The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun
Go phenom Nakamura makes history with 3rd dan
Teenage professional Go player Sumire Nakamura was promoted to third dan at the age of 13 years and 7 months, the youngest female on record in the Nihon Kiin, on Oct. 14.
Within the Nihon Ki-in, an association promoting Go games to which Nakamura belongs, her record is second only to 66-yearold South Korean national Cho Chi-hun, who was promoted at 13 years and 4 months and holds the title of Honorary Meijin. Nakamura also overtook the previous female record owner Hsieh Yi-min, a seventh-dan player from Taiwan, at 16 years and 4 months.
Nakamura won two consecutive
games against sixth-dan holder Yao Zhi-teng and second-dan holder Taishin Takei on Oct. 13 in the preliminary round of the 2nd Teikei Cup Shunei Tournament held at the Nihon Ki-in in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo. She has achieved 40 wins in o cial tournaments since her promotion to second dan in March 2021, thus ful lling the requirements to go up to the next rank. She was promoted to third dan only 1 year and 7 months a er her previous promotion. (Oct. 15)