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Universally valid ranks do not exist; this is a table of approximate rank equivalences.
Please edit it if you have more accurate information than currently presented.
The table starts with beginners and ends with amateur experts.
Go associations | Go servers ----------------------------------------------------------- AGA CHINA EUROPE JAPAN KOREA | NNGS IGS DGS KGS --- ----- ------ ----- ----- | ---- --- --- --- 26K 29K 28K 25K 32Gup | ? NR 28K ? 25K 28K 27K 24K 31Gup | ? NR 27K ? 24K 27K 26K 23K 30Gup | ? NR 26K ? 23K 26K 25K 22K 29Gup | ? 28K 25K ? 22K 25K 24K 21K 28Gup | ? 28K 24K ? 21K 24K 23K 20K 27Gup | ? 27K 23K ? 20K 23K 22K 19K 26Gup | ? 27K 22K ? 19K 22K 21K 18K 25Gup | 20K 26K 21K ? 18K 21K 20K 17K 24Gup | 19K 25K 20K 18K 18K 21K 20K 17K 24Gup | 19K 24K 20K 18K 17K 20K 19K 16K 23Gup | 18K 23K 19K 18K 16K 19K 18K 15K 22Gup | 17K 22K 18K 17K 16K 19K 18K 15K 22Gup | 17K 21K 18K 16K 15K 18K 17K 14K 21Gup | 16K 20K 17K 15K 14K 17K 16K 13K 20Gup | 15K 19K 16K 14K 13K 16K 15K 12K 19Gup | 14K 18K 15K 13K 12K 15K 14K 11K 18Gup | 13K 17K 14K 12K 12K 15K 14K 11K 18Gup | 13K 16K 14K 12K 11K 14K 13K 10K 17Gup | 12K 15K 13K 11K 10K 13K 12K 9K 16Gup | 11K 14K 12K 10K 9K 12K 11K 8K 15Gup | 10K 13K 11K 9K 8K 11K 10K 7K 14Gup | 9K 12K 10K 8K 8K 11K 10K 7K 14Gup | 9K 11K 10K 8K 7K 10K 9K 6K 13Gup | 8K 10K 9K 7K 6K 9K 8K 5K 12Gup | 7K 9K 9K 6K 6K 9K 8K 5K 12Gup | 7K 8K 9K 6K 5K 8K 7K 4K 11Gup | 6K 7K 7K 5K 4K 7K 6K 3K 10Gup | 5K 6K 6K 4K 3K 6K 5K 2K 9Gup | 4K 5K 5K 3K 2K 5K 4K 1K 8Gup | 3K 4K 4K 2K 1K 4K 3K *1D 7Gup | 2K 3K 3K 1K *1D 3K 2K 2D 6Gup | 1K 2K 2K *1D 2D 2K 1K 3D 5Gup | *1D 1K 1K 2D 3D 1K *1D 4D 4Gup | 2D *1D *1D 3D 4D *1D 2D 4-5D 3Gup | 3D 2D 2D 4D 5D 2D 3D 5-6D 2Gup | 4D 3D 3D 5D 6D 3D 4D 6-7D 1Gup | 5D 4D 4D 6D
Carey - KGS just fixed a math error in their rating algorithm and it made a lot of people increase in rank instantly, sometimes as much as 6 ranks. Does any know if that affects this chart?
Malweth - This almost definitely affects this chart. It was perhaps a good move by KGS to strengthen their ranks... My guess is that this chart will take around 6 months to adjust (as things on KGS settle down).
[102] (Sebastian:) If this is really true, what about the correspondences in between 4D and 7D European - to which Japanese ranks do they correspond? Would it be possible to extend the table so that professional ranks are included? I heard, on IGS there is quite an overlap, and I seem to remember that 1p=5d there.
Fwiffo: With the recent ranking system changes at KGS, this chart is no longer accurate. One barometer for comparison would be GNU Go based robots. Most were about 9k (close to 8k) before recent changes, now most are 11k. Allegedly GNU Go is about 12k on IGS. At the higher end fo the spectrum, most dans seem to have lost about a stone (e.g. TheCaptain dropped from 5d to 4d).