Go Seigen
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| Full name | Go Seigen |
| Pinyin | Wú Qīngyuán |
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June 12, 1914 Minhou County, Fujian, China |
| Died | November 30, 2014 (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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| Traditional Chinese | 吳清源 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 吴清源 | ||||||||
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| Kanji | 呉清源 | ||||||||
| Kana | ごせいげん | ||||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Wú Qīngyuán |
| Wade–Giles | Wu Ch'ing-yüan |
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| Romanization | Go Seigen |
Wu Qingyuan (Chinese: 吳清源) (June 12, 1914 – November 30, 2014), better known by the Japanese pronunciation of his name, Go Seigen (ご せいげん?), was a Chinese-born Japanese master of the game of Go. He is considered by many players to have been the greatest Go player in the 20th century.
Born on June 12, 1914 in Minhou County, Fujian Province, southeast China, Go Seigen did not start learning the game of Go until he was nine, a relatively late age for a professional (Honinbo Dosaku first learned Go at seven and Honinbo Shusaku before he was six). His father, who had taken Go lessons from Honinbo Shuho while studying in Japan, was responsible for introducing him to the game. Go Seigen quickly excelled and soon became known as a Go prodigy. By the time he was 12, less than three years after first learning the game, he was already of professional strength, as evidenced by his games against the visiting Japanese player Iwamoto Kaoru, 6p in 1926.
The next year, he was able to reach a draw in a two-game match against another Japanese professional, Inoue Kohei, 5p. In 1928, still only 14 years old, he twice defeated Hashimoto Utaro, 4p. Go Seigen's reputation spread to Japan, then the leading Go powerhouse, and a movement was started there to bring him to Japan. He subsequently immigrated to Japan in 1928, at the invitation of Baron Kihachiro Okura and Inukai Tsuyoshi (later prime minister of Japan), and embarked on a professional career. He was tutored by Segoe Kensaku, the same teacher as Hashimoto Utaro and Cho Hunhyun.
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