Mingjiu Jiang

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Jiang (江).

Mingjiu Jiang
Full name	Mingjiu Jiang
Chinese	江鳴久
Pinyin	Jiāng Míngjiǔ
Born	July 15, 1957 (1957-07-15) (age 54) Shandong, China
Residence	China
Turned pro	1985 (full time)
Rank	7 dan
Affiliation	Zhongguo Qiyuan (1985-19??) American Go Association (19??-present)

Mingjiu Jiang (江鳴久, born July 15, 1957 in Shandong, China) is a Chinese professional Go player.^[1]

Biography

Mingjiu became 6 dan in 1982, and 7 dan in 1987. He has played for the Zhongguo Qiyuan, 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 losing to Gu Lingyi in the first round. As of 2011 he is principally teaching Go, so far he has published two books on the game.

California State Senator Leland Yee 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 in honor of the Ing Chang-ki Goe 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.^[2]

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

References

1. ^ "Mingjiu Jiang)". http://senseis.xmp.net/?JiangMingjiu. Retrieved 13 January 2011. 
2. ^ Brown, Ernest. "CA STATE SENATE AWARDS CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION TO ING FOUNDATION (via Mingjiu Jiang)". American Go Association. http://www.usgo.org/news/2010/07/. Retrieved 30 December 2010. 

External links

• GoBase Profile
• Sensei's Library Profile

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Name	Mingjiu, Jiang
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Date of birth	July 15, 1957
Place of birth	Shandong, China
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