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Rui Naiwei
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Rui Naiwei 9-dan is considered the strongest woman player in the world. She has won the first, third and fourth Women's World Go Championships. She was born in Shanghai, China on December 28, 1963. She began to play go in 1975. She turned professional in China in 1985, the year she reached 7 dan. She was promoted to 8 dan in 1986 and 9 dan in 1988, the first woman ever in the history of go playing to reach that level. She left China abruptly in 1989, just after the Tian'an-men Square Massacre. After having lived in Japan for a few years, teaching go but not playing in any tournaments (because she was not allowed to enter the Japanese professional Go association), she moved to the Bay Area of California, USA. She married Jiang Zhujiu in 1992, and the same year she also participated in the quadrennial Ing Cup. Despite the fact that this was her first tournament since she left China, she got through to the semi-finals where she was beaten by Otake Hideo 9-dan of Japan, but not before registering one win against him. Now lives in Korea where she participates in the Korean professional tournament circuit. She has won the Women's Kuksu title, and the 43rd Open ("Men's) Kuksu title in 1999, thus becoming the first woman to hold a major open title. In 2004 she won another open title (well, open to all 9 dans), the 5th Maxim Cup. Together with Jiang Zhujiu she established the American Professional Go Association. She has been seen playing on the Internet Go Server from time to time. Links
This is a copy of the living page "Rui Naiwei" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |