List of top title holders in Go

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A list of the top 10 professional Go players who have won the most titles domestically and internationally. Both male and female players are included in these lists.

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[edit] World

Place
Player
Affiliation
Total
International
1st Cho Hunhyun Flag of South Korea Hanguk Kiwon 150[1] 9
2nd Lee Chang-ho Flag of South Korea Hanguk Kiwon 128[2] 18
3rd Cho Chikun Flag of Japan Nihon Ki-in 71[3] 2
4th Sakata Eio Flag of Japan Nihon Ki-in 64 0
5th Kobayashi Koichi Flag of Japan Nihon Ki-in 57[4] 1
6th Kato Masao (deceased) Flag of Japan Nihon Ki-in 46 0
7th Ma Xiaochun Flag of the People's Republic of China Zhongguo Qiyuan 40 2
8th Otake Hideo Flag of Japan Nihon Ki-in 38 1
9th-t Yoda Norimoto Flag of Japan Nihon Ki-in 34 2
9th-t Rin Kaiho Flag of Japan Nihon Ki-in 34 1

[edit] Flag of Japan Japan

Place
Player
Total
International
1st Cho Chikun 71[3] 2
2nd Sakata Eio 64 0
3rd Kobayashi Koichi 57[4] 1
4th Kato Masao (deceased) 46 0
5th Otake Hideo 38 1
6th-t Yoda Norimoto 34 2
6th-t Rin Kaiho 34 1
8th Takemiya Masaki 22 2
9th O Rissei 21 2
10th Cho U 20 2
11th-t Fujisawa Hideyuki 17 0
11th-t Ishida Yoshio 17 0

[edit] Flag of South Korea South Korea

Place
Player
Total
International
1st Cho Hunhyun 150[1] 9
2nd Lee Chang-ho 128[2] 18
3rd Kim In 26 0
4th Yoo Changhyuk 24 6
5th Rui Naiwei[5] 23 6
6th-t Lee Sedol 22 7
6th-t Cho Namchul (deceased) 22 0
7th Seo Bongsoo 21 2
8th Park Young-Hoon 10 2
9th Choi Cheol-han 7 1
10th Song Tae Kon 5 0

[edit] Flag of the People's Republic of China China

Place
Player
Total
International
1st Ma Xiaochun 40 2
2nd-t Chang Hao 27 3
2nd-t Gu Li 27 2
4th Nie Weiping 20 0
5th Zhou Heyang 12 0
6th Yu Bin 10 1
7th Liu Xiaoguang 9 0
8th-t Yang Hui 7 0
8th-t Kong Jie 7 0
10th Qiu Jun 6 0
Key

Bold indicates an active player

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Cho Hunhyun 9p Retrieved on 2007 April 20
  2. ^ a b Lee Changho 9p Retrieved on 2007 April 20
  3. ^ a b Cho Chikun 9p Retrieved on 2007 April 20
  4. ^ a b Kobayashi Koichi 9p Retrieved on 2007 April 20
  5. ^ Strongest female Go player
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