Hangul 루이나이웨이 Chinese Trad. 芮乃偉 Simp. 芮乃伟 Residence Seoul, South Korea Name Rui Naiwei | Hanja 芮乃偉 Pinyin Rank 9 dan Turned pro 1985 | |
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Affiliation China Qiyuan, American Go Association, Korea Baduk Association | ||
Professional Go Game Review 2: Rui Naiwei vs. Choi Jeong
Rui Naiwei (simplified Chinese: 芮乃伟; traditional Chinese: 芮乃偉; pinyin: Rui Naiwei; born December 28, 1963) is a Chinese professional Go player, now active in South Korea. She is probably the strongest recorded female Go player, and is the only woman to have won one of the major open go titles.
Contents
- Professional Go Game Review 2 Rui Naiwei vs Choi Jeong
- Bats lecture series rui naiwei with frozen
- Biography
- Titles runners up
- References
Bats lecture series rui naiwei with frozen
Biography
She was born in Shanghai, China, and lives in Seoul, South Korea, with her husband, Jiang Zhujiu, also a 9-dan professional. She and Jiang participate actively in Korean tournaments.
After starting to play around 1975 (at the age of 11—the age some other players go pro) she became a pro for the Zhongguo Qiyuan in 1985, being promoted all the way to 7-dan that year. She reached 9-dan in 1988, becoming the first woman ever to achieve that rank.
Leaving China in 1989, she moved to Japan. While the Nihon Ki-in did not allow her to play in any Japanese tournaments, she was able to make it to the semi-finals of the international Ing Cup in 1992. She spent several years in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, then they moved to South Korea (with the help of Cho Hun-hyeon 9-dan), where she has dominated the women's events and has won two open events, always previously won by men: the Guksu (the 43rd open Guksu title in South Korea, 1999) and the Maxim Cup (2004).
Rui's style tends to be extremely aggressive, and often characterized by large scale semeai.
Titles & runners-up
Ranks #6-t in total number of titles in Korea.
