KGS High Dan Players

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This is a list of players on KGS (the Kiseido Go Server) who are ranked there as 7 dan or higher, including pros. Generally, players rated with a ? are not considered, unless they have played a lot of games with proper handicap and haven't lost more than a tiny fraction leading to a [9d?] provisional rating.

EGF Ratings as of February 7, 2005.

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Pro Players


9 dans

  • backpast is Alexandre Dinerchtein 1p (see above)
  • bin7674 is Cho Seok Bin, Korean 7-dan.
  • chitao, a Japanese player.
  • Cornel. is Cornel Burzo from Romania, EGF 2596.
  • cxwind 9d? he defeated kirara(8p) thrice. Account shared by Chen Jia, Chinese 2-dan, and a CHinese amateur dan player.
  • ghostsai, a Korean Amateur 6d.
  • guanwh, a Chinese player. Also uses the account redpoint.
  • habanero, a Japanese player.
  • HCSH a Chinese amateur 6d. Also uses the account HFL.
  • hetakasira, a Japanese player.
  • iesukujias, a Japanese player.
  • igouti, a Japanese player.
  • itouen, a Japanese player.
  • kevin83, a Chinese Amateur 6d
  • kmkanamono, a Japanese player.
  • liyue is Li Yue from China, sister of Li Ang
  • macisajt supposedly an insei in Japan, EGF 2537.
  • Mfer, uses a Japanese client. Claims to be an amateur.
  • mouton112, a Chinese player.
  • mrga, a Chinese player, currently in the UK studying. Doesn't play very often, though.
  • myao is Michael Yao from Sweden, EGF 2504
  • mymy is rumoured to be a 6-dan pro. Uses Portuguese (Brazil) client.
  • newbie1k, a Japanese player.
  • rapyuta, a Japanese player.
  • sai2004, a Japanese player.
  • SanKingTim? One of Top russian players. In Team Amateur Asia Cup 2004 had 3rd place
  • sariyu, still undefeated. Says he is a Japanese 7d amateur. Some strong players think he is a top Japanese pro.
  • sars is [ext] Song Sang-min from Korea. He won the World Youth Goe Championship.
  • smallfish, Joey Hung, AGA 8-dan.
  • SOULDOUT, anybody know who? Current top kgs 9d.
  • tartrate, the mystery man. Was undefeated until recently.
  • toughguy, a Korean player.
  • veggie, Thomas Hsiang, strong USA amateur
  • Weems, reportedly a strong collegiate amateur from Japan
  • yukinosuke, a Japanese player.
  • yukisuke Ogoshi Ichiro's younger brother.
  • yuukikki, a Japanese player. Supposedly same player as reyuu and yukinosuke.

8 dans

  • Arwen is darkmage.
  • asizi, a Japanese player.
  • besame, a Japanese player.
  • bluegray, a Japanese player.
  • bourbon, a Japanese player.
  • darkmage is Chen Zhaonian from China, now living in the US. Has been playing go for 7 years.
  • denpuushi, a Japanese player.
  • elf.
  • fj is Franz-Josef Dickhut from Germany, EGF 2647.
  • folk, a Chinese player.
  • forgo is an AGA 7d.
  • khuang is Ke Huang, one of the strongest members of the Amercan Go Assoc.
  • lesio is Leszek Soldan from Poland, EGF 2538.
  • Maple.
  • maru16, a Japanese player.
  • matsumoto, a Japanese 6d.
  • motoki is Noguchi Motoki from Japan, currently living in France, EGF 2625.
  • nakano1515, a Japanese player.
  • papipusyu, a Japanese player.
  • premacy, a Japanese player.
  • reyuu, a Japanese player.
  • Solaris is Cristian Pop from Romania, EGF 2684.
  • syu, a Japanese player.
  • takemeba is famous for playing a lot of simul games.
  • uro, a Japanese player.
  • zl9989, a Chinese player.

7 dans

  • abel, a Japanese player.
  • achapo2
  • AGASSI.
  • aguilar1 The famous strong player from South America, Fernando Aguilar.
  • Ai.
  • asiyanobom, a Japanese player, one of the earliest 7-dans on KGS.
  • badstyle.
  • bipolar, a Japanese player.
  • Cirilla.
  • clzj, a Chinese player.
  • comet, a Japanese player.
  • dra, a Japanese player.
  • fiying, a Japanese player.
  • fswb is from Brasil.
  • Galileo is from Italia.
  • genetic.
  • HipHop?, is Radek Nechanicky from Czechia 6d, EGF 2581.
  • hodo2, a Japanese player.
  • jim is Lucian Deaconu from Romania, EGF 2505
  • kageura, a Japanese player.
  • kakyoin, a Japanese player.
  • kensaku.
  • look, a Japanese player.
  • Machi, a Chinese player, living in canada, representative for canada in 2004 wagc
  • michigan24.
  • Mimicgo. Mimicgo is not French but can speak French fluently.
  • Nasdaq is from Hong Kong, now living in Sydney.
  • nemuri, a Japanese player.
  • obaQ, a Japanese player.
  • PASSAT, a Japanese player.
  • peridot, a Japanese player.
  • Pok, an European 5d.
  • sbcho. Cho SungBok?, Korean 6 dan, Speaks English, German and Korean of course.
  • schneider, a Chinese player
  • sensei,
  • shin0330, a Japanese player.
  • shiryuu, a Japanese player.
  • simonbr from Brasil.
  • SlowLife?, a Japanese player.
  • supertjc, a Singaporean player.
  • takimiya.
  • tchinkiz.
  • toxxicu is Dragos Bajenaru from Romania, EGF 2613.
  • YaoMing?.
  • yaomng.
  • yulan, a Japanese player.
  • zaru, a Japanese player.
  • zhy, a Chinese player.

Kiseido has a webpage listing [ext] Top 100 KGS Players also.


Please add if you know more about these players. --Dieter
Alphabetized according to Handle (username, ID, nick).
Ratings change, which may affect usefulness.
The KGS Teachers list may be very useful for some.


This is a copy of the living page "KGS High Dan Players" at Sensei's Library.
(OC) 2005 the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0.
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