guoshou

    Keywords: Culture & History

Since historic Chinese go didn't have institutions, in the way that Japan did in the Edo period, it is less clear-cut who were the strongest players. The title guoshou (国手, cf. the Korean kuksu) is what we have to go on. The following players were accorded it (provisional list):

Zhou Donghou was guoshou.

Huang Longshi was called guoshou at 16.

Yao Shusheng was called guoshou at 15.

Guo Bailing was called daguoshou; with him as guoshou were rated Wang Hannian, Xu Zaizhong and Zhou Lanyu.

In places in China where go was played quite actively, the guoshou title may only have indicated the acknowledged top-level players.


Guoshou Tournament

valerio: I think Fang Weijin is not the correct name; I think the right name is Liang Weijin.


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