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
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 (born 1947) 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
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.
Yi Chang-ho (born 1975) (이창호 ; 李昌鎬) Yi Chang-ho is generally considered the strongest player in the world. His name is commonly written Lee Changho
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.

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