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| x Cho Namchul |
Cho Namchul (November 30, 1923 - July 2, 2006) was a professional Go player (Baduk in Korean). He died of natural causes in Seoul at the age of 83.
Cho was born in a farming village in Buan, North Jeolla Province. In 1934, Japanese professional...
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| x Rin Kaiho |
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7 | 1962 |
Rin Kaiho (Chinese: 林海峰; Pinyin: Lín Hǎifēng; born on May 6, 1942) is a professional Go player.
Rin Kaiho was born in Shanghai, China. He was a student of Go Seigen when Go brought him to Japan in 1952. He was a promising player who won his first...
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| x Cho U | 1 | 1994 |
Cho U Gosei (traditional Chinese: 張栩; simplified Chinese: 张栩; pinyin: Zhāng Xù; born on January 20, 1980) is a professional Go player.
Cho U was born in Taipei, Taiwan. He moved to Japan in 1990. He is married to Kobayashi Izumi and they have one...
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| x Izumi Kobayashi |
Izumi Kobayashi (小林泉美, Kobayashi Izumi, born June 20, 1977) is a professional Go player.
Izumi Kobayashi grew up in a family of accomplished Go players. She has joked that she first played Go in her mother's womb. Her father is Koichi Kobayashi, the...
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Koichi Kobayashi (小林光一, Kobayashi Kōichi, born September 10, 1952) is a Go player.
Koichi Kobayashi was born in Asahikawa, Japan. He was one of the more famous disciples of the legendary Minoru Kitani; he studied along with Cho Chikun, Masao Kato,...
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| x Cho Chikun |
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Cho Chikun 25th Honinbo Honorary Meijin Judan (born June 20, 1956 in Busan, South Korea) is a professional Go player. His total title tally of 71 titles is the most in the history of the Japanese Nihon Ki-in. Cho is the only player to hold the top...
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| x Naoki Hane |
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Naoki Hane (羽根直樹 ,Hane Naoki, born August 14, 1976) is a professional Go player.
Naoki Hane is a professional Go player who plays for the Japanese Nihon Ki-in. He is the son of Go player Yasumasa Hane. Hane describes his style as slow while playing...
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| x Yasumasa Hane |
Yasumasa Hane (羽根泰正 ,Hane Yasumasa, born June 25, 1944) is a professional Go player.
Yasumasa Hane was one of the best players in the Nagoya branch of the Nihon-Kiin during his peak. He is probably better known for being the father of the former...
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| x Cho Hunhyun |
Cho Hunhyun (born March 10, 1953 in Mokpo, South Jeolla) is a Korean 9-dan professional Go player.
He was once considered by many to be the best player in the world, before his former pupil Lee Chang-ho started to win titles in the 1990s and 2000s....
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Lee Chang-ho (born July 29, 1975 in Jeonju, North Jeolla) is a South Korean professional Go player of 9-dan rank. He is regarded by many as the strongest modern Go players. He was a student of Cho Hunhyun 9-dan. He is the only player who has won all...
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Yoshio Ishida (石田芳夫 ,Ishida Yoshio, born August 15, 1948) is a professional Go player.
By the time he was 8, Ishida started learning Go. He was a student at the legendary Kitani Minoru go school. Famous along with his fellow students Cho Chikun,...
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| x Kim In |
Kim In (born November 23, 1943) is a professional Go player.
Kim In became a professional in 1958 when he was 15. He was a student at the legendary Minoru Kitani school in 1962 and left to return home a year later. He was promoted to 9 dan in 1983,...
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| x Chang Hao |
Chang Hao (Chinese: 常昊; pinyin: Cháng Hào; born November 7, 1976 in Shanghai) is a professional Go player. He is a 9 dan Go player from China. He is China's best player of the 1990s and one of the best in the world. Growing up he was a prodigy in...
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| x Nie Weiping |
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Nie Weiping (traditional Chinese: 聶衛平; simplified Chinese: 聂卫平; pinyin: Niè Wèipíng; born August 17, 1952) in Shen, Hebei, China) is a professional Go player.
Nie Weiping is a professional Go player who plays for China. He has won many titles, but...
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| x Gu Li |
Gu Li (Chinese: 古力; Pinyin: Gǔ Lì; born February 3, 1982) is a Chinese professional Go player.
Gu Li is currently the #1 ranked Chinese player by the Zhongguo Qiyuan, and is considered one of the top 3 players in the world along with Lee Sedol and...
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| x Hu Yaoyu |
Hu Yaoyu (Chinese: 胡耀宇; Pinyin: Hú Yàoyǔ; born January 18, 1982) is a Chinese professional Go player.
Hu became a pro at the age most Chinese players do which is 11. He quickly achieved 5 dan in 5 years, and became 8 dan just last year. He has...
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| x Masao Kato |
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Masao Kato (加藤正夫, Katō Masao, March 15, 1947 - December 30, 2004), also known as Kato Kensei (加藤剱正 Katō Kensei), was a famous Japanese professional go player.
Kato is the author of The Chinese Opening: The Sure-Win Strategy (published in English by...
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Norimoto Yoda (依田紀基 ,Yoda Norimoto, born February 11, 1966, in Iwamizawa, Japan) is a professional Go player.
Yoda is a student of Takeo Ando. He has won 34 titles so far in his career, the sixth highest in Japan. He became a professional in 1980,...
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| x Rui Naiwei |
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Rui Naiwei (Traditional: 芮乃偉; Simplified: 芮乃伟; Pinyin: Ruì Nǎiwěi; born on December 28, 1963) is a Chinese professional Go player, now active in South Korea. She is probably the strongest recorded female Go player, and is the only woman to have won...
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| x Pak Chi-eun |
Pak Chi-eun (born on November 4, 1983) is a South Korean professional Go player of 9-dan rank. In 2008, she became the third female go player in history to achieve 9-dan rank, following Rui Naiwei and Feng Yun.
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| x Feng Yun |
Feng Yun (Chinese: 丰云; Pinyin: Fēng Yún; born October 2, 1966) is a professional Go player. She is the second woman to ever attain the level of 9-dan professional.
Feng Yun was born in Liaoning, China. She started learning Go in Henan province when...
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| x Lee MinJin |
Lee Minjin (born July 11, 1984; also known as Yi Minjin) is a South Korean female professional Go player of 5-dan rank. and the current women's Go champion of Jeongganjang Cup. Silver at the 2008 World Mind Sports Games.
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| x Lee Sedol |
Lee Sedol (Yi Se-tol or Lee Sedol, born on February 3, 1983) is a South Korea professional Go player of 9-dan rank.
Lee is known to be a risk-taker who reads very carefully. A very strong player, he reached the highest rank of order, 9 dan, when he...
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| x Yoo Changhyuk |
Yoo Changhyuk (born April 25, 1966) is a professional Go player in South Korea.
Yoo Changhyuk is one of Korea's best Go players. Growing up without a teacher, Yoo became a professional in 1984 and was promoted to 9 dan in 1996. He has won many...
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| x Paek Hongsuk |
Paek Hongsuk (백홍석, 白洪淅 born July 2, 1986) is a professional Go player.
Paek became a professional in 2000. He was promoted to 5 dan in 2006. He won his first title, the SK Gas Cup, in 2006. Also in 2006, he reached the quarter finals of the Samsung...
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| x Park Jungsang |
Park Jungsang (born August 23, 1984) is a professional Go player.
Park was born in South Korea. He became a professional in 2000, and was promoted to 4 dan in 2003. In 2004, he won his first Go competition, the SK Gas Cup. In 2006, he pulled upset...
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| x Cho Hanseung |
Cho Hanseung (조한승, born November 27, 1982), also known as Jo Hanseung is a professional Go player.
Cho turned professional in 1995. He was promoted to 7 dan in 2004, and 8 dan in 2005, 9 dan in 2006.
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| x Seo Bongsoo |
Seo Bongsoo (born February 1, 1953) is a professional Go player.
Seo Bongsoo turned professional in 1970. By 1986 he became the 4th ever Korean 9 dan. He was Cho Hunhyun's biggest rival in the 1980's. He would constantly challenge Cho in major title...
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| x Ha Chanseok |
Ha Chanseok (born December 20, 1948) is a professional Go player.
Ha became an 8 dan in 1987.
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| x Jimmy Cha |
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1 | 1974 |
Jimmy Cha (born January 15, 1951, Korean: 차민수, Hanja: 車敏洙), also known as Ch'a Min-su, is a professional go and avid poker player. He is also a black belt in martial arts and a talented classical pianist.
Jimmy was born in Seoul, and grew up playing...
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| x Mok Jin-seok | 1 | 1994 |
Mok Jin-seok (born January 20, 1980) is a professional Go player.
Mok turned pro in 1994 when he was 14. He reached 9 dan in 2005 after getting second place in the LG Cup against Lee Chang-ho.
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| x Park Young-Hoon |
Pak Yeong-hun (박영훈, born April 1, 1985), also known as Park Young-Hoon and Pak Yeong-Hoon is a Go player.
Pak Yeong-hun was born in Seoul. He is a professional Go player in the Hanguk Kiwon.
He is the youngest ever Korean 9 dan, promoted when he was...
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