Go Seigen
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"Wu Qingyuan" redirects here. For international women's Go tournament, see Wu Qingyuan Cup.
Wu Chuan (Chinese: 吳泉), courtesy name Wu Ching-yuan (Chinese: 吳清源)[note 2] (June 12, 1914 – November 30, 2014), better known by the Japanese pronunciation of his courtesy name, Go Seigen (ご せいげん), was a Han Chinese master of the game of Go. He is considered by many players to have been the greatest Go player in the 20th century.
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Full name | Go Seigen |
Pinyin | Wú Qīngyuán |
Born | (1914-06-12)June 12, 1914 Minhou County, Fujian, Republic of China[note 1][1] |
Died | November 30, 2014(2014-11-30) (aged 100) Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan |
Residence | Tokyo, Japan |
Teacher | Segoe Kensaku (from 1928) |
Pupil | Rin Kaiho |
Turned pro | 1929 (given 3 dan) |
Retired | 1983 |
Rank | 9 dan |
Affiliation | Nihon Ki-in |
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Simplified Chinese | 吴清源 | ||||||||||||||||
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Kanji | 呉 清源 | ||||||||||||||||
Kana | ご せいげん | ||||||||||||||||
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Kanji | 呉 泉 | ||||||||||||||||
Kana | ご せん/くれ いずみ | ||||||||||||||||
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