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
- breakfast is Alexandre Dinerchtein from Russia, 1-dan in Korea, EGF 2766. Also plays rated games as backpast.
- fanhui is Fan Hui, Chinese 2-dan.
- farmboy is James Kerwin, American 1-dan.
- guojuan is Guo Juan, former Chinese 5-dan pro now living in the Netherlands, EGF 2716.
- Hongjun is Wang Hongjun, Chinese 7-dan.
- JaniceKim is Janice Kim, Korean 3-dan.
- jujo is Jiang Zhujiu, Chinese 9-dan, younger brother of Jiang Mingjiu.
- kirara - Ogoshi Ichiro, Japanese 8-dan.
- Lyonweiqi is Li Ang, Chinese 3-dan
- mingjiu Jiang Mingjiu, Chinese 7-dan
- mumu is Feng Yun, Chinese 9-dan now living in USA
- Nimue is Catalin Taranu, Romanian 5-dan. fifi is his ranked account.
- pala, palo is Yang Yilun, Chinese 7-dan.
- shenjing is Shen Jing?, Chinese 2-Dan.
- shuyi is Liu Yajie, Chinese 2-dan.
- redrose is Svetlana Shikshina from Russia, 1-dan in Korea, EGF 2693.
- vic1000 is Chun Poong Jho, Korean 8-dan.
- YilunYang is Yang Yilun, Chinese 7-dan. Also plays as pala and palo.
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
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 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.