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World's Top 10 Baduk Players
 
  With the foundation since 1988 of several annual Baduk world championship competitions such as Fujitsu (April, Japan), Ing' s Cup (August, Taiwan) and Dongyang Stock Cup (October, Korea), the Baduk community has started to become a global community. In these twelve years of international festivals, many Baduk stars have claimed the attention of the wider public.
Among these, Lee Chang-ho is certainly regarded as the world's best; not only within Korea, but also among Baduk fans in the entire world. But is he truly and objectively proved to be the world champion? Is there anyone who can confirm this officially? Who is the star of stars who deserves to be called the world' s No. 1 Baduk player?
To answer this question, the Baduk community needs to determine official world Baduk rankings in the name of a single international organization, as do popular world sports like Soccer, Tennis, Table tennis and Golf. But why do we need to establish official world Baduk rankings?
 
World rank No.1
Lee Chang-ho 9dan
 
First of all, the true world's best player is hard to determine due to the existence of more than one international competition. There are 6 major championships which can be called international competitions. These world championships are run in the form of tournaments, so that the winner is changed yearly. There is no way to decide among the winners of these competitions who the true world' s champion may be.
Second, the continuous attention of Baduk fans can be maintained by the annual announcement of changing rankings. By doing this, the Baduk community can spread the popularity of Baduk with fans, and also contribute to the overall development of Baduk.
Third, the world championship should be the place where fans can see the world' s top ranked players competing against each other, whereas this is not the reality. To upgrade Baduk championships from domestic celebrations to world competitions, nationalism should be put aside and the Baduk community should work together as an international community.
World championships, as currently held, determine their own seed players, so the participating players tend to be mainly from the host nation. This means that players of guest nations are underrepresented. A true world championship should at least invite seed players according to the world rankings so that the world' s best player can be determined fairly and reasonably.
To achieve this aim, the Korean Baduk Association ranks the best 10 Baduk players of the 20th century from all nations, and the best 10 players in the current year and previous years, to compare today' s best players to the best players in the past. This also shows the state of world Baduk today.
 
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