A 12-year-old Japanese woman is readied to come to be the youngest second-dan expert gamer of the parlor gameGo
Nakamura Sumire came to be the youngest expert Go gamer in April 2019, when she was ten years old. She has actually given that been creating great outcomes.
On Monday, Nakamura, presently a first-dan gamer, beat a 48-year-old sixth-dan challenger, attaining her 10th straight win in main suits for the very first time.
The success gets rid of the 30-win need to breakthrough to the second-dan.
Japan’s Go organization, the Nihon Ki- in, claims Nakamura has actually climaxed for the youngest second-dan gamer that was made 53 years earlier.
Nakamura claimed she enjoys due to the fact that she has actually gotten to the objective while in grade school as well as promised to strive to come to be a more powerful gamer.
– NHK.
Mar 16
A 12-year-old Japanese woman is readied to come to be the youngest second-dan expert gamer of the parlor gameGo
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