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Rin Kaiho

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Rin Kaiho, born Lin Haifeng in Shanghai on May 6, 1942, is a Taiwanese born professional Go player who has spent his career in Japan and is ranked one of the Six Supers who dominated Japanese Go across the final three decades of the twentieth century. He has won thirty four professional titles, including eight Meijin championships, five Honinbo championships and three Kisei championships, and in 2006 became the first professional in Nihon Ki-in history to reach thirteen hundred career wins.

Facts
Birth Year
1942 1
Birth Date
1942-05-06 1
Career Highlight
Won 34 Go titles across his career, ranking 7th of all time in Japan; his first title, the Meijin, came in 1965 at age 23 against the reigning champion Sakata Eio. 1
Classification
Competition Category
Individual 1
Connections

Competed In

Honinbo, Competitions
Source Wikipedia, Rin Kaiho

Plays

Go, Games
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Source Wikidata: Rin Kaiho
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1. Wikipedia, Rin Kaiho
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  • Lead sentence, birth parenthetical
    born May 6, 1942
  • Biography section, titles count
    His number of titles currently is 34, ranking him 7th of all time on the total number of titles list, tied with Norimoto Yoda.
  • Introduction
    Rin Kaihō or Lin Haifeng (Chinese: 林海峰; pinyin: Lín Hǎifēng; born May 6, 1942) is a professional Taiwanese Go player who made his name in Japan.
  • Plays: Go, Lead sentence
    is a professional Taiwanese Go player who made his name in Japan.
  • Competed In: Honinbo, Article text (competition)
    Rin would continue winning the Meijin on different occasions, along with the Honinbo, during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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