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Rui Naiwei
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Rui Naiwei 9-dan is considered the strongest woman player in the world. She was born in Shanghai,China in 1963. She began to play go in 1975. She left China abruptly in 1989, just after the Tian'an-men Square Massacre. After having lived in Japan for a few years, teaching go but not playing in any tournaments, she moved to the USA. She married Jiang Zhujiu in 1992, and the same year she also participated in the quadrennial Ing Cup. Despite the fact that this was her first tournament since she left China, she acquitted herself very well. She got through to the semi-finals where she was beaten by Otake Hideo 9-dan of Japan, but not before registering one win against him. Now lives in Korea where she participates in the Korean professional tournament circuit. She has won the Women's Kuksu title, and the 43rd Open ("Men's) Kuksu title in 1999, thus becoming the first woman to hold a major open title. Partly taken from Jan van der Steen's site and MindZine's article.
This is a copy of the living page "Rui Naiwei" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |