Kansai Ki-in facts for kids
The Kansai Ki-in (関西棋院, i.e., Kansai Go Association) is an organization for the game of Go in Japan, which was founded in 1950 at Osaka. It is not as large as the Nihon Ki-in based in Tokyo, but it also gives diplomas to strong players and maintain their professional player system as the Nihon Ki-in does. They also hire professional players as same as the Nihon Ki-in (with different rules and age restrictions).
Famous players at Kansai Ki-in
- Daisuke Murakawa
- Dogen Handa (1915-1974)
- Hideyuki Sakai
- Manfred Wimmer (born in Austria)
- Satoshi Yuki
- Shoji Hashimoto (1935-2009)
- Utaro Hashimoto (1907-1994, founder of Kansai Ki-in)
Female players
Related pages
- All Japan Student Go Federation
- American Go Association
- British Go Association
See also
In Spanish: Kansai Ki-In para niños
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