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| | FOCUS: Top female Chinese ''go'' player snubbed by Japan. - Journal, Magazine, Article, Periodical |
 | | In 1990, two years after becoming the first female go player in the world to earn the rank of 9-dan, Rui Naiwei left her homeland, China, for Japan, hoping to take on top Japanese professional players. |
 | | Rui, 38, never had a chance to realize her wish, let alone an opportunity to take part in any official professional go tournaments in Japan. |
 | | In fact, the only professional encounter she ever had with a high-ranking Japanese go player took place in Taiwan, when she came up against Hideo Otake, also a 9-dan, in the semifinals of the Ying Changqi Cup, a world go tournament held every four years. |
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