Lin Zhihan
Born in 1980-11-14 Lin, as 8 dan, is now the strongest player of the Taiwan Qiyuan.
His promotion record is:
- 2001: 1 dan
- 2001-07-08: 2 dan
- 2002-04-30: 3 dan
- 2003-05-08: 4 dan
- 2003-12-30: 5 dan
- 2004-09-16: 6 dan
- 2004-12-21: 7 dan
- 2007-05-05: 8 dan
Source: http://www.taiwango.org.tw/info.asp
In 2008 Lin Zhihan defeated Chen Shien 3-2 in 7th Taiwan Tianyuan, 2-1 in 1st Taiwan Qisheng and 3-1 in 4th Guoshou.
Lin won also the 8th (2009) Taiwan Tianyuan, defeating Chen Shien 3-2.
Hyperpapeterie: What justifies saying he is the strongest? Zhou Junxun seems like one obvious contender.
valerio: The list of complete games between Lin Zhihan and Chen Shien is on an italian blog ( http://valeriosampieri.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!9A59FBB933BD0668!588.entry).
Lin's record for 2008 is 56-20 (as of 2008-10-10: the higher number of wins in the world; Lee Changho has 53-15). Lin and Chen will compete in the finals for Guoshou Title (2008-10-30) and Zhonghuan (2008-11-06), also. Zhou Junxun don't compete in 2008 domestic tournaments (
http://igo-kisen.hp.infoseek.co.jp/taiwan.html).
Please, correct my very bad English.