I will translate it when I have time. The basic message here is that the top seats are shared by the Korean and the Chinese. Japan unfortunately becomes quite irrelevant in world stage.
It's kind of embarrassing for Japan. If their pros didn't have domestic tournaments to compete in, a lot of their pros, such as Iyama Yuta or Yamashita Keigo, wouldn't have a title to their name! Hope this changes soon.
do you have a list of Japan or china's top 20 players?
As of March 2013
Lee Sedol is still having a comfortable lead. Park Yeonghun has made big progress.
I would like to ask weather something similar exists for players from America and Europe?
Is there a place to find such a comparison of all world's players?
I was wondering if there was a place to find out world rankings, I have tried looking but cant seem to find any recent ones.
The Korean has been releasing quarterly world ranking lists since 2010. Some old information about this ranking system is available at:
http://gogameguru.com/top-20-pro-go-2010/
Some Chinese sources have the most recent list:
http://post.weiqi.tom.com/s/F2000B055714.html
I will translate it when I have time. The basic message here is that the top seats are shared by the Korean and the Chinese. Japan unfortunately becomes quite irrelevant in world stage.
It's kind of embarrassing for Japan. If their pros didn't have domestic tournaments to compete in, a lot of their pros, such as Iyama Yuta or Yamashita Keigo, wouldn't have a title to their name! Hope this changes soon.
1 Park Junghwan 9,794
2 Kim Jiseok 9,760
3 Lee Sedol 9,721
4 Park Yeonghun 9,645
5 Choi Cholhan 9,623
6 Kang Dongyoon 9,587
7 Paik Hongseok 9,568
8 Won Seongjin 9,547
9 Cho Hanseung 9,493
10 Yun Junsang 9,488
11 Lee Younggu 9,481
12 Na Hyun 9,444
13 Lee Jihyun 9,435
14 Mok Jinseok 9,421
15 Kim Seungjae 9,420
16 Ahn Seongjoon 9,419
17 Hong Seongji 9,417
18 Heo Youngho 9,393
19 Lee Donghoon 9,391
20 Kim Jeonghyun 9,384
Some changes at the top since last time.
Here is the latest Korean toplist:
http://www.baduk.or.kr/record/ranking.asp
And this is the Chinese:
http://www.qipai.org.cn/web/category/word/id/336?PHPSESSID=dmmejlcveck6l...
Although unfortunately there is no English version.
Does anyone have an idea of how strong iyama yuuta is compared to korean players?
Sorry for the year late realization, but byung sangil was 17 in march 2013?