KGS High Dan Players

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This is a list of players on KGS (the KGS Go Server) who are ranked there as 7 dan or higher, including pros. Generally, players rated with a ? are not considered, unless they have played a lot of games with proper handicap and haven't lost more than a tiny fraction leading to a [9d?] provisional rating.

EGF Ratings as of February 7, 2005.

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Pro Players


9 dans (including 9d? with a rank graph higher than 9d)

  • bigbadwolf is Zhi Yuan (Andy) Liu, 18yr-old AGA 8d, winner of 2006 us open, goes to freshman year at NYU-
  • bin7674 is Seok-Bin Cho, Korean 7-dan.
  • chitao, a Japanese player.
  • clsnow99
  • cxwind 9d? he defeated kirara(8p) thrice. Account shared by Chen Jia, Chinese 2-dan, and a Chinese amateur dan player.
  • cziffra is Noguchi Motoki french 7d also motoki
  • dafei is Feng Yun 9p (see above)
  • gentlerain is Jang Bi, a former Korean insei who now lives in the US.
  • ghostsai, a Korean Amateur 6d.
  • guanwh, a Chinese player. Also uses the account redpoint.
  • greenpig, Lee Min Ho from Korea. 7 dan in Europe.
  • habanero, a Japanese player.
  • HCSH a Chinese amateur 6d. Also uses the account HFL.
  • hetakasira, a Japanese player.
  • iesukujias, a Japanese player.
  • igouti, a Japanese player.
  • itouen, a Japanese player.
  • JeffChang, is Su Yang, Chinese 5d, studying in Europe right now.
  • kevin83, a Chinese Amateur 6d.
  • kmkanamono, a Japanese player..
  • laris
  • liyue is Li Yue from China, sister of Li Ang.
  • MilanMilan is Liu Yuanbo, 2p from China
  • Mfer, uses a Japanese client. Claims to be an amateur.
  • mouton112, a Chinese player.
  • mrga, a Chinese player, currently in the UK studying. Doesn't play very often, though.
  • mymy Kim Myungwan, Korean 7p; source: Alexandre Dinerchtein's commented games. According to [ext] http://notquitepro.blogspot.com/2009/05/player-profiles-kim-suengjun-9p.html , mymy is Mok Chinseok 9P -- Kim Myoung Wan denies being mymy on his own Sensei's home page.
  • Nalra
  • NeverMMore?
  • newbie1k, a Japanese player.
  • PeterPan2?
  • qsefthuko, a Chinese player.
  • RustySword is Oh Chi-Min, Korean 6d, teacher at Lee Ki Bong's International Baduk Academy.
  • sariyu, still undefeated. Says he is a Japanese 7d amateur. Some strong players think he is a top Japanese pro.
  • sars is [ext] Song Sang-min from Korea. He won the World Youth Goe Championship.
  • smallfish, Joey Hung, AGA 8-dan.
  • SmartRobot?, is Jack Jin 2p, also plays as jackJin 2p?
  • SOULDOUT, rumored to be MurakawaDaisuke.
  • shinyoung
  • tartrate, the mystery man. Was undefeated until recently.
  • thekuma?, rank graph shows strong 9 dan from July to December of 2007
  • toughguy, a Korean player.
  • unknownplr a.k.a. yipingshui is Bao Yun, Chinese 6d from Beijing.
  • Weems, reportedly a strong collegiate amateur from Japan.
  • yesniu, Chinese 5dan who lives in Shengyang. He's anywhere from 8-9d on TOM.
  • younggil, is An Younggil, Korean 6p.
  • yukinosuke, a Japanese player.
  • yukisuke Ogoshi Ichiro's younger brother.
  • yuukikki, a Japanese player. Supposedly same player as reyuu and yukinosuke.
  • zq881127, is Zhang Qian 6D player from China.
  • zwy, = frankzhang is zhang wenyao, was chinese 4p.

8 dans

  • aggressive, Kwon Hae-kwang, a Korean 7d teaching at the International Baduk Academy.
  • asizi, a Japanese player.
  • besame, a Japanese player.
  • bluegray, a Japanese player.
  • bourbon, a Japanese player.
  • Cornel is Cornel Burzo from Romania, EGF 2596.
  • denpuushi, a Japanese player.
  • elf.
  • fj is Franz-Josef Dickhut from Germany, EGF 2609.
  • folk, a Chinese player.
  • forgo is an AGA 7d.
  • HYang is Huiren Yang, Chinese 1p living in the US.
  • khuang is Ke Huang, AGA 8d
  • LeeKiBong is Prof. Lee Ki Bong, founder of the International Baduk Academy
  • lesio is Leszek Soldan from Poland, EGF 2538.
  • Maple.
  • maru16, a Japanese player.
  • matsumoto, a Japanese 6d.
  • motoki is Noguchi Motoki from Japan, currently living in France, EGF 2625.
  • nakano1515, a Japanese player.
  • papipusyu, a Japanese player.
  • premacy, a Japanese player.
  • rapyuta, a Japanese player.
  • reyuu, a Japanese player.
  • roln111, Ilja Shikshin
  • Solaris is Cristian Pop from Romania, EGF 2684.
  • Somerville is Huiren Yang 1 Dan Pro
  • sususu is is Huiren Yang 1 Dan Pro
  • syu, a Japanese player.
  • takemeba William Yang. He is famous for playing a lot of SimulGo games.
  • TheOne? is Eric Lui a young American; AGA 7.99 dan on 4/11/06.
  • Tien, Antti Törmänen, Finnish 6 dan.
  • uro, a Japanese player.
  • zl9989, a Chinese player.

7 dans

  • abel, a Japanese player.
  • achapo2.
  • AGASSI Ondrej Silt from Czechia 6D.
  • aguilar1 The famous strong player from South America (Argentina), Fernando Aguilar.
  • Ai.
  • aromo, Csaba Mérő 7d from Hungary.
  • artem92, is Artem Kachanovskyy, (date of birth : 12.12.1992), living in Rivne (Ukraine)
  • asiyanobom, a Japanese player, one of the earliest 7-dans on KGS.
  • badstyle.
  • bipolar, a Japanese player.
  • Cirilla.
  • clzj, a Chinese player.
  • comet, a Japanese player.
  • darkmage a.k.a. Arwen is Chen Zhaonian from China, living in the US, AGA 8d-
  • dra, a Japanese player.
  • fiying, a Japanese player.
  • fswb is from Brasil.
  • Galileo is from Italia.
  • genetic.
  • HipHop? is Radek Nechanicky from Czechia 6d, EGF 2581.
  • hodo2, a Japanese player.
  • jim is Lucian Deaconu from Romania, EGF 2505
  • kageura, a Japanese player.
  • kakyoin, a Japanese player.
  • kensaku.
  • kghin, a Chinese 5d, born december 1997.
  • look, a Japanese player.
  • Machi, a Chinese player, living in canada, representative for canada in 2004 wagc.
  • macisajt is Pal Balogh from Hungary, EGF 2537.
  • michigan24.
  • minue622, Min-U Kan, a korean player
  • Mimicgo. Mimicgo is not French but can speak French fluently.
  • Nasdaq is from Hong Kong, now living in Sydney.
  • nemuri, a Japanese player.
  • obaQ, a Japanese player.
  • PASSAT, a Japanese player.
  • peridot, a Japanese player.
  • Pok, an European 5d.
  • sai2004, a Japanese player.
  • sbcho. Cho SungBok?, Korean 6 dan, Speaks English, German and Korean of course.
  • schneider, a Chinese player.
  • sensei,
  • shin0330, a Japanese player.
  • shiryuu, a Japanese player.
  • simonbr from Brasil.
  • SlowLife?, a Japanese player.
  • supertjc, a Singaporean player.
  • takimiya (had a former account named Plutoh?).
  • tchinkiz.
  • toxxicu is Dragos Bajenaru from Romania, EGF 2613.
  • YaoMing?.
  • yaomng.
  • yulan, a Japanese player.
  • zaru, a Japanese player.
  • zooken, Jin Zou, Chinese player living in Germany, EGF 6dan (2630), he was German Champion 2007
  • zhy, a Chinese player.

The KGS website hosts a listing of the [ext] Top 100 KGS Players.


tderz: from [ext] http://www.seattlegocenter.org/namt/Players.php
I have not cross-checked against above list:

  • Name AGA # KGS Log On
  • Martin Mueller 5450 ExBoss? - noted Computer Go researcher (Explorer, Fuego)
  • Steve Stringfellow 2894 *dropped*
  • Seung Hyun Hong 2998 koram
  • Jung Hoon Lee 5806 jhlee
  • I-Han Lui 3616 VVV
  • Eric Lui 7673 TheOne?
  • Zhaonian Chen 11331 zchen
  • Yuan Zhou 4566 yzhou
  • Jim Huang 9827
  • Wei Chen 7944 wabbit
  • Sorin Gherman 10100 sorin
  • Jie Liang 11018 gustofgo
  • Landon Brownell 11948 LBuni - 7D youth, also chess master
  • Hosuk Yi 2042 kcaly22

Please add if you know more about these players. --Dieter
Alphabetized according to Handle (username, ID, nick).
Ratings change, which may affect usefulness.
The KGS Teachers list may be very useful for some.


On [ext] http://orb.at/top100games.html is a list of games from the last top 100 KGS players. It's generated 8 times a day (all 3hours) and there is also an archive with games from the previous months.


This is a copy of the living page "KGS High Dan Players" at Sensei's Library.
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