Chen Zude (

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: 陳祖德; Simplified: 陈祖德;

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: Chén Zǔdé; February 19, 1944 – November 1, 2012) was a

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professional Go

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. He was also the President of the

Chinese Chess Association The Chinese Chess Association (CCA) (中国国际象棋协会) is the governing body of chess in China, one of the federations of FIDE, and a member of the Asian Chess Federation (ACF). It is the principal authority over all chess events in Chi ...

. He died of

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on November 1, 2012.中國圍棋泰鬥陳祖德九段逝世享年68歲
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Go career

Zude was one of China's most decorated Go players. He was believed to be the founder of "

Chinese fuseki The Chinese opening (often Chinese fuseki) (Japanese: 中国流布石, chūgokuryū fuseki; Chinese: 中国流布局, zhōngguóliú bùjú) is an opening pattern in the game of Go. It refers to the placement of Black 1, Black 3 and Black 5 at th ...

". Although, according to

Kato Masao Masao Kato Honorary Oza (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 Japanese professional go player. A late bloomer, Kato won 46 titles, including the ...

, this pattern originated in Japan, Chen was the person who made this fuseki famous.

Yasunaga Hajime was the strongest and most famous amateur Go player of the 20th century in Japan. As a professional Go journalist, author and editor, and long-time undisputed strongest amateur player in Japan, Yasunaga was personally acquainted with most of th ...

, a Japanese pro-level amateur and teacher of many professionals, claims in his books that Chen saw the fuseki first when attending a study group and exhibition matches organized by Yasunaga and held in China. Zude was President of the

Zhongguo Qiyuan China Qiyuan () is an official agency responsible for board games and card games such as go, bridge, chess and Chinese chess affairs under the All-China Sports Federation of the People's Republic of China. It oversees the Chinese Weiqi Association ...

and also served in the

Chinese Weiqi Association Chinese Weiqi Association (), or Chinese Go Association, founded in Hefei, Anhui in 1962, is the major go organization in China. As a branch of the Zhongguo Qiyuan, it oversees professional players as well as strong amateurs, functioning in the s ...

from 1992 - 2003 as

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. He was awarded 9 dan in 1982. Zude was the first Chinese Go player in the modern era to attain the rank of 9-dan.

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GoBase.org profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Zude 1944 births 2012 deaths Go players from Shanghai Chess players from Shanghai Deaths from cancer in the People's Republic of China Deaths from pancreatic cancer

Go career

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