Says world champion Renju Pen 2007 Dmitry Epifanov

Once I thought that there is only one championship in Renju and only one champion. When I participated in the TWC-2002 I realized that there are quite a lot of titles in Renju. There are about 2 (private) + 4 … 5 (Youth) 2 (by correspondence) + 4 … 5 (command) = 12 to 14 titles!

Here is the complete list of world champions. Abbreviations: “h” means that it is a personal world championship, “F” means that it is a female world championship, “M” means that this is a world championship among youth, “P” means that it is the championship of the world by correspondence.

So, getting any title:

Shigeru Nakamura (Japan) … L1989 L1991

Ando Meritee (Estonia) … L1993 L1999 L2001 L2005

Norihiko Kawamura (Japan) … L1995

Kazuto Hasegawa (Japan) … L1997

Tunnet Taimla (Estonia) … L2003 M2002 K2008

Wu Di (China) … L2007

Irina Metreveli (Russia) … ZH1997

Yulii Savrasovoy (Russia) … ZH1999 ZH2001 ZH2003 K2006 M2000 M2002 M2004 M2006

Oksana Sorokina (Russia) … ZH2005

Tatiana Krai (Russia) … ZH2007 M2006

Dmitriyu Ilinu (Russia) … K1996

Stepan Peskov (Russia) … K1996

Igor Sineva (Russia) … K1996 K2000 K2004

Konstantin Nikonov (Russian) … K1996 K2004 P2001

Alexander Klimashin (Russia) … K2000 T2002 T2004

Vladimir Suchkov (Russia) … K2000 K2004 K2006

Pavel Salnikov (Russia) … K2000 K2002

Mikhail Kozhin (Russia) … K2000

Sergeyu Artemevu (Russia) … K2002 K2006

Alexey Skuridin (Russia) … K2002

Vladimir Semenov (Russia) … K2002

Constantine Chinginu (Russia) … K2004 K2006 M1996 M2000 M2002

Pavel Vershinin (Russia) … K2006

Reims (Latvia) … P1996 P2000

Yuri Tarannikovu (Russia) … P1997

Oleg Fedorkin (Russia) … P1998 P1999

Vitaly Lunkin (Russia) … P2002

Chen Wei (China) … P2003

Chenminu Sun (China) … P2004

Victor Barykina (Russia) … P2005

Dmitry Epifanov (Russia) … P2007

Margus Tuvikenu (Estonia) … M1996

Elena Lebedeva (Russia) … M1996 M1998 M2000

Hannes Hermansson (Sweden) … M1998

Shao Xiao Dong (China) … M1998

At Dana (China) … M1998

Denis Nekrasov (Russia) … M2000

Alene Mihaylovoy (Russia) … M2002

Hiroshi Okabe (Japan) … M2004

Evgeniyu Sumarokovu (Russia) … M2004

Marie Pestereva (Russia) … M2004

Wu Hao (China) … M2006

Mihailu Lysakovu (Russia) … M2006

Hu Yu (China) … M2006

Anastasia Oborina (Russia) … M2006

Iwo Ollu (Estonia) … K2008

Andri Purku (Estonia) … K2008

Ants Soosyrvu (Estonia) … K2008

Johann Lenz (Estonia) … K2008

There is quite a lot of amazing facts. For example, the greatest number of 1st place (8 !!) gathered Yulia Savrasov, the second – Kostya Chingin (5), but both of them have never won the individual championship. And the third – Ando, ​​who collected four trophies in personal championships!

Sources: renju.net