Fan Hui

Fan Hui
Fan Hui winning for the 5th time at the Paris Meijin in 2005
Chinese樊麾
PinyinFán Huī
Born (1981-12-27) 27 December 1981 (age 42)
Xi'an, Shaanxi, China[1]
ResidenceFrance
Turned pro1996
Rankprofessional 2 dan

Fan Hui (Chinese: 樊麾; pinyin: Fán Huī; born 27 December 1981) is a Chinese-born French Go player.[2] Becoming a professional Go player in 1996, Fan moved to France in 2000 and became the coach of the French national Go team in 2005.[3] He was the winner of the European Go Championship in 2013, 2014[4] and 2015.[5] As of 2015, he is ranked as a 2 dan professional.[5] He additionally won the 2016 European Professional Go Championship.[6]

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  2. ^ "围棋人工智能面临最后瓶颈 PK李世石看好谁？" [Who was the Go AI's final challenger?]. Sina (in Chinese). 28 January 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  3. ^ "围棋不只是中日韩争霸,"荒漠地带"蕴藏火苗" (in Chinese). Nanjing Chenbao. 28 March 2014. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  4. ^ "第26届法国围棋大会交流与文化探索夏令营规程" (in Chinese). Sina.com. 18 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  5. ^ a b 59th WeiqiTV European Go Congress (PDF), European Go Congress, retrieved 28 January 2016
  6. ^ 1st European Professional Go Championship. Accessed February 18, 2016.