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Go Seigen

1914 - 2014

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Wu Chuan (Chinese: 吳泉), courtesy name Wu Ching-yuan (Chinese: 吳清源) (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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Go Seigen has received more than 0 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Go Seigen is the 2nd most popular go player (down from 1st in 2019), the 572nd most popular biography from China (down from 476th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Go Player.

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Among GO PLAYERS

Among go players, Go Seigen ranks 2 out of 2. Before him are Hon'inbō Shūsaku.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Go Seigen ranks 103. Before him are Bill Finger, Birabongse Bhanudej, Jens Otto Krag, Edward Schillebeeckx, Álvaro del Portillo, and Alberto Lattuada. After him are Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, Patrick O'Brian, Juan Carlos Onganía, George Reeves, Sonny Boy Williamson I, and Kirill Kondrashin. Among people deceased in 2014, Go Seigen ranks 118. Before him are Alice Herz-Sommer, Alice Babs, Carlos Páez Vilaró, Igor Mitoraj, Edward Herrmann, and Ralph Waite. After him are Viktor Tikhonov, Alicia Rhett, Tommy Ramone, Andrea de Cesaris, Wolfhart Pannenberg, and Francisco Gabica.

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In China

Among people born in China, Go Seigen ranks 572 out of 1,610. Before him are Shiing-Shen Chern (1911), Joan Chen (1961), Xia Gui (1195), Yun Shouping (1633), Huang Xing (1874), and Xu Shichang (1855). After him are Li Siyuan (867), Octar (350), Man Chong (209), Liang Kai (1200), Wen Zhengming (1470), and Lie Yukou (-449).

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Among GO PLAYERS In China

Among go players born in China, Go Seigen ranks 1. 

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