Fan Xiping and Shi Ding'an

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Fan Xiping(1709~1769) and Shi Ding'an(1710~1771) were born in Haining. They were famous friendly rivals throughout their careers and two of the leading Go players in 18th century China.

Read John Fairbairn's [ext] essay on these players and their era.

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There is also an excellent modern Chinese edition of what appears to be the complete games of Fan and Shi, two volumes each, by Ma Zheng (in Chinese). The books have the added advantage of presenting the games with on average only 20 moves per diagram.

Qi sheng Fan Xiping quan pu / Ma Zheng bian zhu 棋圣范西屏全谱 / 马诤编著 by Ma, Zheng 马诤 Beijing Shi : Ren min ti yu chu ban she, 2009 北京市 : 人民体育出版社, 2009

Qi sheng Shi Xiangxia quan pu / Ma Zheng bian zhu 棋圣施襄夏全谱 / 马诤编著 by Ma, Zheng 马诤 Beijing Shi : Ren min ti yu chu ban she, 2009 北京市 : 人民体育出版社, 2009


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