Sumire NakamuraSumire Nakamura (仲邑 菫, Nakamura Sumire; born March 2, 2009) is a Japanese professional Go player. She became the youngest ever 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.
Korea Baduk AssociationThe Korea Baduk Association, also known as Hanguk Kiwon (Korean: 한국기원), is the organization that oversees Go (baduk) and Go tournaments in South Korea. It was founded in 1945 by Cho Namchul as the Hanseong Kiwon. Baduk is a game which was present in Korea by the 5th century. It originated in China, but the West is more familiar with the Japanese name Go. This is because the Japanese were the first to introduce it to the West.
Nihon Ki-inThe Nihon Ki-in (日本棋院), 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 association in Japan is Kansai Ki-in. Its innovations include the Oteai system of promotion, time limits in professional games, and the introduction of issuing diplomas to strong amateur players, to affirm their ranks.
Cho ChikunCho Chikun25th HoninboHonorary Meijin (Korean: 조치훈; born June 20, 1956) is a professional Goplayer and a nephew of Cho Namchul. Born in Busan, South Korea, he is affiliated to Nihon Ki-in. His total title tally of 75 titles is the most in the history of the Japanese Nihon Ki-in. Cho is the first player to hold the top three titles—Kisei, Meijin, and Honinbo—simultaneously which he did for three years in a row.
American Go AssociationThe American Go Association (AGA) was founded in 1935, to promote the board game of Go in the United States. Founded by chess master Edward Lasker and some friends at Chumley's restaurant in New York City, the AGA is one of the oldest Western Go associations.Taiwan Chi Yuan Culture FoundationThe Taiwan Chi Yuan Culture Foundation (Chinese: 台灣棋院文化基金會; pinyin: Táiwān Qíyuàn Wénhuà Jījīnhuì), also known as the Taiwan Chi Yuan or Taiwan Go Association, is a professional Go association in Taiwan. The Taiwan Qiyuan was created on March 4, 2000 with initial funding provided by Mr. Weng Ming Xian (Chinese: 翁明顯; pinyin: Wēng Míng Xiǎn) who also served as the first chairman of the association. The chairman is Chen Guoxing.
Go (game)Abstract strategy board gameKorean nameHangul바둑Japanese nameKanji囲碁 or 碁Hiraganaいご or ごKatakanaイゴ or ゴGo, weiqi, or baduk is an abstract strategyboard game for two players in which the aim is to fence off more territory than the opponent. The game was invented in China more than 2,500 years ago and is believed to be the oldest board game continuously played to the present day.
Professional certificationDesignation earned by a person to assure qualification to perform a job or task Professional certification, trade certification, or professional designation, often called simply certification or qualification, is a designation earned by a person to assure qualification to perform a job or task. Not all certifications that use post-nominal letters are an acknowledgement of educational achievement, or an agency appointed to safeguard the public interest.Honinbo (competition)The Honinbo (Japanese: 本因坊) is a Go competition and the oldest Go title in Japan. Sponsored by Mainichi Shimbun, the Honinbo pays out ¥28 million to the winner (since the 74th Honinbo in 2019).European Go FederationThe European Go Federation (EGF) is a non-profit organization with the purpose of encouraging, regulating, co-ordinating, and disseminating the playing of the board game Go in Europe. The EGF was founded in 1957, the same year that the inaugural European Go Congress (EGC) took place in Cuxhaven, Germany. The Congress has been an annual event every year since then, held each time in a different European city.
China QiyuanChina Qiyuan (Chinese: 中国棋院; pinyin: Zhōngguó Qíyuàn) 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, the Chinese Chess Association, the Chinese Xiangqi Association and the Chinese Contract Bridge Association.Kansai Ki-inThe Kansai Ki-in (関西棋院), i.e., Kansai Go Association, is an organizational body for the game of Go in Japan, which was founded by Hashimoto Utaro in 1950. Though it is not as large as its chief rival, the Nihon Ki-in, it also issues diplomas to strong players and oversees professionals as the Nihon Ki-in does. World War II created great difficulties in traveling from the Osaka region to Tokyo for Nihon Ki-in events.
List of Go organizationsList of Go organizations: InternationalInternational Go Federation (IGF) (1982)ContinentalIn 2021: European Go Federation (2010) (EGF), for Europe (2015), for Asia () (2009), for Ibero-America (2020) (NAGF), for North AmericaWorld Pair Go Association (2009), for World (2012) (2014)NationalSee alsoList of professional Go tournamentsList of Go playersKansai Ki-inAll Japan Student Go FederationReferencesExternal linksThe Iwamoto North America Foundation for Go (INAF)*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.