陳志軒

English

Chan Chi Hin, born on 9 December 1997, is a Hong Kong Go player of the sixth amateur dan. He first took up the game as a child through the Go anime Hikaru no Go, and by 2012, at the age of 14, he was already representing Hong Kong in international competition; he has since been selected for the territory's squad on numerous occasions. In 2018 he represented Hong Kong at the 39th World Amateur Go Championship in Tokyo and finished fourth. In July 2023 he won the individual title at the Sze Chau Cup Hong Kong International University Go Open with five wins and one loss. That same year he was named to the Hong Kong, China delegation for the Go events at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, competing in both the men's individual event and, with Chan Ka Ho, Chan Nai San, Ho Kwai Cheung, Ho Ho Yin and Woo Chun Yin, the men's team event; Hong Kong, China entered six male and four female players. After Go had featured at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, it returned to the programme at Hangzhou 2023, where the four events were the men's and women's individual and team competitions, held from 24 September to 3 October at the Hangzhou Chess Academy, with the men's team event decided over six preliminary rounds from 29 September to 1 October. Hong Kong, China finished the Games with a record 53 medals - eight gold, 16 silver and 29 bronze. Chan has long been a familiar figure in local and international amateur Go.