Go Seigen

"Wu Qingyuan" redirects here. For international women's Go tournament, see Wu Qingyuan Cup.

In this article, the surname is Wu (Go).

Go Seigen

Go Seigen in 1952
Personal information
Native name	Wú Qīngyuán (Pinyin)
Full name	Go Seigen
Born	(1914-06-12)June 12, 1914 Minhou County, Fujian, Republic of China
Died	November 30, 2014(2014-11-30) (aged 100) Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Sport
Turned pro	1929 (given 3 dan)
Retired	1983
Teacher	Segoe Kensaku (from 1928)
Pupil	Rin Kaiho
Rank	9 dan
Affiliation	Nihon Ki-in

Go Seigen
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	吳清源
Simplified Chinese	吴清源
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wú Qīngyuán Wade–Giles Wu Ch'ing-yüan Southern Min Hokkien POJ Ngô͘ Chheng-goân Eastern Min Fuzhou BUC Ngù Chĭng-nguòng
Japanese name
Kanji	呉 清源
Kana	ご せいげん
Transcriptions Romanization Go Seigen

Wu Quan
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	吳泉
Simplified Chinese	吴泉
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wú Quán Wade–Giles Wu Ch'üan Southern Min Hokkien POJ Ngô͘ Choân Eastern Min Fuzhou BUC Ngù Ciòng
Japanese name
Kanji	呉 泉
Kana	ご せん/くれ いずみ
Transcriptions Romanization Go Sen/Kure Izumi

Wu Chuan (Chinese: 吳泉), courtesy name Wu qing-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 Chinese-Japanese master of the game of Go. He is considered by many players to have been the greatest Go player in the 20th century.