1st ASEAN Go tournament held in Pu'er

The first ASEAN Go Invitational Tournament was held in the APFNet forest sustainable training base in southwest Yunnan’s Pu’er city from December 9 to 11. This is the highest-level Go tournament held in Pu'er since the final of the 3rd Bailing Cup World Professional Go Open kicked off in 2016.

The tournament invited the Go players of 8 teams from ASEAN countries to the city: Brunei, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand, and Cambodia. Besides, 3 teams from Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region and 8 teams from Yunnan’s border cities also took part in the event.

Hailed as the legendary “Go Sage” in China’s history, Nie Weiping, showed up in the venue and gave a lecture on the Go techniques.

Source: Pu’er Media Center; Trans-editing by Mo Yingyi