Professional Go Associations
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There are a number of professional go associations that confer professional ranks upon qualified individuals. These include:
- Hankuk Kiwon (Republic of Korea)
- Taiwan Qiyuan (Taiwan)
- Zhongguo Qiyuan (People's Republic of China)
Japan
- Nihon Ki-in (Japan)
- Kansai Ki-in (Japan)
- Other Professional Go Associations in Japan (historical associations)
Professional go players organisations in the West
- American Professional Go Association (defunct)
- EuroGoPro Initiative (defunct)
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US Pro System (information is still coming in--the announcement was made Dec 26th, 2011)
The International Go Federation includes some of the above organizations as members.