Niu Xian-Xian

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(牛 娴娴, b. 1964) Chinese 5 dan professional. She is married to Michael Redmond 9 dan. They met at a Go event when she visited Japan to see her older sister Niu Lili. They have two daughters, Yumi and Emi. Within their family, they [ext] talk in Japanese.

She and her husband are now living in Chiba City. Her older sister, Niu Li Li was Go Seigen’s amanuensis for many years. Niu Xian-Xian is thus the aunt of Nyu Eiko, Li Li’s daughter. Both sisters played and promoted Go in their native Heilongjiang Province, but both moved to Japan for Go study decades ago.

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xianxian niu michael redmond 2018 (Image credit: 0)
Niu Xian-Xian and Michael Redmond playing pair go 2018 (Image credit: Foxwq.com)

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Niu Xian-Xian and Michael Redmond playing pair go 2018 (Image credit: Foxwq.com)


(bugcat: The Perfect Weiqi Database gives her as 3p, a rank it states she achieved in 1982. Is there any source for the claim that she has advanced to 5p? The statement was in the article's original version on its creation in 2008.)


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