Chinese Go playerIn this Chinese name, the family name is Ma.

Ma Xiaochun (simplified Chinese: 马晓春; traditional Chinese: 馬暁春; pinyin: Mǎ Xiǎochūn; born 26 August 1964) is a Chinese professional Go player.

Biography

Ma was born in Zhejiang, China. He began playing Go at the age of nine and was awarded 7 dan rank in 1982. In 1983, Ma was promoted to 9 dan. He visited *an in 1982 and later won the World Amateur Go Championship in 1983. Ma won the 2nd Mingren *le in 1989 and successfully defended it for thirteen straight years, second most behind Cho Hunhyun's sixteen Paewang *les.

*les and runners-up

As of 1 May 2019

Ranks #1 in total number of *les in China.

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