Top Amateur Players By Country
Steve Kroon: Please note that the top players on the AGA rating list are not all Americans. Please verify country of origin before adding players to the list.
Players should be entered in any country where they have citizenship, seem to be resident, and/or were born - duplicates in such cases are fine. [100]
Professionals (i.e. those who are members of one of the professional guilds) should not be added to this list. If a country does have professional players, add them to the professionals page, and add a link to the relevant country.
Go Ratings of Players of a European country at
European Go Ratings [100].
Of potential interest are the Top 20 European Players
The ratings of all European go players are taken from the European Go Ratings list,
which is given both EGF-wide (click at the top of the main frame) and by country (click on the country codes in the left column).
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Andorra
Includes all Andorran players on the EGF rating list, 1 June 2005
Josep-Luis Ortega, 9k
Argentina
Fernando Aguilar, 6 dan
Eduardo Lopez Herrero, 5 dan
Diego Ruiz, 5 dan (WAGC 2006 and another)
Franklin Bassarsky, 4 dan
Gabriel Benmergui, 4 dan
Roberto Isaac Alaluf, 4 dan
Anibal Gomez de la Fuente, 3 dan (WAGC 2002)
Lucas Galfaso, 3 dan (KPMC 2006)
Martin Miranda, 3 dan
Lucas Nasif, 3 dan
Andres Comito, 2 dan
Santiago Tabares, 2 dan
Daniela Saban, 2 dan
Armenia
Davit Harutyunyan, 1 dan
Ashot Margaryan, 1 kyu
Samvel Ghazaryan, 1 kyu (WAGC 2006)
Armen Margaryan, 6 kyu (KPMC 2006)
Australia
Yiming Guo, 7 dan
Wuge H. Briscoe, 6 dan
Bo Keun Chi, 6 dan
Dong Ming Liu, 6 dan
- Qian Wei, 6 dan (WAGC 2006, KPMC 2006)
Tony Purcell, 5 dan
Raphael Shin
Austria
All the 4 and 5 dans on the EGF Ratings, 1 June 2005
Bernhard Scheid, 5 dan (WAGC 2006 and 3 others)
Ralph Spiegl, 5 dan
Gert Schnider, 5 dan (KPMC 2006)
Hiroki Kodama, 5 dan
Helmut Wiltschek, 5 dan
Franz Huettler, 4 dan
G. Michael Winkler, 4 dan
Wei-Quiang Hu, 4 dan
Michael Szabo, 4 dan
Hao Shen, 4 dan
Azerbaijan
- Niyazi Baghirov, 3 dan (KPMC 2006)
- Ibadat Mammadov, 1 dan (WAGC 2006)
Belarus
Includes all Belarus players on the EGF rating list, 1 June 2005
Aliaksandr Suponeu (aka Alexandr Suponev), 1 dan (WAGC 2006 and 2 others, KPMC 2006)
Evgenij Zdanovich, 6 kyu
Dmitrij Zdanovich, 10 kyu
Maksim Yeudakimau (WAGC Rep)
Belgium
All 2 dans and up on EGF Rating list, 1 June 2005
Also see http://www.gofed.be/federation/rating/
Jan Bogaerts, 4 dan
Alain Wettach, 4 dan (KPMC 2006)
Jan Ramon, 4 dan (WAGC 2006 and another)
Yu Liu, 4 dan
Li-song Yu, 3 dan
Michel Wettach, 3 dan (not on EGF list, but a WAGC rep?)
Yong-sen Huang, 3 dan
Seok-hye Hong, 2 dan
Olivier Drouot, 2 dan
Dieter Verhofstadt, 2 dan
Chi-Yiu Wong, 2 dan
Pieter Beyens, 2 dan
Penglin Tang, 2 dan
Bosnia Herzegovina
All the dan-level players on the EGF Rating list, 1 June 2005
Zoran Simeunovic, 5 dan (WAGC 2006 and another)
Dragan Barisic, 5 dan
Dragan Paunic, 5 dan
Slobodan Bulic, 2 dan
Zoran Balvan, 2 dan
Branko Jelenek, 1 dan
Brazil
Wang Sen Feng, 7 dan
Kai Yun Liu, 6 dan
- Alexandre Amaro de Souza, 5 dan (WAGC 2006, KPMC 2006)
Fabio Kenji Sakata Yamashita, 5 dan
Jorge Sasaki, 5dan
Bulgaria
- Yoni Petrov Lazarov, 1 dan (WAGC 2006, KPMC 2006)
Canada
Jing Yang, 7 dan (Canadian Open Champion 2005 and 2006)
Seok Min Yo, 9 dan
Yongfei Ge, 7 dan (WAGC 2006, KPMC 2006)
Mchan Rho, 8 dan
Wei Xin, 8 dan
Joe Deng, 8 dan
Nov. 2005 CGA top 150 list
Where did this list come from and are the above players professional? (I believe that the list was compiled by the CGA board member responsible for membership. I suppose that contacting the CGA directly would be the best way to confirm this. -thrashor)
Chile
Pablo Saez, 3 dan
Cristian Lopez, 3 dan
Juan Carlos Carrillo Martinez, 3 dan (WAGC 2005 and at least one other)
Ruben Tellez, 1 dan
Alfredo Valenzuela, 1 dan
- Juan Pablo Schweitzer Kirsinger, 1 dan (WAGC 2006)
- Ivan Pineyro, 3 kyu (KPMC 2006)
China
Li Fu, 8 dan
Yi Guo Sun, 7 dan
Zhen Yu Zhou, 7 dan
Dai Chun Li, 7 dan
Tang Wei Xing, 7 dan (WAGC 2006)
Yu Qing Hu, 7 dan (KPMC 2006)
Chinese Hong Kong
Ying Kan, 7 dan
Ping Fai Tshang, 7 dan
Yee Hsun Wang, 6 dan
Chan Nai San, 6 dan (WAGC 2006 and another)
Ling Ying Tong, 5 dan
- Tsang Tung, 5 dan (KPMC 2006)
Lik Hang To
Chinese Taipei
Yu Hsiang Lin, 7 dan
Cheng-Juei Yu, 7 dan
Chen Hsien-Hsu, 7 dan (KPMC 2006)
Yu-Cheng Lai, 7 dan
Chen Yuta, 6 dan (WAGC 2006)
Yi-Chenh Shin
Colombia
Vicente Hu, 5 dan
Jaime Orlando Ramirez Reyes, 4 dan
Fernando Manrique Ochoa, 4 dan (WAGC 2006 and 2 others)
Luis Felipe Carrillo, 3 dan
Federico Pareja, 2 dan
- Fabian Alejandro Gonzalez G., 1 kyu (KPMC 2006)
Costa Rica
Luis Cajiao, 2dan
Barak Neeman, 3kyu (KPMC 2006)
Patrick Verosil, 4kyu
Rodolfo Acuña,5kyu
Mario Aguero, 5kyu
Jose Luis Urbina, 5kyu
Enrique Boza, 7kyu
Adam Cajiao, 8kyu
David Quesada, 8kyu
Croatia
All dan-level players on the EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005
Zoran Mutabzija, 5 dan (KPMC 2006)
Velimir Kuhar, 5 dan
Mladen Smud, 3 dan (WAGC 2006)
Ljubomir Vujasinovic, 2 dan
Sead Bacevina, 2 dan
Vlado Romek, 1 dan
Ismet Alibasic, 1 dan
Cuba
Antonio Fernandez Caballero, 3 dan (WAGC 2006 and 2 others)
Roilan de la Torre Marrero, 1 dan
Vadel Abraham Gonzalez Fleitas, 3 kyu
Rafael Torres Miranda
Cyprus
All Cyprus players stronger than 10 kyu on the EGF Rating list
Yu Hui, 3 dan
Jun Cheng, 2 dan
Song-Miao Xu, 1 dan
- Demetris Regginos, 1 dan (WAGC 2006)
- Nurman Aylanc, 9 kyu (KPMC 2006)
Czech Republic
All Czech players 4 dan and better on the EGF rating list, 1 June 2005
Ondrej Silt, 6 dan (ex-insei) (WAGC 2006, KPMC 2006)
Vladimir Danek, 6 dan
Radek Nechanicky, 6 dan
Jan Hora, 5 dan
Zbynek Dach, 4 dan
Vit Brunner, 4 dan
Ivan Kostka, 4 dan
Tomas Koranda, 4 dan
David Holecek, 4 dan
Karel Dach, 4 dan
Martin Kuzela, 4 dan
Petr Cipra, 4 dan
Jan Mechura, 4 dan
D.P.R. Korea
Tae Won Jo, 7 dan (WAGC 2006 and one other)
Pong Il Ri, 7 dan (WAGC99)
Sae Byol Jo, 7 dan
Ho Gil Pak, 5 dan
Denmark
All dan-level Danish players on the EGF rating list, 1 June 2005
Kasper Hornbaek, 5 dan
Jannik Lundgaard Rasmussen, 4 dan (WAGC 2006 and another)
Thomas Heshe, 5 dan
Peter Brouwer, 4 dan
Frank Hansen, 4 dan
Torben Pedersen, 4 dan (KPMC 2006)
Ulrik Bro-Joergenssen, 4 dan
Per Marquardsen, 3 dan
Jesper Pederson, 3 dan
Tobias Christiani, 3 dan
Jan Frederiksen, 3 dan
Fei-Sun Hong, 2 dan
Per Schaechter, 2 dan
Finn Jensen, 2 dan
Michael Staub, 2 dan
Uffe Rasmussen, 2 dan
Lasse Jakobsen, 2 dan
Jan Olsen, 1 dan
Ecuador
Oswaldo Moreano, 1 dan (KPMC 2006)
- Diego German Albuja Ortiz, 1 dan (WAGC 2006)
Andres Aguilar
Diego Paez
Estonia
All Estonian players on the EGF Rating list, 1 Jan 2006
Alo Jõekalda, 4 kyu
Tarmo Jüristo, 4 kyu
Martti Kuldma, 9 kyu
Jan Willemson, 10 kyu
Kristjan Narusk, 11 kyu
Finland
Players ranked as 3 dan or stronger, 15th January 2007
Vesa Laatikainen, 5 dan (WAGC2006 and 7 others)
Matti Siivola, 5 dan (WAGC2005 and 8 others)
Antti Törmänen, 4 dan
Kare Jantunen, 4 dan (KPMC 2006)
Lauri Paatero, 3 dan
Esa Seuranen, 3 dan
Mika Urtela, 3 dan
Kari Visala, 3 dan
Antti Holappa, 3 dan
Timo Puha, 3 dan
Olli Lounela, 3 dan
France
There is at least one Go professional living in France. Amateurs
5 dan or stronger on the EGF rating list, 1 June 2005, given below.
Lee-Deok Han, 7 dan
Miyakawa Wataru, 7 dan
Noguchi Motoki, 7 dan
Junfu Dai, 7 dan
Jeff Seailles, 6 dan
Paul Drouot, 6 dan
Farid Georges Ben Malek, 5 dan (ex-insei) (WAGC 2006 and another, KPMC 2006)
Frederic Donzet, 5 dan
Pierre Colmez, 5 dan
Bernard Helmstetter, 5 dan
Wei-Dong Xie, 5 dan
Vincent Xu, 5 dan
Suk-Hyun Chang, 5 dan
Qi-David Wu, 5 dan
Pierre Audouard, 5 dan
Jean Michel, 5 dan
Jin-Suk Choi, 5 dan
Julien Roubertie, 5 dan
See also: Benjamin Papazoglou, 4 dan
, Toru, 4 dan
Germany
All German players 5 dan or better on the EGF Rating list, 1 June 2005
Du Jingyu, 7 dan
Asai Hideki, 6 dan
Zhao Pei, 6 dan
Li Jingrui, 6 dan
Lee Girak, 6 dan
Benjamin Teuber, 6 dan (ex-insei)
Christoph Gerlach, 6 dan (WAGC 2006 and 2 others)
Franz-Josef Dickhut, 6 dan (current german champion)
Egbert Rittner, 6 dan
Felix von Arnim, 6 dan (KPMC 2006)
Lutz Franke, 5 dan
Marco Firnhaber, 5 dan
Carsten Liebold, 5 dan
Bernd Radmacher, 5 dan
Yuji Sano, 5 dan
Choi Byung-Jin, 5 dan
Kato Ryo, 5 dan
Yang Gyu-seob, 5 dan
Tian Feng, 5 dan
Robert Jasiek, 5 dan
Stefan Liesegang, 5 dan
Adrian Passow, 5 dan
Guatemala
Hector Enrique Paiz Castillo, 1 dan (KPMC 2006,same as Hector Paiz, 26th WAGC?)
Edgardo Caceres Estrada, 2 kyu (WAGC 2006 and another)
Diane Whitehead-Santis, 3 kyu
Rodrigo Caceres Perez, 3 kyu
Rosa Maria Gomar, 5 kyu
Hungary
All players 4 dan or better on EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005
Mero Csaba, 6 dan (ex-insei)
Tibor Pocsai, 6 dan
Diana Koszegi, 6 dan (Yeonguseng)
Pal Balogh, 6 dan (ex-insei) (WAGC 2006 and another, KPMC 2006)
Dae-won Suh, 5 dan
Shenghong Mao, 5 dan
Gabor Szabics, 5 dan
Gyorgy Csizmadia, 4 dan
Ferenc Buzas, 4 dan
Shao Xiong, 4 dan
Rita Pocsai, 4 dan
Guong-Hui Meng, 4 dan
Iceland
All players on the EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005
Thorstein Thorsteinson, 3 dan
India
Mandish Singh, 1 dan
Abhishek Narain 1 dan (WAGC 2005,PAIR GO 2005)
Supravat Pal, 1 kyu(WAGC 2006, KPMC 2006)
Arun Sagar, 1 kyu(PAIR GO 2005)
Akanksha Narain 2 kyu
Mandeep Singh Gandhi, 5 kyu
Indonesia
Woei Haw Djap, 3 dan
Tjahyadi Lim Surya, 1 kyu (WAGC 2006 and another)
Febbiyuti Apria, 1 kyu
- Daniel Jakadewa Putra, 1 kyu (KPMC 2006)
Edison Ong, 4 kyu
Ireland
All players 5 kyu or stronger on EGF Rating list, April 2007 (corrected for nationality)
Noel Mitchell, 2 dan
Stephen Patrick Flinter, 1 dan (WAGC 2006 and 2 others)
Ian Davis, 1 dan (KPMC 2006)
Terence McSweeney, 1 kyu
Christopher Rafferty, 2kyu
Claas Roever, 2 kyu
Paul Brennan, 2 kyu
Aidan Walsh, 2 kyu
Olivier Deme, 2 kyu
John Gibson, 1 kyu
Brian Gallagher, 1 kyu
Bernard Palmer, 1 kyu
Israel
All players on EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005
Andrew Volosov, 4 dan (not on EGF Rating list)
Amir Fragman, 4 dan (KPMC 2006)
Eitan Aharoni, 3 dan (not on EGFG Rating list)
Leonid Entin, 4 dan (not on EGF Rating list)
Gregory Solganik, 3 dan (not on EGF Rating list)
Anatoly Vernik, 3 dan (WAGC 2006)
Shlomo Raikin, 1 dan
Uri Fragman, 18 kyu
Italy
There is at least one Go professional living in Italy. All dan-level players on EGF rating list, 2 June 2005, given below.
Francesco Marigo, 3 dan
Enzo Pedrini, 3 dan
Jinming He, 3 dan
Atsushi Omoji, 3 dan
Lin Yin, 3 dan
Ramon Soletti, 2 dan (KPMC 2006)
Marco Vajani, 3 dan
Yulong Chu, 2 dan
Hiroto Suzuki, 2 dan
Cristiano Garbarini, 1 dan
Carlo Nietsch, 1 dan
Marco Zita, 1 dan
Raffaella Giardino, 1 dan
Mihai-Dragos Tanasescu, 1 dan
Luca Belcastro, 1 dan
- Maurizio Vitari, 1 kyu (WAGC 2006 and another)
Japan
Yasuro Kikuchi, 8 dan
Seizo Nakazono, 8 dan
Satoshi Hiraoka, 8 dan (WAGC 2006 and 2 others, KPMC 2006)
Korea
U Dong Ha?, 7 dan (KPMC 2006)
Jae Sung Yoo, 7 dan
Mal Eun Saem Hong, 7 dan
Hong Man-ki, 6 dan (WAGC 2006)
Junghwan Kim
Latvia
All players on the EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005
Kirill Ermalovich, 5 kyu
Lithuania
All dan-level players on the EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005
Andrius Petrauskas, 3 dan
Audris Kuras, 2 dan (WAGC 2006 and another)
Albertas Petrauskas, 1 dan (KPMC 2006)
Olaf Martens, 1 dan
Donatas Ugenskas, 1 dan
Liutauras Armanavicius, 1 dan
Arturas Maciulskis, 1 dan
Giedrius Tumelis, 1 dan
Luxemburg
All players 4 kyu or better on the EGF Rating list, 15 januar 2006
Laurent Heiser, 6 dan (KPMC 2006)
Jeroen Jeurissen, 3 dan
Ngoc Cuong Nguyen, 1 dan (WAGC 2006)
Jean Brauch, 1 kyu
Ralf Hoffmann, 1 kyu
Paul Schmit, 2 kyu
Macedonia
Includes all players on the EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005
- Io Kin Peng, 5 dan (KPMC 2006)
Birol Demirov, 20 kyu
Raim Demirov, 20 kyu
Decmalov Sejnir, 20 kyu
Madagascar
Abel Rakotoarisoa, 1 dan
Manitra Harimisa Razafindrabe, 1 dan (African Oza 2006)
Tovonony Maherizo Razafindrabe, 1 dan (KPMC 2006)
- Irene Basile Rajaofetra, 1 kyu (WAGC 2006)
Jean Nepomucene Rakotondravelo, 2 kyu
Mamy Rakotoarisoa
Malaysia
Choon Huat Lee, 4 dan (KPMC 2006)
Pai Yee Chu, 4 dan
Chee Wen Chow, 3 dan
Kee Soon Tiong, 3 dan (WAGC 2006 and 2 others)
Boon Ping Teng
Mexico
Ricardo Quintero Zazueta, 5 dan (WAGC 2006 and 6 others)
Jose Chacon, 4 dan
Juan Jose Rivaud, 4 dan
Carlos Vladimiro Gonzalez Zelaya, 3 dan (KPMC 2006)
Moldova
All players on the EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005
Michael Palant, 5 dan
Mongolia
Sansar Tsolmon, 3 dan (WAGC 2006 and another, KPMC 2006)
Tungalag Ravjir
Morocco
Hatime Araki, 1 dan (KPMC 2006)
Amyn Alioua, 2 kyu (WAGC 2006)
Fouad Tehhani, 4 kyu (African Oza 2006)
Nepal
Narendra Sowal, 1 dan (WAGC 2006 and 2 others)
Netherlands
Includes all 5-dan players and better on EGF Rating List, 2 June 2005
Rob van Zeijst, 7 dan (ex-insei)
Guo Juan, 7 dan (former Chinese 5p)
Gilles van Eeden, 6 dan (not on EGF Rating List)
Geert Groenen, 6 dan (KPMC 2006)
Emil Harald Jeroen Nijhuis, 6 dan (ex-insei) (WAGC 2006 and another)
Frank Janssen, 6 dan
Michiel Eijkhout, 6 dan
Mark Boon, 6 dan
Gerald Westhoff, 6 dan
Merlijn Kuin, 6 dan
Robert Rehm, 5 dan
Filip van der Stappen, 5 dan
Willem-Koen Pomstra, 5 dan
Rudi Verhagen, 5 dan
Rene Aaij, 5 dan
Ronald Schlemper (ex-insei)
Pieter Mioch (ex-insei)
New Zealand
Ken Xie (2006 national champion)
Daniel Jung (ex-Yeonguseng)
Steve Kim, 5 dan
Shiyong Du, 5 dan
Ciaran Pearson, 5 dan (Oceania Oza 2006)
Wang Ming Yuan, 4 dan (WAGC 2006)
Graeme Parmenter, 4 dan (KPMC 2006)
Norway
All players on EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005
Jostein Flood, 5 dan
Jie-Lin Xia, 5 dan (KPMC 2006)
Pål Harald Sannes, 4 dan (WAGC 2006 and 2 others)
Fan Nian Kong, 4 dan
Morten Ofstad, 4 dan
Weiguo Sun, 4 dan
Jie-Rong Xia, 3 dan
Jie-Li Xia, 3 dan
Fredrik Dahl, 2 dan
Oystein Vestgaarden, 1 dan
HaiWei? Zhang, 1 dan
Terje Christoffersen, 1 dan
Panama
Edgar Ivan Escobar Thompson, 5 kyu (WAGC 2006 and another, KPMC 2006)
Carlos Vegas
Peru
Jorge Noriyuki Yamamoto Kina, 4 dan (WAGC 2006 and 2 others)
Sentoku Augusto Unten, 3 dan
Alberto Kohatsu, 2 dan
Pedro Miyagui Shimabukuro
Philippines
Noh Yong-Duck, 5 dan (KPMC 2006)
Poland
All players 3 dan or better on EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005
Leszek Soldan, 5 dan (ex-insei) (WAGC 2006 and 8 others)
Janusz Kraszek, 5 dan
Krzysztof Giedrojc, 4 dan
Koichiro Habo, 4 dan
Michal Bazynski, 4 dan
Janusz Chlodek, 4 dan (KPMC 2006)
Roman Pszonka, 4 dan
Jan Lubos, 4 dan
Aleksandra Lubos, 3 dan
Pawel Celejewski, 3 dan
Wojciech Woskresinski, 3 dan
Robert Zablocki, 3 dan
Portugal
Includes all players on EGF Rating list on March 3, 2006.
Jose Carlos Fernandes Raposo, 1 dan (WAGC 2006 and 4 others)
Jose Teles de Menezes, 5 kyu
Cristóvão Neto, 5 kyu
- Miguel Teles Menezes, 6 kyu (KPMC 2006)
Romania
There is at least one Go professional from Romania. Amateurs 5 dan or stronger on the EGF rating list, 2 June 2005, given below.
Cristian Gabriel Pop, 7 dan (ex-insei) (WAGC 2006 and 2 others, KPMC 2006)
Sorin Gherman, 6 dan (ex-insei) (not on EGF Rating list)
Ion Florescu, 6 dan (ex-insei)
Dragos Bajenaru, 6 dan (ex-insei)
Cornel Burzo, 6 dan
Mihai Bisca, 5 dan
Lucretiu Calota, 5 dan
Daniel Cioata, 5 dan
Constantin Ghioc, 5 dan
Lucian Deaconu, 5 dan
Bela Nagy, 5 dan
Marius Spataru, 5 dan
Russian Federation
There are two Go professionals (Hankuk Kiwon) from the Russian Federation. Amateurs 5 dan or stronger on the EGF rating list, 2 June 2005, given below.
Lee Hyuk, 7 dan
Andrej Kulkov, 6 dan
Andrei Khmyrov, 6 dan (not on EGF Rating list)
Alexey Lazarev, 6 dan (WAGC 2006 and 7 others)
Dmitriy(j?) Surin, 6 dan
Guan Liu, 6 dan
Anton Zatonskikh, 6 dan
Ilya Shikshin, 6 dan (KPMC 2006)
Ruslan Dmitriev, 6 dan (changed name from Ruslan Sajfulin)
Victor Bogdanov, 5 dan
Valerij Solovjev, 5 dan
Oleg Mezhov, 5 dan
Rustam Sakhabutdinov, 5 dan
Dmitrij Ezhov, 5 dan
Andrej Gomenjuk, 5 dan
Andrej Cheburakhov, 5 dan
Serbia and Montenegro (formerly Yugoslavia)
All players 3 dan or better on the EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005
Mijodrag Stankovic, 5 dan (WAGC 2006 and 3 others)
Milos Bojanic, 5 dan (KPMC 2006)
Nikola Jevtic, 5 dan
Dragan Mitic, 5 dan
Zoran Jankovic, 5 dan
Dejan Krstic, 4 dan
Miodrag Mihajlovic, 4 dan
Zoran Manojlovic, 4 dan
Nenad Panic, 4 dan
Ljubisa Vasic, 4 dan
Nikola Bogdanovic, 3 dan
Misa Alimpic, 3 dan
Dejan Repac, 3 dan
Aleksandar Milosevic, 3 dan
Dusan Mitic, 3 dan
Dusan Mladenovic, 3 dan
Singapore
Say Boon Ng, 5 dan
Yee Fan Tan, 5 dan
Zhang Xiang, 5 dan (KPMC 2006)
Jia Cheng Tan, 5 dan
Chin Hwee Chua, 4 dan
Gengyang Cai, 4 dan
Zhi Yi Benson Lai, 2 dan
Ting Yu Yen, 2 dan (WAGC 2006)
Slovakia
All dan-level players, rating from 24 November 2005
Xaver Gubas, 4 dan
Miroslav Poliak, 3 dan
Peter Jadron, 3 dan
Marian Hrdina, 2 dan
Rudolf Krusina, 2 dan
Peter Petkov Karailiev, 2 dan (WAGC 2006)
Milan Jadron, 1 dan (KPMC 2006)
Vladimir Lassak, 1 dan
Miroslav Kostolansky, 1 dan
Miroslav Smid, 1 dan
Slovenia
Includes all players 4 dan or better on the EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005
Jure Klemencic, 5 dan (WAGC Rep - not on EGF Rating list)
Leopold Matoh, 5 dan (WAGC Rep - not on EGF Rating list)
Tamar Cefarin, 5 dan
Leon Matoh, 5 dan
Milan Zakotnik, 5 dan
Igor Bizjak, 5 dan
Eduard Ekart, 5 dan
Goran Siska, 4 dan
Gregor Butala, 4 dan (WAGC 2006)
Dusan Jukic, 4 dan
Mirko Rupel, 4 dan (WAGC 2006)
Bojan Rojs, 4 dan
Peter Gaspari, 4 dan
South Africa
These are all the rated dan-level players and former WAGC and KPMC representatives in South Africa (based on ratings on February 26, 2007). The list includes only South African citizens, or players residing for an extended period in South Africa:
Victor Chow, 6 dan (WAGC)
Zhou Ya, 5 dan (not SA citizen, wife of Victor Chow)
Ben Gale, 3 dan (WAGC, Inch'eon)
Cheng Lai, 3 dan
Clive Hunt, 2 dan (now living abroad)
Julius Paulu, 1 dan (WAGC 2006)
Chris Visser, 1 dan (WAGC 1997)
Konrad Scheffler, 1 dan
Tony Putnam, 1 dan (living in England)
Tristen Taylor, 1 dan
Welile Gogotshe, 1 dan
Sipho Mampe, 1 dan
Paul Edwards, 1 kyu (WAGC)
Leander Gaum, 3 kyu (KPMC 2006)
More South African Players
Spain
All Spanish dan-level players on the EGF Rating list, 1 June 2005
Kazuki Honda, 6 dan
Masaru Mikami, 6 dan
Yoshihiri Matsuo, 6 dan
Feng Mao, 4 dan
César Sánchez Muñoz, 4 dan
Antonio Moreno, 4 dan
Dimas Cabré Chacón, 3 dan
Juan Francisco "Paco" García de la Banda, 3 dan
Juan Pons Semelis, 3 dan (KPMC 2006)
Masahiro Tanabe, 3 dan
Yuanpan Lin, 3 dan
Pau Carles, 3 dan
Ignacio Manuel Cernuda Cangas, 3 dan (WAGC 2006)
Francisco Fernández Estall, 2 dan
Takashi Kiyose, 2 dan
Lingbo Wu, 2 dan
Mani Sanford, 1 dan
Tsutomu Watanabe, 1 dan
Javier Fernández Villar, 1 dan
Kiichi Matsumoto, 1 dan
Dionisio Barrasa, 1 dan
Sweden
Includes all players 2 dan and better on the EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005
Michael Hongjie Yao, 5 dan (WAGC 2006, KPMC 2006)
Xiaoluo Qi, 5 dan
Martin Li, 5 dan
Harry Taari, 4 dan
Ulf Olsson, 4 dan
Magnus Kylemark, 3 dan
Erik Ouchterlony, 3 dan
Erik Ekholm, 3 dan (not on EGF Rating list)
Gustav Fahl, 3 dan
Carl-Johan Ragnarsson, 3 dan
Mats Johansson, 3 dan
Lars Willfoer, 2 dan
Magnus Persson, 2 dan
Staffan Baecklund, 2 dan
Gunnar von Arnold, 2 dan
Joergen Abrahamsson, 2 dan
Tomas Boman, 2 dan
Switzerland
All 2-dans and better on the Swiss EGF Ratings, 1 June 2005
Meyer Friedhelm, 3 dan
Patrice Gosteli, 3 dan
Xin Liu, 3 dan
Andreas Hauenstein, 3 dan
Philip Nicolet, 3 dan (not on EGF ratings)
Armel-David Wolff, 2 dan
Jiliang Xia, 2 dan
Adrian Zweig, 2 dan
Josef (Joseph?) Renner, 2 dan
Sebastien Koch, 2 dan
Patrick Gerold Grueter, 2 dan (WAGC 2006 and another)
Ezzat Ahmed, 2 dan
Fei Wang, 2 dan
Umehara Kaoru, 2 dan
- Lorenz Trippel, 1 dan (KPMC 2006)
Tahiti (French Polynesia)
- Sthephane Fouchereau, 4 kyu (KPMC 2006)
Thailand
Kosa Areeya, 6 dan
Korsak Chairasamisak, 5 dan
Husdin Aekasinghachai, 5 dan
Rit Bencharit, 5 dan (WAGC 2006 and another)
Veerachote Ngam Jarassrivichai, 5 dan
Ruechagorn Trairatananusorn, 4 dan (KPMC 2006)
Sarawut Kaiphanlert, 4 dan
Supakit Charoenkul, 3 dan
Turkey
All dan-level players on the Turkish EGF Rating list, 2 May 2006
Hideo Iijima, 4 dan
Baris Efe, 2 dan
Fatih Sulak, 2 dan
Kivanc Doganay, 2 dan (WAGC 2006)
Hayri Kilic, 2 dan
Sergej Finashin, 2 dan
Selcuk Kerem Karaerkek, 2 dan
- Adem Kayatepe, 1 dan (KPMC 2006)
Mehmet Albayrak, 1 dan
Jeon-byung Wu, 1 dan
Emre Bektore, 1 dan
Ertug Akkol, 1 dan
Ukraine
All players 4 dan or better on the EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005
Dmytro Bogatskyy (Bogackij), 6 dan
Arkadij Bogatskyy (Bogackij), 5 dan
Dmytro Yatsenko (Jacenko), 5 dan
Mykhailo Galchenko, 5 dan (WAGC 2006)
Jurij Pljushch, 4 dan (KPMC 2006)
Sergej Ridzel, 4 dan
Vasilij Skochko, 4 dan
Vladimir Kokozej, 4 dan
Vitalij Caj, 4 dan
Igor Bakulin, 4 dan
Konstantin Lopatenko, 4 dan
United Kingdom
Includes all players 5 dan or better on the EGF Rating list, 2 June 2005
Yun He, 7 dan
Matthew MacFadyen, 6 dan
Li Haiou, 6 dan
Li Shen, 6 dan
Tony Goddard, 6 dan
Wenhao Li, 5 dan
Hiroshi Takamiya, 5 dan
Kaisshu Hirahara, 5 dan
Matthew Cocke, 5 dan
Edmund Shaw, 5 dan
Yoon-S Kang, 5 dan
Jon Diamond, 5 dan
Jae-kyeong Shim, 5 dan
Kim Young, 5 dan
Kiyohiko Tanaka, 5 dan
Lei Chen, 5 dan
Piers Shepperson, 5 dan
Bong-chul Kim, 5 dan
- Desmond James Cann, 5 dan (WAGC 2006 and 2 others)
- T. Mark Hall, 4 dan (KPMC 2006)
United States of America
There are at least three Go professionals from the USA, and six professional residing in the USA. List below according to the AGA rating list (dates most recent rated game). USA does not have a ranking system (players may set their own rank although tournament director have the option to prevent players from setting it artificially high) and the rating system is used to determine relative strength. The top players are normally considered 7 dan. :
Jie Li ............. 9.40 (9/1/2006)
Liu, Haifeng ........ 9.03 (9/1/2005)
Wang, Lu ............ 8.83 (2/21/2006)
Liu, Zhi Yuan ....... 8.74 (9/1/2006)
Huang, Kevin ........ 8.46 (5/1/2006)
Jeong, Jong In ...... 8.38 (9/1/2005)
Chen, Zhao Nian ..... 8.35 (9/1/2006)
Tang, Curtis ........ 8.35 (9/1/2006)
Gherman, Sorin ...... 8.32 (9/1/2006)
Feng, Zipei ......... 8.17 (2/21/2006)
Joey Hung .......... 8.28 (9/1/2006)
Lee, Jong Moon ...... 8.15 (2/21/2006)
and 8 more players rated above 8.0.
Joey Cheng Chi Hung, 8 dan (WAGC 2006)
Eric Lui, 7 dan (KPMC 2006) (this may be duplicate to a name above?)
Troy Anderson, 6 dan (ex-insei)
David Mechner, 6 dan (ex-insei)
Uruguay
Alvaro Rittatore, 2 dan
Martin Benenati Michelena, 1 kyu (WAGC 2006)
Alfonso Perez, 2 kyu
Venezuela
Alexis Ricardo Hernandez Nunez, 3 dan (WAGC 2006 and 2 others)
Javier Gonzalez, 3 dan (WAGC 2005)
Eric Pacheco, 1 kyu (WAGC 2004)
Irwin M. Hernandez, 1 kyu (WAGC 2002)
Maria Puerta, 3 kyu (KPMC 2006)
Vietnam
Trung Tin Tran, 3 dan
Mai Duy Le, 2 dan (KPMC 2006)
Hoang Nam Thang, 2 dan
Tran Chi Thanh, 2 dan (WAGC 2006)
Anh Tuan Tran, 2 dan
[100] being a resident in or holding that country's passport?
Steve Kroon: What is the difference between the two? (question refers to citizen, before it was replaced by resident)
Velobici: Many people coming to the United States obtain residency visas and live in the US for some number of years before becoming a United States citizen and therefore eligible to obtain a US passport.