Mingjiu Jiang
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Mingjiu Jiang is a Chinese
Chinese people
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 professional Go
Go (board game)
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 player
Go players
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Biography

Mingjiu became 6 dan in 1982, and 7 dan in 1987. He has played for the Zhongguo Qiyuan
Zhongguo Qiyuan
Zhongguo Qiyuan is an official agency responsible for board games and card games such as go, bridge, chess and Chinese chess affairs under the All-China Sports Federation of the People's Republic of China...

, but currently resides in and represents the United States of America. He has represented North America in several international competitions; in 2010 he played in the Chunlan Cup
Chunlan Cup
-Outline:The Chunlan Cup is an international Go tournament sponsored and hosted by The Chunlan Group of China. 24 players are chosen as follows:*3 top players of last tournament*8 from *5 from *4 from *2 from *1 from North America*1 from Europe...

 losing to Gu Lingyi
Gu Lingyi
Gu Lingyi is a Chinese professional Go player.Lingyi became a professional in 2002. He won his first title, the South-West Qiwang, in 2007...

 in the first round. As of 2011 he is principally teaching Go, so far he has published two books on the game.

California
California
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 State Senator
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 Leland Yee
Leland Yee
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 came to the San Francisco Go Club on 18 July 2010, to present Mingjiu Jiang with a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate
California State Senate
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 in honor of the Ing Chang-ki
Ing Chang-ki
Ing Chang-ki was a Taiwan industrialist, Go player, and Go promoter. He was the founder of the Ing Cup. He is also known for inventing and promoting the Ing Rules of Go. He also promoted one of the first digital game clocks to support byoyomi.-Biography:...

 Goe
GOE
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 Foundation and their continued sponsorship of the World Youth Goe Championship. This year’s contestants are both students of Jiang and he will accompany them to Penghu for the tournament along with Paul Barchilon. There Jiang will present the Certificate to Ing Ming Hao and Yang Yu Chia of the Ing Foundation at the opening ceremonies of the tournament.

Past runners-up

Title Years Lost
Defunct 1
  North American Masters Tournament 2001
Current 1
  North American Ing Masters Tournament 2009

Past Titles

Title Years Lost
Current 1
  North American Ing Masters Tournament 2007

Publications

  • Punishing and Correcting Joseki Mistakes. (with Adam Miller) ISBN10 1-932001-14-X
  • Brighton: The International Chess Tournaments (with Guo Juan). ISBN 1-84382-141-9

External links

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