Go Players
A list of well-known champion
players of the
game of go
:
Dosaku
(
1645
-
1702
) Greatest player of the
Edo period
.
Honinbo Shusaku
(
1829
-
1862
) 本因坊秀策 Greatest player of the
19th century
- the "golden age" of go.
Shuei
(
1854
-
1907
) 17th and again 19th head of the Honinbo house. Very active and innovative in the
1890s
.
Shusai
(
1874
-
1940
) The last inheritor of "Honinbo" title, and founder of the
Nihon Ki-in
.
Go Seigen
(born
1914
) 呉清源 (
Wu Qingyuan
in
Chinese
), is considered the greatest player of the
20th century
.
Kitani Minoru
(
1909
-
1975
) Great friend and rival to Go Seigen. Go and Kitani were the vanguard of the
Shin-fuseki
or "New Opening", a great advance in go theory. Most prolific teacher ever. Pupils include
Kato Masao
,
Ishida Yoshio
,
Cho Chikun
,
Takamiya Masaki
and
Kobayashi Koichi
.
Sakata Eio
(born
1920
) 坂田栄男 "Razor Sakata", the "Master of myoushu" (brilliant move) former longtime holder of most championship titles with 64.
Rin Kaiho
(born
1942
)
Kato Masao
(
1947
-
2004
) 加藤正夫 Master of attack style.
Yoda Norimoto
(born
1966
) 依田紀基
Ishida Yoshio
(born
1948
) 石田芳夫 Youngest ever Honinbo winner and one of the strongest players of the
1970s
. TV commentator.
Takemiya Masaki
(born
1951
) 武宮正樹 Famous for his 'cosmic style', aiming for territory in the center of the board rather than the sides
Kobayashi Koichi
(born
1952
) 小林光一 Third most titles with 55.
Cho Hunhyun
(born
1953
) (조훈현 ; 曺薰鉉) Perhaps the second strongest player in the world, after his former pupil Lee Changho.
Cho Chikun
(born
1956
) (조치훈 ; 趙治勳
Cho Chihun
in Korean) Among the best players of the last century - passed Sakata in late 2002 for most titles with 66.
O Rissei
(born
1958
)
Rui Naiwei
(born
1963
) First woman to attain rank of 9-dan
Feng Yun
born
1966
丰 云 (Fēng Yn) Second woman ever attain rank of 9-dan
Michael Redmond
(born
1963
) First non-Asian (American) to attain rank of 9-dan. TV commentator.
Yoo Changhyuk
(born
1966
) (유창혁 ; 劉昌赫) Third strongest in the world.
Yukari Umezawa
(born
1973
) (梅澤由香里
Umezawa Yukari
) A Go player who supervised the production of the manga
Hikaru no Go
Yi Chang-ho
(born
1975
) (이창호 ; 李昌鎬) Yi Chang-ho (also written as Lee Changho) is generally considered the strongest player in the world.
Yamashita Keigo
山下敬吾 (born
1978
)
Zhang Xu
張栩 (born
1980
) (
Cho U
in Japanese)
Lee Sedol
(born
1983
) (이세돌) In 2003 "Yi Se-tol" became the youngest 9-dan pro in history. He is considered one of the top few players in the world.
Ma Xiaochun
(马晓春) One of the top players in China in late 1990s.
Chang Hao
(常昊)
Nie Weiping
(聂卫平) World's top player in the 1980s.
External links
Sensei's Library:ProfessionalPlayersGoStyles
Gobase.org
*Go players
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