Who's who of Go Ratings

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Want a quick crash course in the top rated players of current professional Go?

Here are the biggest dogs on the block, according to Go Ratings. Each name is linked to a Sensei’s Library article.

The point is not to argue over whether player #1 is really better than #2, but rather to become aware of the existence of both players and their accomplishments.

China:

#1 Ke Jie
#2 Gu Zihao
#3 Mi Yuting
#4 Ding Hao
#5 Yang Dingxin
#6 Fan Tingyu
#7 Li Xuanhao
#8 Dang Yifei
#9 Xie Ke
#10 Lian Xiao

Honourable mention to Tang Weixing, Ing Cup champion

Japan:

#1 Ichiriki Ryo
#2 Iyama Yuta
#3 Kyo Kagen (born in Taiwan)
#4 Yo Seiki (born in Taiwan)
#5 Shibano Toramaru
#6 Ida Atsushi
#7 Onishi Ryuhei
#8 Yamashita Keigo
#9 Cho U (born in Taiwan)
#10 Takao Shinji
#11 Murakawa Daisuke
#12 Hirata Tomoya
#13 Seto Taiki

Honourable mention to Seki Kotaro, Tengen, who’s probably underranked.

Korea:

#1 Shin Jinseo
#2 Park Junghwan
#3 Byun Sangil
#4 Lee Donghoon
#5 Kim Jiseok
#6 Weon Seongjin
#7 Kang Dongyun
#8 Shin Minjun
#9 Kim Myounghoon (possiibly no article)
#10 Park Yeonghun

Taiwan:

#1 Xu Haohong
#2 Lin Junyan
#3 Wang Yuanjun
#4 Chen Qirui
#5 Lai Junfu
#6 Lin Lixiang
#7 Xiao Zhenghao
#8 Zhou Junxun
#9 Lin Shixun
#10 Jian Jingting

China (female):

#1 Yu Zhiying
#2 Zhou Hongyu
#3 Lu Minquan
#4 Wang Chenxing
#5 Li He
#6 Tang Jiawen
#7 Wang Yubo
#8 Fang Ruoxi
#9 Rui Naiwei
#10 Wang Shuang

Japan (female):

#1 Fujisawa Rina
#2 Ueno Asami
#3 Nakamura Sumire
#4 Suzuki Ayumi
#5 Xie Yimin (born in Taiwan)
#6 Nyu Eiko (born in Japan to Chinese parents)
#7 Okuda Aya
#8 Aoki Kikuyo
#9 Mishima Hibiki
#10 Jo Bunen (born to a Chinese professional mother)
#11 Mukai Chiaki
#12 Hoshiai Shiho
#13 Takao Mari

Korea (female):

#1 Choi Jung
#2 O Yujin
#3 Cho Seunga
#4 Kim Eunji
#5 O Jeonga
#6 Kim Cheayoung
#7 Kim Yoonyoung
#8 Cho Hyeyeon
#9 Kim Hyemin
#10 Lee Minjin

Taiwan (female):

#1 Hei Jiajia (Joanne Missingham)
#2 Lu Yuhua
#3 Yang Zixuan
#4 Lin Yiting
#5 Yu Lijun
#6 Gao Yun
#7 Yang Mengyun
#8 Bai Xinhui
#9 Zhang Kaixin
#10 Zhang Zhengping

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Looks like this was created around 17 Apr., 2022, for anyone from the future wanting a look into the past status of top professionals of different countries. (@bugcat I would welcome a more accurate date if you have one)

EDIT:

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It was the 18th in the UK, or at least that’s what OGS says to me.

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Highest rated players of the Kansai Ki-in

(20th April, UK time)

#1 Yo Seiki
#2 Murakawa Daisuke
#3 Seto Taiki
#4 Sada Atsushi
#5 Yuki Satoshi
#6 Hon Akiyoshi
#7 Nishi Takenobu
#8 U Boi
#9 Tanaka Koyu
#10 Fujii Shuya

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Time for the most obscure category: female players of the Kansai Ki-in. The tenth highest rated female Kansai K. player is ranked #857 of the 903 professionals Go Ratings tracks.

Still 20th April.

Warning: some of these articles are amongst the lowest-effort on Sensei’s. I made those sloppy articles, so I can say that.

  1. Mishima Hibiki
  2. Takayama Befumi
  3. Nishiyama Shizuka
  4. Yoshida Mika
  5. Iwata Saeka
  6. Tatsumi Akane
  7. Konishi Kazuko
  8. Tamura Chiaki
  9. Inaba Karin
  10. Sakakibara Fumiko
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Highest rated players thirty years old or older.

(now the 21st)

It’s an even mix of Iyama, Korean top ten pros, and Chinese pros around the Chinese #10–#20 range.

The oldest people on this list were born in 1985.

  1. Tuo Jiaxi
  2. Iyama Yuta (highest rated player born before the 90s)
  3. Kim Jiseok
  4. Weon Seongjin
  5. Jiang Weijie
  6. Peng Liyao
  7. Kang Dongyun
  8. Chen Yaoye
  9. Park Yeonghun
  10. Shi Yue

Last time I checked, Yamashita Keigo (44 yo) was the top rated player at / over forty, and he also seemed to be backing that status up with good tournament results. Right now he’s #102.

The other big players of 2000s Japan: Cho U (#109, 42 yo) and Takao Shinji (#111, 46 yo) aren’t far behind him.

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Highest rated women at / over thirty.

  1. Wang Chenxing
    ? Li He (?) (all we have is “born 1992”)
  2. Rui Naiwei (amazingly still the highest rated woman born before the 90s, despite being almost 60 yo)
  3. Kim Yoonyoung
  4. Cho Hyeyeon
  5. Kim Hyemin
  6. Lee Minjin
  7. Suzuki Ayumi
  8. Xie Yimin
  9. Park Jiyeon
  10. Tang Yi
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OK, because I’m bored:

Let’s finally try to list the top ten highest rated players at or over forty years old.

Just as none of the top ten 30+ pros are over 40, none of the top ten 40+ pros are over 50.

So who is the top rated 50+ player? Either Cho Hunhyun or someone rated above him, in the current range #174 to #251. It’s probably Cho: the obvious suspects are all ranked below him. I’m not going to try to make a 50+ list, since the workload would be too large with my current methods.

April 23 UK time.

  1. Yamashita Keigo
    (hon. mention to Gu Li, 40 next February, currently slightly above Yamashita)
    (hon. mention to Lee Sedol, retired, 40 next March)
  2. Cho U
  3. Takao Shinji
    (hon. mention to Cho Hanseung, 40 in November)
  4. Lee Changho
  5. Luo Xihe
    (hon. mention to Kong Jie, also 40 in November)
  6. Kono Rin
  7. Han Chongjin
  8. Chang Hao
  9. Hane Naoki
  10. Zhou Junxun
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Takao’s rating’s improved. He’s overtaken Cho U and Yamashita, and now he’s only one place and one point outside of the World Top 100.

Can he become the oldest top hundred player?