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Women's Kisei
The is a Japanese Go competition. Outline The Women's Kisei is sponsored by NTT DoCoMo, and uses a hayago format, of 30 seconds per move and a 10x1 minute byo-yomi, unlike the Kisei, which uses an eight-hour thinking time format. The winner's purse is 5,000,000 Yen ($38,000). Past winners Winners in chronological order: Winners by number of titles: References External links Nihon Ki-in archive(in Japanese) Kisei (Go) {{Go-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Go Competitions
This is a list of professional Go tournaments, for competitors in the board game of ''Go''. The tradition, initiated by the Honinbo Tournament in Japan, is for an event to be run annually, leading up to a title match and the award of a title for one year to the winner. Tournaments do not consist, generally, of players coming together in one place for a short period, but are spread out over time. International Open Major * Ing Cup is a tournament sponsored by Ing Chang-ki, Yomiuri Shimbun, the Nihon-Kiin and the Kansai-Kiin every four years. The winner's purse is $500,000. The current title holder (2016) is Tang Weixing. * LG Cup is a tournament sponsored by LG Group. The winner's purse is 250,000,000 Won/$250,000. The current title holder (2021) is Shin Min-jun. * Samsung Cup is a tournament sponsored by Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance (which is a branch of the Samsung Group) and the Hanguk Kiwon. The winner's prize is 250,000,000 Won/$250,000. The current title holder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umezawa Yukari
née is a Japanese Go professional. Biography Yukari Umezawa was born in Tokyo in 1973, and graduated from Keio University in 1996. She first played Go at the age of 6 and she became a professional Go player in 1996. She then attained the rank of 5-dan in 2002 at the age of 29, and was married in the same year. Umezawa supervised the production of ''Hikaru no Go'', a manga about Go written by Yumi Hotta and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. She also became a consultant for the anime version of ''Hikaru no Go'' and hosted Go educational programs on NHK. Umezawa's sensei was Masao Kato. Umezawa is married to Shinya Yoshihara is a former Japanese Association football, football player. He is married to well-known Go professional, professional Go player Yukari Yoshihara (née Yukari Umezawa), who is known for her work in spreading and teaching Go (game), Go, especially .... They have a son (born 2011). Titles External links Yukari Umezawa's home pageSensei's Library's page on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakamura Sumire
is a Japanese professional Go player. She became the youngest ever female professional Go player in Japan on April 1, 2019. She made her professional debut on April 22, 2019 in the preliminary round of the Ryusei tournament in western Japan at age 10 years and one month, breaking the record held by Rina Fujisawa in 2010 at age 11 years and 8 months. She is also the first Go player to turn pro under Nihon Ki-in's special screening system for "prospective, talented" players who can compete with top players from other countries. Biography Born in 2009 in Tokyo, Japan, Nakamura is the daughter of Shinya Nakamura, a 9-dan professional Go player. She started playing the ancient board game with her father when she was three and has been competing in national tournaments in Japan since she was seven. At the end of her first calendar year (2019) as a professional, the Power Report (for December 30, 2019) says "Sumire’s record for the first 'year' (actually nine months) of her career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzuki Ayumi
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Fujisawa Rina
Rina Fujisawa (藤沢 里菜 ''Fujisawa Rina'', born 18 September 1998) is a Japanese professional Go player. Biography Fujisawa is the daughter of Kazunari Fujisawa, an 8-dan professional Go player. She is also the granddaughter of the late Honorary Kisei, Hideyuki Fujisawa. She became a professional player in 2010 at the age of 11 years and 6 months, making her the youngest player in Japan to become pro; it was announced on 5 January 2019 that this record would be broken by Sumire Nakamura on 1 April 2019. Achievements In 2014, she was the winner of the 1st Aizu Central Hospital Cup. The victory made her the youngest female title holder in Japan at 15 years and 9 months. Later that year, she won the Female Honinbo title. She was the youngest Female Honinbo title holder at the age of 16 years and 1 month. The previous record was set by Hsieh Yimin Hsieh Yimin (; born on 16 November 1989) is a Taiwanese-born professional Go player in Japan. She holds the titles of Hono ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ueno Asami
, born 26 October 2001, is a Japanese professional Go player at Nihon Ki-in The Nihon Ki-in (), also known as the Japan Go Association, is the main organizational body for Go in Japan, overseeing Japan's professional system and issuing diplomas for amateur dan rankings. It is based in Tokyo. The other major Go associat ... since 2016. Achievements References External links Nihon Ki-in profile(in Japanese) 2001 births Living people Japanese Go players Female Go players 21st-century Go players Sportspeople from Tokyo {{Japan-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyu Eiko
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the non-denominational all-male institution began its first classes near City Hall based on a curriculum focused on a secular education. The university moved in 1833 and has maintained its main campus in Greenwich Village surrounding Washington Square Park. Since then, the university has added an engineering school in Brooklyn's MetroTech Center and graduate schools throughout Manhattan. NYU has become the largest private university in the United States by enrollment, with a total of 51,848 enrolled students, including 26,733 undergraduate students and 25,115 graduate students, in 2019. NYU also receives the most applications of any private institution in the United States and admission is considered highly selective. NYU is organized into t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konishi Kazuko
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Aoki Kikuyo
is an 8-dan professional Go player. Biography Kikuyo joined the Nihon Ki-in in 1981. She is the sister of Shinichi Aoki, who is a 9 dan professional at the Nihon Ki-in. Kikuyo has won 10 major titles. Promotion Record Titles See also * International Go Federation * List of Go organizations List of Go organizations: International * International Go Federation (IGF) (1982) Continental In 2021: * European Go Federation (2010) (EGF), for Europe * Asian Go Federation (2015), for Asia * Ibero-American Go Federation ( Federación ... * List of professional Go tournaments References 1968 births Japanese Go players Living people Female Go players 21st-century Go players {{Japan-Go-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xie Yimin
Hsieh Yimin (; born on 16 November 1989) is a Taiwanese-born professional Go player in Japan. She holds the titles of Honorary Female Honinbo and Honorary Female Meijin, and currently holds three major female titles in Japan: Female Meijin, Female Kisei and Female Honinbo. Biography Hsieh started playing Go at the age of five at the Go school that her older brother was attending. At age seven, she competed in a children's group tournament held in South Korea as the fifth member of the Taipei team, and won three out of three matches. After winning the Kaiho National Children's Go Cup at age eight, Cheng Mingchi introduced her to Kou Mousei, her future teacher. Hsieh became an insei at the Nihon Ki-in in 2002. Hsieh became a professional Go player in 2004. By becoming a professional at age 14 years and 4 months, she set the record for the youngest female professional player at the time. Also, she was the fourth female player to become a professional through the main leagu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiaki Mukai (Go Player)
is a Japanese professional 6-dan Go player This article gives an overview of well-known professional and amateur players of the board game Go throughout the ages. The page has been divided into sections based on the era in which the Go players played and the country in which they play .... She is a disciple of Honda Sachiko. References External links Nihon Ki-in profile(in Japanese) Living people 1987 births Japanese Go players Female Go players Go players at the 2010 Asian Games {{Japan-Go-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mannami Kana
is a professional Go player. Biography Mannami became a professional in 2000 at the age of seventeen, and four years later, she won the Women's Kisei The is a Japanese Go competition. Outline The Women's Kisei is sponsored by NTT DoCoMo, and uses a hayago format, of 30 seconds per move and a 10x1 minute byo-yomi, unlike the Kisei, which uses an eight-hour thinking time format. The winn ... title. She was promoted to 4 dan in 2007. Promotion record Titles & runners-up External links GoBase Profile (Japanese) 1983 births Japanese Go players Female Go players [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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