GO PLAYER

Go Seigen

1914 - 2014

Go Seigen

Wu Chuan (Chinese: 吳泉), courtesy name Wu Ching-yuan (Chinese: 吳清源) (June 12, 1914 – November 30, 2014), better known by the Japanese pronunciation of his courtesy name, Go Seigen (ごせいげん), was a Han Chinese master of the game of Go. He is considered by many players to have been the greatest Go player in the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Go Seigen is the most popular go player (up from 2nd in 2019), the 555th most popular biography from China (up from 574th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Go Player.

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Among GO PLAYERS

Among go players, Go Seigen ranks 1 out of 2. After him are Hon'inbō Shūsaku.

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Go Seigen
1914 - 2014
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 1
Hon'inbō Shūsaku
1829 - 1862
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 2

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Go Seigen ranks 116. Before him are George Reeves, Kirill Kondrashin, Jean-Pierre Vernant, Bernard Malamud, Eugene Nida, and Carlos Castillo Armas. After him are Bill Finger, Erich Topp, Lyman Spitzer, J. Lee Thompson, George Tabori, and Marcel Bich. Among people deceased in 2014, Go Seigen ranks 121. Before him are Huber Matos, Tommy Ramone, Ralph Waite, Alexander Shulgin, Edward Herrmann, and Ahmad Tejan Kabbah. After him are Wolfhart Pannenberg, Gloria Leonard, Abdelmajid Lakhal, Andrew V. McLaglen, Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia, and Tatiana Samoilova.

Others Born in 1914

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George Reeves
ACTOR
1914 - 1959
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 110
Kirill Kondrashin
POLITICIAN
1914 - 1981
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 111
Jean-Pierre Vernant
HISTORIAN
1914 - 2007
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 112
Bernard Malamud
WRITER
1914 - 1986
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 113
Eugene Nida
WRITER
1914 - 2011
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 114
Carlos Castillo Armas
POLITICIAN
1914 - 1957
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 115
Go Seigen
GO PLAYER
1914 - 2014
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 116
Bill Finger
COMIC ARTIST
1914 - 1974
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 117
Erich Topp
ENGINEER
1914 - 2005
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 118
Lyman Spitzer
PHYSICIST
1914 - 1997
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 119
J. Lee Thompson
FILM DIRECTOR
1914 - 2002
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 120
George Tabori
WRITER
1914 - 2007
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 121
Marcel Bich
BUSINESSPERSON
1914 - 1994
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 122

Others Deceased in 2014

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Huber Matos
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1918 - 2014
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 115
Tommy Ramone
MUSICIAN
1949 - 2014
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 116
Ralph Waite
ACTOR
1928 - 2014
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 117
Alexander Shulgin
CHEMIST
1925 - 2014
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 118
Edward Herrmann
ACTOR
1943 - 2014
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 119
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
POLITICIAN
1932 - 2014
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 120
Go Seigen
GO PLAYER
1914 - 2014
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 121
Wolfhart Pannenberg
PHILOSOPHER
1928 - 2014
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 122
Gloria Leonard
PORNOGRAPHIC ACTOR
1940 - 2014
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 123
Abdelmajid Lakhal
ACTOR
1939 - 2014
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 124
Andrew V. McLaglen
FILM DIRECTOR
1920 - 2014
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 125
Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia
POLITICIAN
1922 - 2014
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 126
Tatiana Samoilova
ACTOR
1934 - 2014
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 127