Professional Go Associations

There are a number of professional go associations that confer professional ranks upon qualified individuals. These include:

• Hankuk Kiwon (Republic of Korea)
• Taiwan Qiyuan (Taiwan)
• Zhongguo Qiyuan (People's Republic of China)

Japan

• Nihon Ki-in (Japan)
• Kansai Ki-in (Japan)
• Other Professional Go Associations in Japan (historical associations)

Professional go players organisations in the West

• American Professional Go Association (defunct)
• US Pro System (information is still coming in--the announcement was made Dec 26th, 2011)
• EuropeanProfessionalSystem

The International Go Federation includes some of the above organizations as members.