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Rank System
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Go Ranking Systems

A world-wide-valid authority for providing ranks to Go players does not exist.

=== Newbee Info

If you are a Newbie to Go: Assume your rank is between 30 and 15 kyu .

How to improve your rank? Just challenge other players.

You have won a game against a player, who pretended to have a stronger rank than you ?

Fine! Adjust your individual rank - But: Please only step by step.

It does not matter if your opponent acknowledges the most recent result. Main point is discovering and communicating your real level of Go-Experience to the next opponent. As fair as you are able to.

=== Non-Newbee Info

Beyond 5 kyu local differences in rating systems might become of interest:

Comparison table:

 AGA    CHINA  EUROPE    IGS    JAPAN    KOREA   NNGS
 ---    -----  ------    ---    -----    -----   ----
 27K     30K     29K     28K     26K     33Gup
 23K     26K     25K     28K     22K     29Gup
 19K     22K     21K     26K     18K     25Gup    22k
 15K     18K     17K     20K     14K     21Gup    18k
 11K     14K     13K     15K     10K     17Gup    14k
  7K     10K      9K     10K      6K     13Gup    10k
  5K      8K      7K      7K      4K     11Gup     8k
  3K      6K      5K      5K      2K      9Gup     6k
  1K      4K      3K      3K     *1D      7Gup     4k
 *1D      3K      2K      2K      2D      6Gup     3k
  2D      2K      1K      1K      3D      5Gup     2k
  3D      1K     *1D     *1D      4D      4Gup     1k
  4D     *1D      2D      2D    4-5D      3Gup    *1d
  5D      2D      3D      3D    5-6D      2Gup     2d
  6D      3D      4D      4D      6D      1Gup     3d
 6-7D     4D      5D      5D    6-7D      1Gup     4d
  7D    4-5D    5-6D      6D      7D      1Gup   5-6d

AGA = American Go Association Europe = European Go Association

IGS = Internet Go Server NNGS = No Name Go Server

( See also: GoOrg , GoServers .)



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