Tomorrow, in fact, in a matter of hours in Taiwan, the Meijin tournament will begin, in which six players who have successfully passed the qualifying tournaments will compete for the right to play the match with the current Meijin Lee Shu-Xuan.

Chen Ko-Han is considered to be one of the strongest and most experienced players in Taiwan. His rating is 2372 (international – 2416), he ranks third in the rating list of Taiwanese players (28 in the world). This will be the fifth Major tournament in which he will take part.

Chen Ko-han started playing in 1998. In 2001, in the first year, he finished third in the second national tournament, as well as third in the qualifying major tournament and went to the Major tournament. In 2003, he took the 9th place in the qualifying stage of the World Renju Championship (QT). In 2004, he won a major student tournament in Taiwan. In 2005, unsuccessfully played in the qualification, but took 3rd place in the open tournament of the World Championship (BT). In 2009, he won the QT and became the second Taiwanese to take part in the A-tournament of the World Renju Championship. In 2012, he played on the first board at the World Team Championship. In the same year, he finished second in the restored fourth Meijin tournament and played a match for the rank of mejgin with Lin Huan-Yu. In 2014, being the captain of the Taiwanese team took second place in the World Team Championship.

Lin Liu-Ming ranks tenth in the Taiwan ranking list (57 in the world) with a rating of 2171 (international — 2,297) and this is his first participation in the Meijin tournament. In the qualifying tournament held on November 16, he took 2nd place, gaining 4 points as well as Chen Ko-Han, but slightly losing in terms of coefficient.

He played his first tournament in 2004. In 2007 he won his first tournament, in the Taiwanese qualifying tournament for the World Cup took 6th place. In 2011, he ranked third in Taiwan’s second national tournament in Yamaguchi. In 2014, he played at the World Team Championships on the first board of the second team in Taiwan.

Lin Huang-Yu is the fourth Meijin of Taiwan – one of the strongest players in the world. At the moment, he occupies the first line in the rating list of the country (in the world – 14), his rating – 2466 (international -2512). This will be his second participation in the Major tournament, the first was two years earlier, in 2012.

For the first time participates in the Renju tournament in 2001. In 2004 he took part in a major student tournament. In 2006, he took 10th place in the second Asian Cup. In 2007, he took 11th place in QT and 2nd place in the BT World Championship. In 2009, he won the open tournament of the World Championship (BT). In 2011, for the first time it takes place in the A-tournament of the World Championship, where it immediately passes many very strong players and takes second place. In 2012, he won the 4th Meijin Tournament, beat Chen Ko-Khan in the match 3-0 and became the 4th Meijin of Taiwan. A year later, he was unable to retain the title and lost in the Meijin match with a score of 2: 3 Lin Shu-Xuan. In 2014, he helped his team win a silver medal at the World Team Championship.

Lin Shi-Ping is a representative of the younger generation in Renju, he started playing only from 2011. His current rating is 2113 (international – 2146), he is on the 19th place in the Taiwan ranking (130 in the world). This will be his first participation in the Major tournament.

In 2011, he won his first small tournament in Taiwan. In 2012, he participated in the qualifying major tournament, but the major tournament did not pass. He was a spare at the World Team Championship in 2014.

Huang Yan-Hua with a rating of 2099 (international – 2100) ranks 20 in the country (152) in the world. For him, participation in the Major tournament will also be the first. In Renju I started playing since 2010.

In March 2011, ranked second in one of his first tournaments in Taiwan. In 2012 and 2013, he participated in qualifying major tournaments. In 2014, in the World Team Championship, he played on the second board of the second team of the national team.

Sung Pei-Jung, perhaps the least experienced debutant of the Meijin Tournament, has been in Renju since 2010. Taiwan’s rating is -1876 (international – 1838), the place in the rating list is 102. She took fourth place in the qualifying major tournament, which was held on November 21, and after Cheng Ji-Liang refused to play, she received the right to participate in her first Meijin tournament.

Her first tournament was in 2010, she took 18th place in it. In 2012, she played at the World Team Championship. The biggest achievement is reaching the 6th Meijin tournament in 2014.

Through the efforts of many players, Taiwan has now become one of the most actively playing and strongest countries. At the last World Team Championship, which was held in Taiwan, the first team took second place in their native walls, second only to the Estonians. Three players from the first team will take part in this Major tournament, and two of the second one – from those who played in the World Team Championship. It is precisely in connection with the growing strength of many players to the Taiwanese tournaments, especially for the title of the strongest player, that particular attention is riveted.

Three players have the greatest chances to compete for the exit – Lin Liu Ming, Chen Ko-Han and Lin Hua