estonia
Ants Soosõrv
Tunnet Taimla
Johann Lents
Timo Ilu
Maris Tuvikene		  Sweden-1
Stefan Karlsson
Peter Gardstrom
Goran Holgersson
Linus Hermansson
Joachim Gaulitz
2004 Tyumen, Russia  Russia-1
Vladimir Sushkov
Alexandr Klimashin
Konstantin Chingin
Konstantin Nikonov
Igor Sinyov		  Estonia
Ando Meritee
Tunnet Taimla
Ants Soosõrv
Timo Ilu
Irene Karlsson		  Russia-2
Pavel Salnikov
Pavel Makarov
Sergey Artemyev
Vladimir Semyonov
Mikhail Kozhin
2006 Tallinn, Estonia  Russia-1
Vladimir Sushkov
Konstantin Chingin
Sergey Artemyev
Yulia Savrasova
Pavel Vershinin		  Estonia-1
Ando Meritee
Tunnet Taimla
Ants Soosõrv
Aivo Oll
Johann Lents		  China
Chen Wei
Wu Hao
Zhu Jianfeng
Ge Lingfeng
2008 Helsinki, Finland  Estonia
Tunnet Taimla
Aivo Oll
Andry Purk
Ants Soosõrv
Johann Lents		  Russia-1
Vladimir Sushkov
Egor Serdyukov
Konstantin Chingin
Yulia Savrasova
Alexandr Kadulin		  China
Cao Dong
Wu Di
Wu Hao
Chen Wei
2010 Tokyo, Japan  China
Li Yi
Cao Dong
Yin Licheng
Xi Zhenyang		  Estonia-1
Tunnet Taimla
Aivo Oll
Andry Purk
Ants Soosõrv		  Japan-1
Shigeru Nakamura
Kazuto Hasegawa
Hiroshi Okabe
Yusui Yamaguchi
Norihiko Kawamura
Taizan Isobe
2012 Beijing, China  Japan
Yuuki Oosumi
Shigeru Nakamura
Takahiro Kudomi
Kazumasa Tamura
Hiroshi Okabe
Tomoharu Nakayama		  China-1
Cao Dong
Zhu Jianfeng
He Qifa
Lu Hai		  China-2
Yang Yanxi
Chen Jing
Qi Guan
Chen Wei
2014 Taipei, Chinese Taipei  Estonia
Tunnet Taimla
Martin Hõbemägi
Ants Soosõrv
Johann Lents
Ando Meritee		  Chinese Taipei-1
Lin Shu-Hsuan
Lin Huang-Yu
Chen Ko-Han
Yang Yu-Hsiung
Lin Shih-Pin
Cheng Chih-Liang		  Japan-1
Shigeru Nakamura
Yoshihiro Iio
Nobuhiro Fukui
Ayako Tada
Yuuki Oosumi
Kazumasa Tamura
2016 Tallinn, Estonia  Estonia-1
Aivo Oll
Tunnet Taimla
Martin Hõbemägi
Renee Pajuste
Johann Lents		  China
Qi Guan
Lan Zhiren
Zhu Jianfeng
Chen Xin
Liu Yang		  Russia-1
Oleg Fedorkin
Vladimir Sushkov
Pavel Salnikov
Konstantin Nikonov
Dmitry Epifanov
Maxim Karasyov
2018 Saint Petersburg, Russia  China
Yang Yanxi
Zhu Jianfeng
Cao Dong
Liu Yang
Lan Zhiren		  Japan
Tomoharu Nakayama
Yudai Fujita
Yoshihiro Iio
Jun Koyama
Hiroshi Okabe
Maiko Fujita		  Russia-2
Vladimir Sushkov
Pavel Salnikov
Mikhail Kozhin
Denis Kachaev
Maxim Karasyov
Sergey Artemyev
  1. In this year an Armenia-Sweden match was played instead of Team World Championship. The result is a draw between the two teams, but no champion title was awarded.

The statistics for the Renju Team World Championships following.

Place Team Gold Silver Bronze Entries
1  Russia 5 1 3 11
2  Estonia 3 5 0 11
3  China 2 2 3 7
4  Japan 1 1 3 11
5  Sweden 0 1 1 9
6  Chinese Taipei 0 1 0 4
7  Latvia 0 0 1 1

Youth World Championships

Renju Youth World Championships have occurred every second year since 1996.[5]

The results of Youth World Championships of different groups for boys are following:

Title year Hosting city, country U25 U23 U20 U18 U17 U15 U14 U12 U11
1996 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia - Estonia Margus Tuvikene Russia Konstantin Chingin
1998 Beijing, China - Sweden Hannes Hermansson China Shao Xiaodong
2000 Arjeplog, Sweden - Russia Konstantin Chingin Russia Denis Nekrasov
2002 Podyuga, Russia - Russia Konstantin Chingin Estonia Tunnet Taimla
2004 Yerevan, Armenia - Japan Hiroshi Okabe Russia Evgeny Sumarokov
2006 Beijing, China - China Wu Hao Russia Mikhail Lysakov China Hu Yu
2008 Haapsalu, Estonia - Estonia Aivo Oll Russia Alexandr Kadulin Estonia Martin Hõbemägi
2010 Yerevan, Armenia - Armenia Rafik Nersisyan Russia Artyom Merkulov Russia Aleksey Vostryakov
2012 Suzdal, Russia - Russia Artyom Merkulov Russia Roman Kruchok Russia Denis Fedotov
2014 Suure-Jaani, Estonia - Estonia Martin Hõbemägi Russia Denis Fedotov China Tang Xudong
2016 Tallinn, Estonia Estonia Martin Hõbemägi Estonia Georg-Romet Topkin Russia Denis Fedotov China Fan Shihao
2018 Kuşadası, Turkey Estonia Martin Hõbemägi Russia Maksim Lavrik-Karmazin China Kang Zheming China Zhang Junyu


The results of Youth World Championships of different groups for girls are following:

Title year Hosting city, country U25 U23 U20 U18 U17 U15 U14 U12 U11
1996 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia - Russia Yelena Lebedeva
1998 Beijing, China - Russia Yelena Lebedeva China Wu Dan
2000 Arjeplog, Sweden - Russia Yelena Lebedeva Russia Yulia Savrasova
2002 Podyuga, Russia - Russia Yulia Savrasova Russia Alyona Mikhailova
2004 Yerevan, Armenia - Russia Yulia Savrasova Russia Mariya Pestereva
2006 Beijing, China - Russia Yulia Savrasova Russia Tatyana Krayeva Russia Anastasja Oborina
2008 Haapsalu, Estonia - Russia Yulia Savrasova Russia Tatyana Krayeva Russia Alexandra Sumarokova
2010 Yerevan, Armenia - Armenia Gayane Petrosyan Russia Anastasja Oborina Russia Kira Lashko
2012 Suzdal, Russia - Russia Tatyana Krayeva Russia Anastasja Oborina Estonia Tuuli Tiivel
2014 Suure-Jaani, Estonia - China Wang Qingqing China Jin Yichan China Fan Xuanzuo
2016 Tallinn, Estonia China Wang Qingqing Russia Kira Lashko Russia Ksenia Matushkina China Lou Qiongwen
2018 Kuşadası, Turkey China Liu Xun Russia Tatyana Prokopets China Xu Xicheng China Wang Kemiao

Since 2020, due to the spread of COVID-19, a new series of Youth World Cups have been held online, in place of the Youth World Championships. [6]

The results of Youth World Cups of different groups for boys are following:

Title year Hosting city, country U25 U20 U15 U11 U9
2020 Laagri, Estonia Hungary Zoltán László Estonia Georg-Romet Topkin China Jiao Zhengrui China Hu Jinrui
2021 Laagri, Estonia Estonia Georg-Romet Topkin China Zhou Nan China Kang Tingrui Russia Alexander Pinsky
2022 Laagri, Estonia China He Shujun   Peter Burtsev [lower-alpha 1] China Jiao Zhengrui China Zhou Chenli
2023 Laagri, Estonia China Mao Weiming Japan Shōma Kawamoto China Ding Zeyu    Alexander Pinsky [lower-alpha 1] China Xu Dongzhe


The results of Youth World Cups of different groups for girls are following:

Title year Hosting city, country U25 U20 U15 U11 U9
2020 Laagri, Estonia China Cao Xueyu Russia Ksenia Matushkina China Zhu Jiayi China Qin Shaoya
2021 Laagri, Estonia China Liu Mengyun Russia Sofia Tolstoguzova Russia Darya Yusupmurzina China Ruan Jintong
2022 Laagri, Estonia China Zheng Yining China Yang Yimeng China Liu Shaoqi China Kong Siyu
2023 Laagri, Estonia China Jin Rui   Ekaterina Porokhina [lower-alpha 1]   Mariia Petrova [lower-alpha 1] China Wang Haoyan China Qian Peiyan
  1. According to the protocol of the Renju International Federation in 2022, Russian players would play under the Russian Renju Association and would not be using Russian flags.

International Open Tournaments of World Championship

The International Open Tournaments of World Championship (BT) started in 1989 and happens every two years, at the same time and place with the World Championship (AT). This tournament is open to all Renju players who do not have the right to play in the World Championship. The first three places in BT have the right to participate in the Qualification Tournament (QT) of the next World Championship. There are no world champion titles awarded in this tournament.[7]

The results of previous International Open Tournaments of World Championship are following:

Title year Hosting city, country Winner Runner-up Third Opening rule
1989 Kyoto, Japan Japan Norihiko Kawamura Japan Norio Nishizono Japan Akihiko Kashihara Swap
1991 Moscow, Soviet Union Soviet Union Ando Meritee Japan Yoshimi Hayakawa Soviet Union Mikhail Biryukov Swap
1993 Arjeplog, Sweden Russia Dmitry Ilyin Russia Igor Sinyov Russia Victor Alexandrov Swap
1995 Tallinn, Estonia Russia Igor Sinyov Japan Yoshimi Hayakawa Latvia Gatis Gurckis Swap
1997 Saint Petersburg, Russia Russia Stepan Peskov Latvia Arnis Veidemanis Russia Evgeniy Bobkov RIF
1999 Beijing, China China Bai Tao Japan Hideki Nara China Shao Xiaodong RIF
2001 Kyoto, Japan Japan Kazuto Hasegawa Japan Masato Kusajima Japan Yoshihiro Iio RIF
2003 Vadstena, Sweden Russia Yuriy Tarannikov China Chen Wei Estonia Johann Lents RIF
2005 Tallinn, Estonia Japan Yusui Yamaguchi Estonia Timo Ilu Chinese Taipei Chen Ko-Han RIF
2007 Tyumen, Russia Japan Yuuki Oosumi Chinese Taipei Lin Huang-Yu Russia Egor Serdyukov RIF
2009 Pardubice, Czech Republic Chinese Taipei Lin Huang-Yu Japan Yuuki Oosumi Estonia Renee Pajuste Yamaguchi
2011 Huskvarna, Sweden Russia Alexey Potapov Japan Katsumi Kise Japan Yoshihiro Iio Yamaguchi
2013 Tallinn, Estonia Russia Alexey Potapov Russia Nikolay Poltaratsky Japan Shin-ichi Ishitani Yamaguchi
2015 Suzdal, Russia Japan Tomoharu Nakayama Russia Dmitry Epifanov Russia Maxim Karasyov Yamaguchi
2017 Taipei, Chinese Taipei Macau Tang Kai Lam China Liu Yang Japan Jun Koyama Soosõrv-8
2019 Tallinn, Estonia Macau Wai Chan Keong Villem Mesila South Korea Jang Won-Cheol Soosõrv-8
2023 Istanbul, Turkey   Peter Burtsev [lower-alpha 1] Renee Pajuste South Korea Park Do-Young Soosõrv-8
  1. According to the protocol of the Renju International Federation in 2022, Russian players would play under the Russian Renju Association and would not be using Russian flags.

Renju World Championships via Correspondence

World Championships in Renju via Correspondence were held in 1982 to 1993 (by paper letters, later by e-mails), and now are played every year since 1996 with an exception in 2009, 2010 and 2016.[8] The opening rule being played is Soosõrv-N from 2014 to 2020, and was changed to Taraguchi-10 since 2021.

The results from 1982 to 1993 are in the following.

Title year Champion Country
1982 Vladimir Sapronov  Soviet Union
1984 Alexandr Nosovsky  Soviet Union
1985 Alexandr Nosovsky  Soviet Union
1991 Albert Poghosyan  Soviet Union
1993 Albert Poghosyan  Armenia

The results since 1996 are in the following.

Title year Champion Runner-up Third
1996 Latvia Aldis Reims Lithuania Linas Laibinis Russia Igor Sinyov
1997 Russia Yuriy Tarannikov Latvia Aldis Reims Sweden Stefan Karlsson
1998 Russia Oleg Fedorkin Latvia Aldis Reims Japan Kazuto Hasegawa
1999 Russia Oleg Fedorkin Russia Alexander Nosovsky Russia Konstantin Nikonov
2000 Latvia Aldis Reims Russia Evgeniy Bobkov Russia Konstantin Nikonov
2001 Russia Konstantin Nikonov China Zhang Jinyu Russia Vitaly Lunkin
2002 Russia Vitaly Lunkin China Zhang Jinyu Russia Vladimir Dvoeglazov
2003 China Chen Wei Russia Sergey Filippov Russia Oleg Klimachev
2004 China Sun Chengmin Russia Alexey Potapov China Chen Wei
2005 Russia Victor Barykin China Zhang Jinyu China Lu Wenzhe
2006 No gold awarded Russia Dmitry Epifanov Russia Victor Barykin
2007 Russia Dmitry Epifanov China Zhang Jinyu Russia Anatoly Ustimov
2008 China Zhang Jinyu Latvia Jelena Balanova Russia Alexey Potapov
2011 Latvia Jelena Balanova Estonia Aivo Oll Russia Alexey Potapov
2012 Russia Alexey Potapov Latvia Jelena Balanova Estonia Aivo Oll
2013 Russia Vladimir Sushkov Russia Alexey Potapov Russia Viktor Balabhai
2014 Russia Vladimir Sushkov Russia Evgeniy Bobkov Russia Oleg Fedorkin
2015[9] Russia Konstantin Nikonov Russia Oleg Fedorkin Russia Pavel Makarov
2017[10] China Hao Tianyi China Qi Bo Russia Dmitry Epifanov
2018[11] China Hao Tianyi Russia Dmitry Epifanov Russia Vladimir Filinov
2019[12] China Wang Qichao Russia Vladimir Sushkov Estonia Aivo Oll
2020[13] Estonia Aivo Oll China Qiu Weifu Russia Vladimir Sushkov
2021[14] China Yao Yujie China Qian Yunbing Estonia Aivo Oll
2022[15] China Yao Yujie Estonia Aivo Oll Russia Vladimir Filinov

See also

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