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From: vu0112@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Cliff Joslyn)
Newsgroups: sci.lang,sci.psychology,rec.games.go
Subject: Re: kyu?
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Date: 31 Mar 88 03:25:29 GMT
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In article <1046@cod.NOSC.MIL> jscosta@cod.NOSC.MIL (Joseph S. Costa) writes:
>In article <1257@PT.CS.CMU.EDU>, dai@FAS.RI.CMU.EDU (Dai Feng) writes:
>> I know go players are rated by dans, but never heard of the rating kyu. What
>> does kyu mean, especially relative to dan? 

My understanding is that, roughly, dan means "black belt," whereas kyu
means "below black belt." Numerically, go rankings are on a scale from
-30 to about 8 or 9, where below zero is kyu, and above 0 is dan. 
People who don't know the rules are 30 kyu, a weak ametuer is about 15
kyu.  I'm a 5 kyu, which is a low- to mid-level player.  I try to play
dan players whenever I get a chance. 

To Dai, the above are all ametuer rankings.  Professional rankings are
completely different: *much* stronger.  There are no professional kyu
rankings.  To the net: who knows how many stones say a 5-dan
professional would give a 5-dan ametuer?

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