Qisheng
The Qisheng is a Go competition in China organized by the Chinese Weiqi Association. It is equivalent to the Nihon-Kiin's Kisei and the Hanguk Kiwon's Kiseong. The word qíshèng means "Go saint".Outline
The Qisheng consists of a preliminary tournament in which 32 players compete against one another to determine the challenger to the previous year's winner. The preliminary is a single-elimination format, and the title match is decided in a best-of-five. As of 2018, the winner's purse is ¥600,000, ¥150,000 for the runner-up, ¥45,000 for the losers in the semifinal,¥18,000 for the losers in the quarterfinal, ¥9,000 for the losers in the round of 16, and ¥6,000 for the losers in the round of 32.
