What is the annual income of Go players?

Go professional players don't like others to help them "calculate their economic accounts", but there is no professional sports without bonuses. Professional projects are inseparable from financial support, so don't be shy about talking about money. Professional chess players, like practitioners in other industries, have great differences in income between people. 20 1 1 It's interesting to "make a comeback" in the black-and-white world and learn about the income of professional Go players. The aristocrat was born in the kingdom of Go in Japan. At present, Weiqi Kingdom has the largest number of professional Weiqi competitions in Japan, with more than 20 large and small competitions. At the same time, they have the most professional chess players (more than 300 people), and the income of chess players is also the highest in the world. The income of Japanese chess players can be roughly divided into three levels. First, the winners of the seven major news chess games in Japan, especially the winners of the "three crowns" of chess saints, celebrities and Honebo, earn as much as the aristocratic class in Japanese society. Taking 200 1 as an example, Dali Cheng, who has the dual titles of "chess master" and "Top Ten Stages", earns 84.85 million yen a year, equivalent to RMB 5.09 million. Such "aristocrats" include yoda norimoto and Zhang Xu of Honinbo. Except the subject. Known as the "golden top spot", Japan's three major chess games-chess saints, celebrities and Honebo-are really rich in gold. As long as a chess player can score in any circle, he can ensure his food and clothing for one year. For example, celebrities and Honebo circles can get 800 thousand yen if they win one game, and 600 thousand yen if they lose. In this way, even if you only play eight games a year, you will lose 4.8 million yen, which is equivalent to the white-collar class in Japanese society. Even the weakest professional chess player can participate in about 20 games a year. Take the lowest matching fee-20,000 yen in the first round of the preliminary round of Tianyuan War, then their minimum income for one year is 400,000 yen, which is equivalent to the income of an ordinary office worker. However, such a low annual income is absolutely impossible for Japanese professional chess players. Because any professional player in Japan can go to the chess institute to teach chess, which they call "non-formula game" income, and at the same time, they can also receive research subsidy from the chess institute every month. 20 1 1, regardless of the game fee, Japanese chess player and throne Zhang Xu tied with celebrity and Tadashi Yamashita for the first prize of 15,594.79 million yuan. I have to mention that these two men didn't win a game in the traditional international competition of 20 1 1. At the end of 20 1 1, Keigo Yamashita won Chen Shiyuan of Taipei, Jiang Mingjiu of the United States and catherine of Europe, two professional players who were far from the first line. 20 1 1 Li Shishi can only be ranked behind Zhang Xu, Yamashita and Yutai of Shan Ye, and the only champion of both international competitions is only ranked fourth. The highest ranked player in China is Park Wanyao, ranking fifth. In addition to the LG Cup champion at the beginning of 20 1 1, Ahan Tongshan Cup is also full of gold, and the income of Gionee Cup is120,000. Korean chess players "get rich" by international competitions. At present, there are more than 170 professional players in Korea, and there are about 16 domestic chess games. In South Korea, the highest competition fee is KTF Cup, and the final round is 3 million won. Generally speaking, the gameplay of this game is 65,438+0 million won, and not everyone has scored in this game. Therefore, the average annual income of most professional players in Korea is about 1500 won, which is about 654.38+10,000 yuan. However, almost all of these players work in various Dojo in Korea. They usually study collectively and teach chess part-time to earn a sum of money. The ambition of young chess players is to perform well in the world series, because the lowest game of the world series is also more than 10000 yuan. The top 10 professional Go players in the world have different incomes every year, but the top 10 players are basically Japanese players, but this does not mean that Japanese players do well in world competitions, but that they have many domestic competitions and high bonuses. The prize money of the three Japanese champions (Celebrity, Honebo and Chess Saint) is even higher than that of the world championship. In-depth study shows that professional Go in Japan has the longest history and the best development. In recent 30 years, Go has not been popular in Japan, but its noble status has been maintained. In addition, Japan's strength as an economic power can also support the high prize money of Go. Although the annual income of Korean top players is not as good as that of Japanese players, it has always been much higher than that of China players. The main reason is that in recent decades, Korean players monopolized almost all the world champions, and it was not until China players achieved a breakthrough in recent years that the pattern of world Go changed greatly. In recent years, China's top players have won many world championships, such as Guli and Park Wan-yao, and their income has been equal to that of Korean top players. There are some big companies in South Korea that sponsor the World Go Competition, but the prize money in South Korea is not high, not to mention the prize money in Japan, even worse than that in China. Therefore, if Korean players don't win the world championship, their annual income is not as good as that of China. The actual income is lower than the top 10 ranking of China players in Japan and South Korea, which is actually the income ranking of top players in China, Japan and South Korea. Young Joon Park, ranked in the top ten and at the bottom, did not perform well in the world individual competition of 20 1 1, but ranked second in South Korea with1020,000 won. Yuan Shengyong, the new world champion, ranked ninth only after Japanese chess player Xie Yimin. Xie Yimin won three Japanese women's singles titles and shared a mixed doubles title. From Xie Yimin's bonus, we can see that Japan is still the country with the largest capital investment, and we can also find the answer that Japanese chess players look down on international competitions. Compared with 20 10, Zhang Xu won the championship again, but the prize money was reduced by 5 million yen. Li Shishi won the Korean championship for the second time, and the prize money increased by 20 million won. Park Manyao replaced Guli as the first prize in China, with a total prize of RMB 265,438+RMB 2,000. The actual income of China players is much lower than that of Japanese and Korean players, because the bonus won by China players in the world series has to be paid in addition to income tax and management fees of Chinese chess institutes. In the past, China players actually won only 28% of the total prize money in international competitions. In the past two years, Chinese chess institutes have revised their management fees, and now players can finally get one-third of the total prize money. For China players, if it is only economic benefits, it is more cost-effective to win the high prize competition in China. For example, if you get a prize of $654.38 +0.5 million for the world champion, the money you really get is almost the same as the prize of 400,000 for the domestic champion, and the prize of the domestic competition may be a little more, because the prize of the domestic competition does not need to pay the management fee of the Chinese chess institute. Related links 20 1 1 Bonus ranking of Go players The following is the bonus ranking of 20 1 1 (excluding competition fees) domestic and foreign players. (20 1 1 year 12.30 exchange rate: 1 yen =0.08 145 RMB, 1 won =0.005443 RMB, 1 USD = 4790 Chess Jihad 45 million yen Battle of the Throne 1 40,000 yen NEC Cup100,000 yen1Yamashita Keigo 5594,790 people fought 37 million yen Honinbo 32 million yen 3 Yuta Iyama 396, 7692 Yuan Wars140,000 ten battles. Kloc-0/00,000 Longxing War 6542 2247 BC Card Cup 300 million won Chunlan Cup150,000 USD Olleh Cup100,000 won 10-stage battle 50 million won 5 Park Manyao 218748 LG Cup 250 million won China-Japan Ahantongshan Cup 5 million yen Zhiyinghui mixed doubles 6,000 USD. Kloc-0/20,000 8580 BC card cup 1 100 million won three-star cup 70 million won chess cup 400,000 RMB Jinfo Mountain Cup 200,000 RMB Jinli Cup10.8 million RMB 7 Park Jun-hwan 1.70, 7859 Fujitsu Cup150,000 yen Caltex Cup 70 million yen. Kloc-0/497886 Women's' 2447 Three-Star Cup 200 million won 10 Young Joon Park 955468 World Celebrity Wars 300,000 RMB Korean Celebrity Wars 80 million won Caltex Cup (runner-up)150,000 won Mai Xin Cup 25 million won national elephant players' income is not low. When it comes to chess, we naturally think of Xie Jun (Weibo) and Hou Yifan (Weibo). Although the income of chess players can't be compared with those of the Big Three and Weiqi, they are certainly better paid in non-Olympic games. Even in many national games and Olympic games, many players can't earn as much as chess. Unlike football, basketball, table tennis and other highly professional events, the current chess system is still a professional system in most provinces, with the salaries of professional athletes. From the perspective of salary income alone, the income of professional players in chess and other projects should be similar, such as Guangdong. After they approved the establishment of the national elephant, the salaries paid to the players were determined with reference to the income of athletes in other events. The average player is 2000 yuan or 3000 yuan, and those with the title of grandmaster and good grades are 5000 yuan or 6000 yuan. Since chess is not an Olympic and National Games event, it can only be calculated by the results of other comprehensive sports events such as sports conferences and Asian Games. Guangdong has also included the Wisdom Games in the reward sequence, and each gold medal has tens of thousands of yuan. In addition to league income, domestic and international competitions and commercial competitions are also a large part of the income of national elephant players, which of course depends on the performance of players. If you are an ordinary chess player, you won't have a chance to participate in many games. You won't get much bonus if you don't get good grades. Some players, such as business competitions, have to pay their own travel expenses. The income of big-name chess players is definitely higher than that of athletes in many sports. Even in weightlifting, gymnastics, swimming and other major events, except for the year when the Olympic Games and the National Games won the championship, the income of athletes may be far lower than these national phenomena. Moreover, the national elephant has a long life. The average athlete starts in his teens and plays until he is in his thirties. After retiring, I can also teach chess, so the total income is very considerable. In fact, there are still many channels to get the income of national elephant players. For example, if a celebrity can teach chess and take care of children in his spare time, he will increase his income. Star players like Xie Jun, Hou Yifan and Bu Xiangzhi (Weibo) can get some appearance fees when they participate in social activities and some exhibition games. Because there are many children learning chess now, even some ordinary chess players have gained considerable income from amateur chess teaching. Take Shenzhen as an example. An ordinary national coach who teaches chess, with a monthly salary of seven or eight thousand. If he teaches master chess, he can earn tens of thousands of yuan a month, which many coaches dare not expect. In short, at present, the income channels of national athletes in China are very extensive, far better than many athletes who have no masses and no market. Hou Yifan, for example, is only 17 years old, and its annual income can reach one million, which many athletes never dreamed of. Even if the general income of Go is higher than that of the national elephant, the degree of marketization in China is far higher than that of the national elephant, but few of its top players earn millions a year. Chess in China: You can't "feed" yourself by playing chess. Among the three major chess games in China, chess has the widest mass base. It is estimated that there are 200 million people in China who can play chess. CCTV conducted a program ratings survey, and chess ranked third in the broadcast ratings of sports events after football and racing. A chess insider told reporters that in China, the biggest difference between chess and chess, especially Weiqi, is that most players, including many masters, are not real professional players. They can't "support" themselves simply by playing chess, but also go to work or make a living by other jobs. Only a few places in China, such as Guangdong, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Heilongjiang, Hebei, Beijing and Jilin, have professional chess teams, and the players' monthly salary is 1000 to 2,000 yuan. The launch of 20 1 1 National Elephant League has increased many opportunities for players. At the same time, the sponsorship fee for 12 teams in society is generally 400,000-800,000 yuan; The average player's game fee is about 3,000 yuan for losing chess 1500 yuan and winning chess. This makes the game income of chess players greatly improved compared with the past. When talking about the current living conditions of chess players in China, Liu Dahua thinks that after all kinds of sports activities go to the market, the bonus of chess matches has been greatly improved on the original basis, but there are few opportunities for professional players at present, which leads to the top players living better because of their relatively rich bonuses, while the living conditions of other players are even worse.