Joanne Missingham
Joanne Missingham (Chinese name: 黑嘉嘉, Hanyu Pinyin: Hēi Jiājiā) is an Australian-born 5 dan professional player of the Taiwan Qiyuan.
Born in Brisbane, Queensland on 26th May 1994, Missingham moved with her family to Taiwan when she was four years old, and started to play Go at the age of six. Two years later she passed the amateur 1-dan milestone. Studying under Zhou Keping, Missingham continued to progress in Go, while also pursuing her interests in gymnastics, music (piano and pipa) and swimming. In 2005 she moved with her family to San Diego, California, USA. Her first language is Chinese, and she also speaks fluent English.
Missingham studied with Ruan Yunsheng for two months in 2007, and took the Chinese professional exam that year, but without success ( ref). In April 2008, she moved to Tianjin, China, where she studied with Wu Kai? until her promotion to professional shodan in July 2008. Missingham plans to leave middle school temporarily to become a full-time player.
- 2004 - Represented Taiwan in the Amateur Pair Go Championship.
- 2005 - Represented Taiwan in the Ing World Youth Goe Championship in Barcelona, Spain.
- 2006 - Oceania Toyota and Denso Cup Open 3rd place.
- 2006 - Taiwan National Female Champion.
- 2008 - Oceania Toyota and Denso Cup Open Champion.
- 2008 - Took second place in the Chinese professional qualifying tournament in July, and was awarded professional status, the first Australian citizen to achieve this goal.
- 2008 - Represented Oceania in the World Oza tournament, the youngest player ever to do so.
- 2008 - Represented Australia at the World Mind Sports Games in Beijing. Reached the quarter-finals of the Women's Individual Go tournament, where she lost to Park Jieun 9p of South Korea, the eventual bronze medal winner.
- 2009 - In October, chosen to represent Taiwan at the
2010 Asian Games, with 8 wins and 2 losses in the selection tournament.
- 2010 - In January, became a 1-dan member of the Taiwan Qiyuan.
- 2010 - In September, representing Oceania, was runner-up in the inaugural Bingsheng Cup, defeating Aoki Kikuyo 8p, Li He 3p and Zheng Yan 2p, but lost the final game against Park Jieun 9p.
- 2010 - In October, one of eight Taiwan representatives at the All Asia New Star, scoring 2:1, which included the only Taiwanese win against Korea. Qualified for the 3rd Taiwan Qisheng, winning the preliminary league with a score of 5:0.
- 2010 - Promoted to 2 dan on 31st October, after 20 victories as 1 dan, including international games and domestic tournaments.
- 2011- Won the winner section of the 4th Taiwan Qiwang and will play at the 8 players league.
- 2011 - Promoted to 5 dan on 5th January for her performance in 2010 Bingsheng Cup.
References
- New Zealand Go Society
webpage for Joanne Missingham.
- American Go Association eJournal
report dated 29 July 2008.
- Ranka Online
interview dated 6 October 2008.
- CCTV news story from World Mind Sports Games.
View clip on YouTube.
- Taiwan team preparing for Asian Games 2010.
View clip on YouTube
- Taiwanese news feature on Asian Games 2010 trials.
View clip on YouTube.
- LGS News
article on Asian Games 2010 trials.
- Four page article in Weiqi Tiandi October 1st, 2010 issue.