Professional Players of Taiwan
List of professional players at the Taiwan Qiyuan as of December 2009.
- 9 dan; Zhou Junxun; Lin Zhihan; Chen Shien
- 8 dan; Lin Shengxian
- 7 dan: Dai Jiashen; Peng Jinghua; Xiao Zhenghao (winning the 9th Taiwan); Lin Shuyang.
- 6 dan: Chen Yongan; Zhou Kuihong; Yoo Kyeongmin; Xia Daming; Huang Xiangren.
- 5 dan: Yang Zhide; Chen Guoxing; (Chen Guoxing is no longer member of the Taiwan Qiyuan); Jian Lichen; Zhou Keping; Zhou Pingqiang; Hei Jiajia; Chen Changqing (retired in 1991)
- 4 dan: Chen Yida; Liu Yaowen; Lin Lixiang; Zhang Zhehao; Zhou Yinnan; Zhang Kaixin; Lin Yuxiang; Lin Xiuping; Wang Yuanjun; Yang Mengyun.
- 3 dan: Chen Shi (retired); Chen Yixiang; Liao Guanhong; Chen Feng; Zhao Peizhe; Lin Junyan; Ding Shaojie.
- 2 dan: Rao Ruiyong; Fan Yangbo; Qin Shi; Chen Qiulong; Cai Wenhe (no member of the Taiwan Qiyuan); Zhang Huaiyi; Wang Xuechuan (no member of the Taiwan Qiyuan); Zhang Zhengping; Huang Chengyi; Chen Xi; Wei Haoting; Yu Zhengqi; Wang Yunzhong; Chen Guanwei; Zhang Yuanrong; Xu Changzheng; Wang Xiangjie; Ye Hongyuan; Su Shengfang; Chen Qingyu; Hsia Hsien Yu
- 1 dan: Li Kuihan; Liu Jianchang; Gou Yubang (no member of the Taiwan Qiyuan); Dong Yutang; Dang Xiyun; Yu Chengrui (no member of the Taiwan Qiyuan); Li Jingbin; Chen Huimin (no member of the Taiwan Qiyuan); Chen Yongqi (no member of the Taiwan Qiyuan); Chen Mingjin (no member of the Taiwan Qiyuan); Xiao Ailin; Lin Ziyuan; Li Zhenxiong; Yao Zhiteng (declined promotion to professional status; he is Insei at the Nihon Ki-in); Peng Zunde; Yang Bowei; Lin Tingyi; Huang Yancheng; Lin Shixun(professional status from 2012-01-01); Lin Jiehan (professional status from 2012-01-01); Gao Yun (professional status from 2012-01-01); He Chengwei (professional status from 2012-01-01).
Taiwanese professional players, playing in Japan (in brackets, Chinese names in Mandarin):
- 9 dan: Cho U (Zhang Xu), Rin Kaiho (Lin Haifeng), O Rissei (Wang Licheng), O Meien (Wang Mingyuan), Tei Meiko (Zheng Minghuang), Yo Kagen (Yang Jiayuan), Ko Mosei (Huang Menzheng)
- 8 dan: Yo Kaei (Yang Jiarong)
- 7 dan: Tei Meiki (Zheng Mingqi), Han Zenki (Pan Shanqi), Cho Riyu (Zhang Liyu), Ko Iso, Rin Shien (Lin Ziyuan), Ri Ishu (Li Yixiu), Rin Kanketsu (Lin Hanjie)
- 6 dan: Cho Rosho (Kansai Kiin: Zhang Luxiang), Kaku Kyushin (Guo Qiuzhen), Yo Ho (previously know as Ko Iun?: Xiong Feng)
- 5 dan: Xie Yimin
- 4 dan: O Yuinin (Wang Weiren)
- 1 dan: Han Kunyu (Pan Kunyu), O Keii (Wang Jingyi), Cho Chien
valerio: Some players are no more members of Tianyuan Qiyuan (Zhou Junxun, Peng Jinghua, Zhou Pingqiang) A more complete list, including also other taiwanese players, with names in kanji, is at italian blog http://valeriosampieri.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!9A59FBB933BD0668!712.entry
This list contais 34 players 2 dan and over (a second incomplete list contains 31 players under 2 dan).
valerio: now the links for 2 dan's and 1 dan's player don't work, because the Taiwan Qiyuan changed this page. Some players are now members of a new Taiwanese association, now called Zhongguo Weiqi Hui (the name was changed several times). A more complete list of 79 taiwanese players is here
valerio: in 2009-11, 12 professional players retourned to Taiwan Qiyuan