Go Seigen
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Go Seigen in 1952 | |
| Full name | Go Seigen |
| Pinyin | Wú Qīngyuán |
| Born | June 12, 1914 Minhou County, Fujian, Republic of China |
| Died | November 30, 2014 (aged 100) Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan |
| Residence | Tokyo, Japan |
| Teacher | Segoe Kensaku (from 1928) |
| Pupil | Rin Kaiho |
| Turned pro | 1929 (given 3 dan) |
| Retired | 1983 |
| Rank | 9 dan |
| Affiliation | Nihon Ki-in |
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| Traditional Chinese | 吳清源 | ||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 吴清源 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Kanji | 呉 清源 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kana | ご せいげん | ||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 吳泉 | ||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 吴泉 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Kanji | 呉 泉 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kana | ご せん/くれ いずみ | ||||||||||||||||
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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.