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Wu Qingyuan (born May 19, 1914) known to the world as the Japanese Go
Seigen, is considered the greatest player of the game of go in the 20th
century.
He was born in Fujian province, in China, and moved to Japan in 1928.
When he naturalized as a Japanese citizen, he used the name Go Izumi (吳泉
pronounced in Japanese.) He later returned to his old name. His surname 吳
(pinyin Wu2) reads the same as 碁 in Japanese. As a result, some Japanese
said he was born to play go. Go Seigen is commonly considered to be among
the best to have ever played the game: "[Go Seigen] is one of three go
players who will still be famous several hundred years from now. The other
two are Dosaku (1677-1702) and Shusaku (1829-1862).
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