Manfred Wimmer
Full nameManfred Wimmer
Bornc. 1944 (1944)
Austria
DiedMay 23, 1995(1995-05-23) (aged 50–51)
Vienna, Austria
Rank2 dan professional
AffiliationKansai Ki-In

Manfred Wimmer (c. 1944 – 1995) was the first Western professional Go player.

Manfred Wimmer was born in Austria in 1944. He won the European Go Championship in 1969 and 1974.[1] He became a professional shodan in the Kansai Ki-In on January 26, 1978 (shortly before James Kerwin, the American who became the second Western Go professional on February 14, 1978, in the Nihon Kiin). Wimmer was promoted to the rank of 2p the same year (though gobase.org lists him as a 1p).[2]

In 1991, he introduced the game of Go in Madagascar and, around the same time, reportedly in Kenya.[3] Wimmer died of a stroke in Vienna in 1995 while playing Go at a cafe.[4]

See also

References

  1. "European Go Congresses". European Go Federation. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  2. Gobase.org listing of Manfred Wimmer
  3. Early go in Madagascar, at South African Go Club
  4. "Obituary of Manfred Wimmer" (European Go Federation)
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