Ma Jiate (version 9)

Ma Jiate (Hanzi: 马 加特; Pinyin: Mǎ Jiātè) is a female Chinese professional 2 dan.

Ma was born on 18 Feb 2011 in Shanxi, China. She became a professional aged 13, and 2p aged 14. At that age, she was already #23 female and #5 female teenager in world, and #11 female in China on the World female rankings as of 1 Jan 2025.

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Name

Her surname Mǎ is common in Chinese, meaning horse. Ji&#257 means add, and Tè means special or extraordinary. So her given name Jiātè could mean special addition or extraordinary increase.

Early Go career

In the Shanxi Go Championship held during the National Day (1 Oct) in 2019, Magath was promoted to amateur 5 dan, aged 8.

In 2023, she didn’t qualify as a professional, but was promoted to amateur 6 dan, aged 12. Next year she made it to pro. On 25 Feb 2025, she beat Wu Guangya (W+0.5), male 7 dan professional ranked #77 in the world. On 21 Oct 2024, she beat Luo Chuyue 6p (W+4.5), #12 female in world, #6 female in China.

Promotion history

• 2 dan / 2025
• 1 dan / 2024

Links

• Perfect Weiqi Database
• Go4Go (only 6 games, +4–2, 66.7%)
• Go Ratings and Games (only 6 games, +4–2, 66.7%)