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Article of the Week | January 17 - 23, 2011 |
Hans PietschHans Pietsch (Sep 27, 1968 – Jan 16, 2003) was a German 6-dan professional Go player with the Nihon Ki-in, one of the few Western go professionals. Pietsch moved to Japan in 1990 to become insei and a disciple of Kobayashi Satoru. In 1997, he reached 1-dan professional with the Nihon Ki-in. In the same year, he managed to beat Yoda Norimoto by half a point in the first round of the 1st LG Cup. By 2000, he had been promoted to 4-dan. Pietsch was shot and killed in an armed robbery on January 16th, 2003, while on a promotional tour for the Nihon Ki-in in Guatemala. He was posthumously promoted to 6-dan by the Nihon Ki-in on January 21st, 2003 for his great contributions to the worldwide promotion of Go, and was also awarded the 36th Kido International Award. | |
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