Cao Dayuan

Cao Dayuan
Full name	Cao Dayuan
Chinese	曹大元
Pinyin	Cáo Dàyuán
Born	(1962-01-26) January 26, 1962 Shanghai, China
Residence	China
Turned pro	1985 (full time)
Rank	9 dan
Affiliation	Zhongguo Qiyuan

Cáo Dàyuán (曹大元), born January 26, 1962) is a professional Go player.

Biography

Cao started learning Go when he was 11. He won the 4th World Amateur Go Championship in 1982 and turned professional in 1985. He was promoted to 9 dan in 1986.

Titles & runners-up

Ranks #10 in total amount of titles in China.

Title	Years Held
Current	5
NEC Cup (China)	1996
CCTV Cup	1996, 1998
National Go Individual	1994
New Sports Cup	1986

Title	Years Lost
Current	8
Mingren	1993
NEC Cup	1997, 1998
CCTV Cup	1991
New Sports Cup	1981, 1985, 1987, 1990
Defunct	1
Qiwang	1998
Continental	1
Asian TV Cup	1991

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World Amateur Go Champions

1979: W. Nie
1980: F. Imamura
1981: Z. Shao
1982: D. Cao
1983: X. Ma
1984: Q. Wang
1985: J. Wang
1986: J. Chen
1987: F. Imamura
1988: W. Zhang
1989: Z. Che
1990: H. Chang
1991: F. Imamura
1992: Y. Kikuchi
1993: Y. Sun
1994: S. Hiraoka
1995: H. Hirata
1996: J. Liu
1997: J. Liu
1998: C. Kim
1999: C. Yu
2000: H. Sakai
2001: D. Li
2002: L. Fu
2003: Not held
2004: K. Lee
2005: Y. Hu
2006: S. Hiraoka
2007: Z. Shan
2008: S. Ha
2009: Y. Hu
2010: H. Song
2011: B. Bai
2012: Z. Qiao
2013: H. Choi