Top Players By Country

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Steve Kroon: Please note that the top players on the AGA rating list are not all Americans. Please verify country of origin before adding players to the list.

Players should be entered in any country where they have citizenship, seem to be resident, and/or were born - duplicates in such cases are fine. [100]

Professionals (i.e. those who are members of one of the professional guilds) should not be added to this list. If a country does have professional players, add them to the professionals page, and add a link to the relevant country.

unkx80: Professional players are found in the professional page. I think this way, things will be more systematic. I may rename the page to "Top amateur players by country". Further discussion, objections -> /Discussion


Go Ratings of Players of a European country at [ext] European Go Ratings [100].

Of potential interest are the Top 20 European Players

The ratings of all European go players are taken from the [ext] European Go Ratings list,
which is given both EGF-wide (click at the top of the main frame) and by country (click on the country codes in the left column).


Table of contents

Andorra


Includes all Andorran players on the EGF rating list, 1 June 2005

Josep-Luis Ortega, 9k

Argentina


Fernando Aguilar, 6 dan
Eduardo Lopez Herrero, 5 dan
Diego Ruiz, 4 dan
Franklin Bassarsky, 4 dan
Gabriel Benmergui, 4 dan
Roberto Isaac Alaluf, 4 dan
Anibal Gomez de la Fuente, 1 dan

Armenia


Davit Harutyunyan, 1 dan
Ashot Margaryan, 1 kyu
Samvel Ghazaryan

Australia


Yiming Guo, 7 dan
Wuge H. Briscoe, 6 dan
Bo Keun Chi, 6 dan
Dong Ming Liu, 6 dan
Tony Purcell, 5 dan
Raphael Shin

Austria


All the 4 and 5 dans on the EGF Ratings, 1 June 2005

Bernhard Scheid, 5 dan
Ralph Spiegl, 5 dan
Gert Schnider, 5 dan
Hiroki Kodama, 5 dan
Helmut Wiltschek, 5 dan
Franz Huettler, 4 dan
G. Michael Winkler, 4 dan
Wei-Quiang Hu, 4 dan
Michael Szabo, 4 dan
Hao Shen, 4 dan

Belarus


Includes all Belarus players on the EGF rating list, 1 June 2005

Aliaksandr Suponeu (aka Alexandr Suponev), 1 dan
Evgenij Zdanovich, 6 kyu
Dmitrij Zdanovich, 10 kyu
Maksim Yeudakimau (WAGC Rep)

Belgium


All 2 dans and up on EGF Rating list, 1 June 2005

Jan Bogaerts, 4 dan
Alain Wettach, 4 dan
Jan Ramon, 4 dan
Yu Liu, 4 dan
Li-song Yu, 3 dan
Michel Wettach, 3 dan (not on EGF list, but a WAGC rep?)
Yong-sen Huang, 3 dan
Seok-hye Hong, 2 dan
Olivier Drouot, 2 dan
Dieter Verhofstadt, 2 dan
Chi-Yiu Wong, 2 dan
Pieter Beyens, 2 dan
Penglin Tang, 2 dan

Bosnia Herzegovina


All the dan-level players on the EGF Rating list, 1 June 2005

Zoran Simeunovic, 5 dan
Dragan Barisic, 5 dan
Dragan Paunic, 5 dan
Slobodan Bulic, 2 dan
Zoran Balvan, 2 dan
Branko Jelenek, 1 dan

Brazil


Wang Sen Feng, 7 dan
Kai Yun Liu, 6 dan
Fabio Kenji Sakata Yamashita, 5 dan
Jorge Sasaki, 5dan

Canada


Norman Chadwick, 7 dan (ex-insei)
Xin Wei, 6 dan
June Ki Beck, 6 dan
Zhiqi Yu, 6 dan
Xianyu Li, 6 dan
Suhkjoo Yoon
Jing Yang, 6 Dan

Chile


Pablo Saez, 3 dan
Cristian Lopez, 3 dan
Juan Carlos Carrillo, 3 dan
Ruben Tellez, 1 dan
Alfredo Valenzuela, 1 dan
Juan Carlos Carrillo Martinez (26th WAGC - is this the same as the 3 dan above?)

China


Li Fu, 8 dan
Yi Guo Sun, 7 dan
Zhen Yu Zhou, 7 dan
Dai Chun Li, 7 dan
Yu Qing Hu

Chinese Hong Kong


Ying Kan, 7 dan
Ping Fai Tshang, 7 dan
Yee Hsun Wang, 6 dan
Ling Ying Tong, 5 dan
Nai San Chan
Lik Hang To

Chinese Taipei


Ping Chiang Chou, 7 dan
Yu Hsiang Lin, 7 dan
Cheng-Juei Yu, 7 dan
Yu-Cheng Lai, 7 dan
Yi-Chenh Shin

Colombia


Jaime Orlando Ramirez Reyes, 4 dan
Fernando Manrique Ochoa, 4 dan
Luis Felipe Carrillo, 3 dan
Federico Pareja, 2 dan

Croatia


All dan-level players on the EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005

Zoran Mutabzija, 5 dan
Velimir Kuhar, 5 dan
Mladen Smud, 2 dan
Ljubomir Vujasinovic, 2 dan
Sead Bacevina, 2 dan
Vlado Romek, 1 dan
Ismet Alibasic, 1 dan

Cuba


Antonio Fernandez Caballero, 3 dan
Roilan de la Torre Marrero, 1 dan
Vadel Abraham Gonzalez Fleitas, 3 kyu
Rafael Torres Miranda

Cyprus


All Cyprus players stronger than 10 kyu on the EGF Rating list
Yu Hui, 3 dan
Jun Cheng, 2 dan
Song-Miao Xu, 1 dan

Czech Republic


All Czech players 4 dan and better on the EGF rating list, 1 June 2005

Ondrej Silt, 6 dan (ex-insei)
Vladimir Danek, 6 dan
Radek Nechanicky, 6 dan
Jan Hora, 5 dan
Zbynek Dach, 4 dan
Vit Brunner, 4 dan
Ivan Kostka, 4 dan
Tomas Koranda, 4 dan
David Holecek, 4 dan
Karel Dach, 4 dan
Martin Kuzela, 4 dan
Petr Cipra, 4 dan
Jan Mechura, 4 dan

D.P.R. Korea


Pong Il Ri, 7 dan (WAGC99)
Sae Byol Jo, 7 dan
Ho Gil Pak, 5 dan
Tae Won Jo

Denmark


All dan-level Danish players on the EGF rating list, 1 June 2005

Kasper Hornbaek, 5 dan
Jannik Rasmussen, 5 dan
Thomas Heshe, 5 dan
Peter Brouwer, 4 dan
Frank Hansen, 4 dan
Torben Pedersen, 4 dan
Ulrik Bro-Joergenssen, 4 dan
Per Marquardsen, 3 dan
Jesper Pederson, 3 dan
Tobias Christiani, 3 dan
Jan Frederiksen, 3 dan
Fei-Sun Hong, 2 dan
Per Schaechter, 2 dan
Finn Jensen, 2 dan
Michael Staub, 2 dan
Uffe Rasmussen, 2 dan
Lasse Jakobsen, 2 dan
Jan Olsen, 1 dan

Ecuador


Oswaldo Moreano, 2 dan
Andres Aguilar
Diego Paez

Estonia


All Estonian players on the EGF Rating list, 1 June 2005

Tarmo Juristo, 4 kyu
Martti Kuldma, 9 kyu
Jan Willemson, 10 kyu
Kristjan Narusk, 13 kyu

Finland


Players 3 dan or stronger on the EGF Rating list, 1 June 2005

Vesa Laatikainen, 5 dan
Matti Siivola, 5 dan
Antti Törmänen, 4 dan
Lauri Paatero, 3 dan
Olli Lounela, 3 dan
Kare Jantunen, 3 dan
Timo Puha, 3 dan

France


There is at least one Go professional living in France. Amateurs 5 dan or stronger on the EGF rating list, 1 June 2005, given below.

Lee-Deok Han, 7 dan
Miyakawa Wataru, 7 dan
Noguchi Motoki, 7 dan
Junfu Dai, 7 dan
Jeff Seailles, 6 dan
Paul Drouot, 6 dan
Farid Ben Malek, 5 dan (ex-insei)
Frederic Donzet, 5 dan
Pierre Colmez, 5 dan
Bernard Helmstetter, 5 dan
Wei-Dong Xie, 5 dan
Vincent Xu, 5 dan
Suk-Hyun Chang, 5 dan
Qi-David Wu, 5 dan
Pierre Audouard, 5 dan
Jean Michel, 5 dan
Jin-Suk Choi, 5 dan
Julien Roubertie, 5 dan

Germany


All German players 5 dan or better on the EGF Rating list, 1 June 2005

Du Jingyu, 7 dan
Asai Hideki, 6 dan
Zhao Pei, 6 dan
Li Jingrui, 6 dan
Lee Girak, 6 dan
Benjamin Teuber, 6 dan (ex-insei)
Christoph Gerlach, 6 dan

% David Schoffel, 6 dan (died last year)%%%

Franz-Josef Dickhut, 6 dan (current german champion)
Egbert Rittner, 6 dan
Lutz Franke, 5 dan
Felix von Arnim, 5 dan
Marco Firnhaber, 5 dan
Carsten Liebold, 5 dan
Bernd Radmacher, 5 dan
Yuji Sano, 5 dan
Choi Byung-Jin, 5 dan
Kato Ryo, 5 dan
Yang Gyu-seob, 5 dan
Tian Feng, 5 dan
Robert Jasiek, 5 dan
Stefan Liesegang, 5 dan
Adrian Passow, 5 dan

Guatemala


Hector Enrique Paiz Castillo, 1 dan (same as Hector Paiz, 26th WAGC?)
Diane Whitehead-Santis, 3 kyu
Rodrigo Caceres Perez, 3 kyu
Edgardo Caceres Estrada, 4 kyu
Rosa Maria Gomar, 5 kyu

Hungary


All players 4 dan or better on EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005

Mero Csaba, 6 dan (ex-insei)
Tibor Pocsai, 6 dan
Diana Koszegi, 6 dan
Dae-won Suh, 5 dan
Shenghong Mao, 5 dan
Gabor Szabics, 5 dan
Pal Balogh, 5 dan (not on EGF Rating list)
Gyorgy Csizmadia, 4 dan
Ferenc Buzas, 4 dan
Shao Xiong, 4 dan
Rita Pocsai, 4 dan
Guong-Hui Meng, 4 dan

Iceland

All players on the EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005

Thorstein Thorsteinson, 3 dan

India


Arun Sagar, 1 kyu
Shiba Shaw, 1 kyu
Mandish Singh, 2 kyu
Mandeep Singh Gandhi, 5 kyu
Abhishek Narain

Indonesia


Woei Haw Djap, 3 dan
Febbiyuti Arria (Apria?), 1 kyu
Edison Ong, 4 kyu
Tjahyadi Lim Surya

Ireland


All players 5 kyu or stronger on EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005

Noel Mitchell, 2 dan
D-K Kim, 2 dan
Stephen Flinter, 1 dan
Paul Donnelly, 1 dan (not on EGF Rating list)
Brian Gallagher, 1 kyu
John Gibson, 1 kyu
Aidan Walsh, 2 kyu
Claas Roever, 2 kyu
Paul Brennan, 2 kyu
Ian Davis, 3 kyu
Bernard Palmer, 1 kyu
Christopher Rafferty (not on EGF Rating List - WAGC Rep)

Israel


All players on EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005

Andrew Volosov, 4 dan (not on EGF Rating list)
Eitan Aharoni, 3 dan (not on EGFG Rating list)
Leonid Entin, 3 dan (not on EGF Rating list)
Gregory Solganik, 3 dan (not on EGF Rating list)
Anatoly(ij?) Vernik, 3 dan
Shlomo Raikin, 1 dan
Amir Fragman, 1 dan
Uri Fragman, 18 kyu

Italy


There is at least one Go professional living in Italy. All dan-level players on EGF rating list, 2 June 2005, given below.
Francesco Marigo, 3 dan
Enzo Pedrini, 3 dan
Jinming He, 3 dan
Atsushi Omoji, 3 dan
Lin Yin, 3 dan
Ramon Soletti, 3 dan
Marco Vajani, 3 dan
Yulong Chu, 2 dan
Hiroto Suzuki, 2 dan
Cristiano Garbarini, 1 dan
Carlo Nietsch, 1 dan
Marco Zita, 1 dan
Raffaella Giardino, 1 dan
Mihai-Dragos Tanasescu, 1 dan
Luca Belcastro, 1 dan

Japan


Yasuro Kikuchi, 8 dan
Seizo Nakazono, 8 dan
Satoshi Hiraoka

Korea


Jae Sung Yoo, 7 dan
Keun Tae Ko, 7 dan
Mal Eun Saem Hong, 7 dan
Kang Wook Lee, 7 dan
Jung-Hwi Seo
Junghwan Kim

Latvia


All players on the EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005

Kirill Ermalovich, 5 kyu

Lithuania


All dan-level players on the EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005

Andrius Petrauskas, 3 dan
Audris Kuras, 2 dan
Albertas Petrauskas, 1 dan
Olaf Martens, 1 dan
Donatas Ugenskas, 1 dan
Liutauras Armanavicius, 1 dan
Arturas Maciulskis, 1 dan

Luxemburg


All players 4 kyu or better on the EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005

Laurent Heiser, 6 dan
Jeroen Jeurissen, 3 dan
Jean Brauch, 1 kyu
Ralf Hoffmann, 1 kyu
Paul Schmit, 2 kyu

Macedonia


All players on the EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005
Birol Demirov, 20 kyu
Raim Demirov, 20 kyu
Decmalov Sejnir, 20 kyu

Madagascar


Abel Rakotoarisoa, 1 dan
Manitra Harimisa Razafindrabe, 1 dan
Jean Nepomucene Rakotondravelo, 2 kyu
Tovonony Maherizo Razafindrabe, 2 kyu
Mamy Rakotoarisoa

Malaysia


Choon Huat Lee, 5 dan
Pai Yee Chu, 4 dan
Chee Wen Chow, 3 dan
Kee Soon Tiong, 3 dan
Boon Ping Teng

Mexico


Ricardo Quintero Zazueta, 5 dan
Jose Chacon, 4 dan
Juan Jose Rivaud, 4 dan
Carlos Vladimiro Gonzalez Zelaya, 1 dan

Moldova


All players on the EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005

Michael Palant, 5 dan

Mongolia


Sansar Tsolmon, 1 dan
Tungalag Ravjir

Morocco


Hatime Araki, 1 dan
Fouad Tehhani, 4 kyu
Amyn Alioua

Nepal


Narendra Sowal, 1 dan


Netherlands


Includes all 5-dan players and better on EGF Rating List, 2 June 2005

Rob van Zeijst, 7 dan (ex-insei)
Guo Juan, 7 dan (former Chinese 5p)
Gilles van Eeden, 6 dan (not on EGF Rating List)
Geert Groenen, 6 dan
Emil Nijhuis, 6 dan (ex-insei)
Frank Janssen, 6 dan
Michiel Eijkhout, 6 dan
Mark Boon, 6 dan
Gerald Westhoff, 6 dan
Merlijn Kuin, 5 dan
Robert Rehm, 5 dan
Filip van der Stappen, 5 dan
Willem-Koen Pomstra, 5 dan
Rudi Verhagen, 5 dan
Ronald Schlemper (ex-insei)
Pieter Mioch (ex-insei)

New Zealand


Steve Kim, 5 dan
Colin Grierson, 5 dan
Shiyong Du, 2 dan
Roman Pozaroszczyk

Norway


All players on EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005

Jostein Flood, 5 dan
Jie-Lin Xia, 5 dan
Paul (Paal?) Sannes, 4 dan
Fan Nian Kong, 4 dan
Morten Ofstad, 4 dan
Weiguo Sun, 4 dan
Jie-Rong Xia, 3 dan
Jie-Li Xia, 3 dan
Fredrik Dahl, 2 dan
Oystein Vestgaarden, 1 dan
HaiWei? Zhang, 1 dan
Terje Christoffersen, 1 dan

Panama


Edgar Ivan Escobar Thompson, 5 kyu
Carlos Vegas

Peru


Jorge Noriyuki Yamamoto Kina, 4 dan
Sentoku Unten, 3 dan
Alberto Kohatsu, 2 dan
Augusto Unten, 2 dan
Pedro Miyagui Shimabukuro

Poland


All players 3 dan or better on EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005

Leszek Soldan, 5 dan (ex-insei)
Janusz Kraszek, 5 dan
Krzysztof Giedrojc, 4 dan
Koichiro Habo, 4 dan
Michal Bazynski, 4 dan
Janusz Chlodek, 4 dan
Roman Pszonka, 4 dan
Aleksandra Lubos, 4 dan
Jan Lubos, 3 dan
Pawel Celejewski, 3 dan
Wojciech Woskresinski, 3 dan
Robert Zablocki, 3 dan

Portugal


Includes all players on EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005

Jose Raposo, 1 dan
Jose Teles de Menezes, 3 kyu
Jose Carlos (WAGC Rep)

Romania


There is at least one Go professional from Romania. Amateurs 5 dan or stronger on the EGF rating list, 2 June 2005, given below.

Cristian Pop, 7 dan (ex-insei)
Sorin Gherman, 6 dan (ex-insei) (not on EGF Rating list)
Ion Florescu, 6 dan (ex-insei)
Dragos Bajenaru, 6 dan (ex-insei)
Cornel Burzo, 6 dan
Mihai Bisca, 5 dan
Lucretiu Calota, 5 dan
Daniel Cioata, 5 dan
Constantin Ghioc, 5 dan
Lucian Deaconu, 5 dan
Bela Nagy, 5 dan
Marius Spataru, 5 dan

Russian Federation


There is at least one Go professional from the Russian Federation. Amateurs 5 dan or stronger on the EGF rating list, 2 June 2005, given below.

Lee Hyuk, 7 dan
Andrej Kulkov, 6 dan
Andrei Khmyrov, 6 dan (not on EGF Rating list)
Alexei(y/j?) Lazarev, 6 dan
Dmitriy(j?) Surin, 6 dan
Guan Liu, 6 dan
Anton Zatonskikh, 6 dan
Ilya Shikshin, 6 dan
Ruslan Sajfullin, 6 dan
Victor Bogdanov, 5 dan
Valerij Solovjev, 5 dan
Oleg Mezhov, 5 dan
Rustam Sakhabutdinov, 5 dan
Dmitrij Ezhov, 5 dan
Andrej Gomenjuk, 5 dan
Andrej Cheburakhov, 5 dan
Ruslan Dmitriev (WAGC Rep - same as Ruslan Sajfullin above? - not on EGF Rating list)

Serbia and Montenegro (formerly Yugoslavia)


All players 3 dan or better on the EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005

Mijodrag Stankovic, 5 dan
Milos Bojanic, 5 dan
Nikola Jevtic, 5 dan
Dragan Mitic, 5 dan
Zoran Jankovic, 5 dan
Dejan Krstic, 4 dan
Miodrag Mihajlovic, 4 dan
Zoran Manojlovic, 4 dan
Nenad Panic, 4 dan
Ljubisa Vasic, 4 dan
Nikola Bogdanovic, 3 dan
Misa Alimpic, 3 dan
Dejan Repac, 3 dan
Aleksandar Milosevic, 3 dan
Dusan Mitic, 3 dan
Dusan Mladenovic, 3 dan

Singapore


Say Boon Ng, 5 dan
Yee Fan Tan, 5 dan
Jia Cheng Tan, 5 dan
Chin Hwee Chua, 4 dan
Gengyang Cai, 4 dan
Zhi Yi Benson Lai, 2 dan

Slovakia


All dan-level players, rating from 11 August 2005

Xaver Gubas, 3 dan
Miroslav Poliak, 3 dan
Peter Jadron, 3 dan
Marian Hrdina, 2 dan
Rudolf Krusina, 2 dan
Peter Petkov Karailiev, 2 dan
Milan Jadron, 1 dan
Vladimir Lassak, 1 dan
Miroslav Kostolansky, 1 dan
Miroslav Smid, 1 dan

Slovenia


Includes all players 4 dan or better on the EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005

Jure Klemencic, 5 dan (WAGC Rep - not on EGF Rating list)
Leopold Matoh, 5 dan (WAGC Rep - not on EGF Rating list)
Tamar Cefarin, 5 dan
Leon Matoh, 5 dan
Milan Zakotnik, 5 dan
Igor Bizjak, 5 dan
Eduard Ekart, 5 dan
Goran Siska, 4 dan
Gregor Butala, 4 dan
Dusan Jukic, 4 dan
Mirko Rupel, 4 dan
Bojan Rojs, 4 dan
Peter Gaspari, 4 dan

South Africa


These are all the dan-level players in South Africa (last updated, May 7 2005):

Victor Chow, 6 dan
Ben Gale, 3 dan
Cheng Lai, 2 dan
Clive Hunt, 2 dan
Konrad Scheffler, 1 dan
Welile Gogotshe, 1 dan
Julius Paulu, 1 dan
Paul Edwards, 1 dan

[ext] More South African Players

Spain


All Spanish dan-level players on the EGF Rating list, 1 June 2005

Kazuki Honda, 6 dan
Masaru Mikami, 6 dan
Yoshihiri Matsuo, 6 dan
Feng Mao, 4 dan
César Sánchez Muñoz, 4 dan
Antonio Moreno, 4 dan
Dimas Cabré Chacón, 3 dan
Juan Francisco "Paco" García de la Banda, 3 dan
Joan Pons, 3 dan
Masahiro Tanabe, 3 dan
Yuanpan Lin, 3 dan
Pau Carles, 3 dan
Francisco Fernández Estall, 2 dan
Takashi Kiyose, 2 dan
Ignacio Cernuda, 2 dan
Lingbo Wu, 2 dan
Mani Sanford, 1 dan
Tsutomu Watanabe, 1 dan
Javier Fernández Villar, 1 dan
Kiichi Matsumoto, 1 dan
Dionisio Barrasa, 1 dan
José Manuel Vega, 1 dan

Sweden


Includes all players 2 dan and better on the EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005

Michael Yao, 5 dan
Xiaoluo Qi, 5 dan
Harry Taari, 4 dan
Martin Li, 4 dan
Ulf Olsson, 4 dan
Magnus Kylemark, 3 dan
Erik Ouchterlony, 3 dan
Erik Ekholm, 3 dan (not on EGF Rating list)
Gustav Fahl, 3 dan
Carl-Johan Ragnarsson, 3 dan
Mats Johansson, 3 dan
Lars Willfoer, 2 dan
Magnus Persson, 2 dan
Staffan Baecklund, 2 dan
Gunnar von Arnold, 2 dan
Joergen Abrahamsson, 2 dan
Tomas Boman, 2 dan

Switzerland


All 2-dans and better on the Swiss EGF Ratings, 1 June 2005

Meyer Friedhelm, 3 dan
Patrice Gosteli, 3 dan
Xin Liu, 3 dan
Andreas Hauenstein, 3 dan
Philip Nicolet, 3 dan (not on EGF ratings)
Armel-David Wolff, 2 dan
Jiliang Xia, 2 dan
Adrian Zweig, 2 dan
Josef (Joseph?) Renner, 2 dan
Sebastien Koch, 2 dan
Patric(k?) Grueter, 2 dan
Ezzat Ahmed, 2 dan
Fei Wang, 2 dan
Umehara Kaoru, 2 dan

Thailand


Kosa Areeya, 6 dan
Korsak Chairasamisak, 5 dan
Husdin Aekasinghachai, 5 dan
Rit Bencharit, 5 dan
Veerachote Ngam Jarassrivichai, 5 dan
Sarawut Kaiphanlert, 4 dan
Supakit Charoenkul, 3 dan

Turkey


All dan-level players on the EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005

Hideo Iijima, 4 dan
Fatih Sulak, 3 dan
Baris Efe, 2 dan
Hayri Kilic, 2 dan
Sergej Finashin, 2 dan
Selcuk Kerem Karaerkek, 2 dan
Kivanc Doganay, 2 dan
Ertug Akkol, 1 dan
Emre Bektore, 1 dan
Mehmet Albayrak, 1 dan

Ukraine


All players 4 dan or better on the EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005

Dmytro Bogatskyy (Bogackij), 6 dan
Arkadij Bogatskyy (Bogackij), 5 dan
Dmytro Yatsenko (Jacenko), 5 dan
Mikhail Galchenko, 5 dan
Jurij Pljushch, 5 dan
Sergej Ridzel, 4 dan
Vasilij Skochko, 4 dan
Vladimir Kokozej, 4 dan
Vitalij Caj, 4 dan
Igor Bakulin, 4 dan
Konstantin Lopatenko, 4 dan

United Kingdom


All players 5 dan or better on the EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005

Yun He, 7 dan
Matthew MacFadyen, 6 dan
Li Haiou, 6 dan
Li Shen, 6 dan
Tony Goddard, 6 dan
Wenhao Li, 5 dan
Hiroshi Takamiya, 5 dan
Kaisshu Hirahara, 5 dan
Matthew Cocke, 5 dan
Edmund Shaw, 5 dan
Yoon-S Kang, 5 dan
Jon Diamond, 5 dan
Jae-kyeong Shim, 5 dan
Kim Young, 5 dan
Kiyohiko Tanaka, 5 dan
Lei Chen, 5 dan
Piers Shepperson, 5 dan
Bong-chul Kim, 5 dan

United States of America


There is at least one Go professional from the USA. List below according to the [ext] AGA rating list (dates most recent rated game) :

Li, Jie ............. 9.44 (10/1/2004)
Jeong, Jong In ...... 8.63 (10/1/2004)
Ge, Yongfei ......... 8.43 (9/1/2004)

% Xuefen Lin is a 1p or 2p from China. Played in the Cotsen
% Lin, Xuefen ......... 8.42 (9/1/2004)%%%

Huang, Ke ........... 8.40 (3/1/2005)
Ling, Hao ........... 8.30 (4/1/2005)

(USA Top Ten updated 5/30/2005 by Jared)

Troy Anderson, 6 dan (ex-insei)
David Mechner, 6 dan (ex-insei)

Uruguay


Alvaro Rittatore, 2 dan
Alfonso Perez, 2 kyu

Venezuela


Alexis R. Hernandez, 1 dan
Eric Pacheco, 2 kyu
Maria Puerta, 3 kyu
Irwin M. Hernandez, 4 kyu
Javier Gonzalez

Vietnam


Trung Tin Tran, 3 dan
Mai Duy Le, 3 dan
Hoang Nam Thang, 2 dan
Tra(n?) Chi Thanh, 2 dan
Anh Tuan Tran, 2 dan


[100] being a resident in or holding that country's passport?

Steve Kroon: What is the difference between the two? (question refers to citizen, before it was replaced by resident)

Velobici: Many people coming to the United States obtain residency visas and live in the US for some number of years before becoming a United States citizen and therefore eligible to obtain a US passport.


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