Hans Pietsch (Go player)
German Go player
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Hans Reinhard Pietsch (September 27, 1968 ~ January 16, 2003) was a German Go player, one of the few European-born to have been promoted to the professional levels.
- ハンス・ピーチ (Japanese)
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| Full name | Hans Reinhard Pietsch |
| Born | September 27, 1968 Bremen, Germany |
| Died | January 16, 2003 (aged 34) Amatitlán, Guatemala |
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| Teacher | Satoru Kobayashi, Chizu Kobayashi |
| Rank | 6 dan (posthumously) |
He was born in 1968, in Bremen, Germany. He began playing Go at the age of 12. In 1990 he became the first German insei at the Nihon Ki-in and was promoted to professional 1-dan in 1997. He was then promoted to 4-dan in 2000. On January 16, 2003, during a tour in Guatemala to promote Go he was confronted by armed robbers and was shot. He later died from his wound at a local hospital. The Nihon Ki-in posthumously promoted him to the rank of 6-dan.
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