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Teen Go prodigy Nakamura to shift playing base to S. Korea

Sumire Nakamura, a 14-year-old Japanese prodigy in the ancient board game of Go, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2023, after South Korea's Go governing body approved her application to shift her playing base to South Korea, a country that has produced many world champions. (Kyodo)

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Teen Go prodigy Nakamura to shift playing base to S. Korea

Sumire Nakamura, a 14-year-old Japanese prodigy in the ancient board game of Go, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2023, after South Korea's Go governing body approved her application to shift her playing base to South Korea, a country that has produced many world champions.

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Teen Go prodigy Nakamura to shift playing base to S. Korea

Sumire Nakamura, a 14-year-old Japanese prodigy in the ancient board game of Go, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2023, after South Korea's Go governing body approved her application to shift her playing base to South Korea, a country that has produced many world champions.

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Teen Go prodigy Nakamura to shift playing base to S. Korea

Sumire Nakamura, a 14-year-old Japanese prodigy in the ancient board game of Go, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2023, after South Korea's Go governing body approved her application to shift her playing base to South Korea, a country that has produced many world champions.

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Youngest Go pro in Japan

Sumire Nakamura, the youngest-ever professional Go player in Japan aged 10, competes against Sayuri Tanemura in an informal match in Osaka on April 28, 2019. She defeated Tanemura, marking her first win since she became a pro in early April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Youngest Go pro in Japan

Sumire Nakamura, the youngest-ever professional Go player in Japan aged 10, meets the press in Osaka on April 28, 2019, after defeating Sayuri Tanemura in an informal match, marking her first win since she became a pro in early April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Youngest Go pro in Japan

Sumire Nakamura, the youngest-ever professional Go player in Japan aged 10, is pictured in Osaka on April 28, 2019, after defeating Sayuri Tanemura in an informal match, marking her first win since she became a pro in early April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Youngest Go pro in Japan

Sumire Nakamura, the youngest-ever professional Go player in Japan aged 10, is pictured in Osaka on April 28, 2019, after defeating Sayuri Tanemura (L) in an informal match, marking her first win since she became a pro in early April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Youngest Japanese Go player

Nine-year-old Sumire Nakamura takes on Choi Jeong of South Korea, the women's world Go champion, in Seoul on Jan. 23, 2019. Nakamura is set to become Japan's youngest professional player of the board game at the age of 10 on April 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's youngest pro Go player advances to Wakagoi tourney

Japan's youngest professional Go player Sumire Nakamura, 11, seen in this undated file photo, won three preliminary matches on Sept. 14, 2020, to advance to the Wakagoi Tournament's main stage. It is held for those aged 30 years or younger with the professional rank of seventh dan or lower.

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Youngest Go pro Nakamura

Undated file photo shows Sumire Nakamura, who became Japan's youngest professional Go player in April 2019 at age 10. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Youngest Go pro Nakamura awarded

Japan's youngest professional Go player Sumire Nakamura, 10, gets a suitcase as a commemorative gift after receiving an annual award from the journalist club covering Go, on Dec. 17, 2019, in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Youngest Go pro Nakamura awarded

Japan's youngest professional Go player Sumire Nakamura, 10, poses for a photo with a certificate after receiving an annual award from the journalist club covering Go, on Dec. 17, 2019, in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Youngest Go pro Nakamura awarded

Japan's youngest professional Go player Sumire Nakamura, 10, receives an annual award from the journalist club covering Go, on Dec. 17, 2019, in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Youngest Go pro Nakamura awarded

Japan's youngest professional Go player Sumire Nakamura, 10, receives an annual award from the journalist club covering Go, on Dec. 17, 2019, in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's youngest Go player Nakamura

Japan's youngest professional Go player, Sumire Nakamura, 10, plays against Chieko Tanaka, 67, in a preliminary game for the Docomo Cup in Osaka, western Japan, on July 8, 2019. Nakamura secured her 1st official victory. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's youngest Go player Nakamura

Sumire Nakamura, the youngest-ever professional Go player in Japan at age 10, attends a press conference in Osaka, western Japan, on July 8, 2019, after beating 67-year-old Chieko Tanaka (L) in a preliminary game for the Docomo Cup, her 1st official victory. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's youngest Go player Nakamura

Sumire Nakamura, the youngest-ever professional Go player in Japan at age 10, attends a press conference in Osaka, western Japan, on July 8, 2019, after beating 67-year-old Chieko Tanaka (L) in a preliminary game for the Docomo Cup, her 1st official victory. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's youngest Go player Nakamura

Sumire Nakamura, the youngest-ever professional Go player in Japan at age 10, attends a press conference in Osaka, western Japan, on July 8, 2019, after beating Chieko Tanaka, 67, in a preliminary game for the Docomo Cup, her 1st official victory. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's youngest Go player Nakamura

Japan's youngest professional Go player, Sumire Nakamura, 10, is pictured after beating Chieko Tanaka, 67, in a preliminary game for the Docomo Cup in Osaka, western Japan, on July 8, 2019, marking her 1st official victory. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's youngest Go player Nakamura

Japan's youngest professional Go player, Sumire Nakamura, 10, plays against Chieko Tanaka, 67, in a preliminary game for the Docomo Cup in Osaka, western Japan, on July 8, 2019. Nakamura secured her 1st official victory. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's youngest Go player Nakamura

Sumire Nakamura, the youngest-ever professional Go player in Japan at age 10, attends a press conference in Osaka, western Japan, on July 8, 2019, after beating Chieko Tanaka, 67, in a preliminary game for the Docomo Cup, her 1st official victory. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's youngest Go player Nakamura

Japan's youngest professional Go player, Sumire Nakamura, 10, is pictured after beating Chieko Tanaka, 67, in a preliminary game for the Docomo Cup in Osaka, western Japan, on July 8, 2019, marking her 1st official victory. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's youngest Go player Nakamura

Japan's youngest professional Go player, Sumire Nakamura, 10, is pictured after beating Chieko Tanaka, 67, in a preliminary game for the Docomo Cup in Osaka, western Japan, on July 8, 2019, marking her 1st official victory. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Youngest Japanese Go pro's int'l debut

Sumire Nakamura, the youngest-ever professional Go player in Japan at age 10, takes on China's Wang Chenxing in the preliminary round of a tournament in Beijing on May 21, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Go match between Wang Chenxing, Sumire Nakamura

Chinese Go player Wang Chenxing (L) and Sumire Nakamura, the youngest-ever professional Go player in Japan at age 10, meet in the preliminary round of a tournament in Beijing on May 21, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Go match between Wang Chenxing, Sumire Nakamura

Chinese Go player Wang Chenxing (R) and Sumire Nakamura, the youngest-ever professional Go player in Japan at age 10, meet in the preliminary round of a tournament in Beijing on May 21, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Go match between Wang Chenxing, Sumire Nakamura

Chinese Go player Wang Chenxing (R) and Sumire Nakamura, the youngest-ever professional Go player in Japan at age 10, meet in the preliminary round of a tournament in Beijing on May 21, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Youngest Japanese Go pro's int'l debut

Sumire Nakamura, the youngest-ever professional Go player in Japan at age 10, takes on China's Wang Chenxing in the preliminary round of a tournament in Beijing on May 21, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Youngest Japanese Go pro's int'l debut

Sumire Nakamura, the youngest-ever professional Go player in Japan at age 10, takes on China's Wang Chenxing in the preliminary round of a tournament in Beijing on May 21, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Youngest Japanese Go pro's int'l debut

Sumire Nakamura, the youngest-ever professional Go player in Japan at age 10, takes on China's Wang Chenxing in the preliminary round of a tournament in Beijing on May 21, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Youngest Japanese Go pro's int'l debut

Sumire Nakamura, the youngest-ever professional Go player in Japan at age 10, takes on China's Wang Chenxing in the preliminary round of a tournament in Beijing on May 21, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's new imperial era Reiwa

Sumire Nakamura, Japan's youngest-ever professional Go player at 10, throws the ceremonial first pitch before a game between the Yomiuri Giants and the Chunichi Dragons at Tokyo Dome on May 1, 2019, the first day of the country's new era, called Reiwa, under Emperor Naruhito. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's new imperial era Reiwa

Sumire Nakamura, Japan's youngest-ever professional Go player at 10, throws the ceremonial first pitch before a game between the Yomiuri Giants and the Chunichi Dragons at Tokyo Dome on May 1, 2019, the first day of the country's new era, called Reiwa, under Emperor Naruhito. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's new imperial era Reiwa

Sumire Nakamura, Japan's youngest-ever professional Go player at 10, throws the ceremonial first pitch before a game between the Yomiuri Giants and the Chunichi Dragons at Tokyo Dome on May 1, 2019, the first day of the country's new era, called Reiwa, under Emperor Naruhito. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's new imperial era Reiwa

Sumire Nakamura, Japan's youngest-ever professional Go player at 10, throws the ceremonial first pitch before a game between the Yomiuri Giants and the Chunichi Dragons at Tokyo Dome on May 1, 2019, the first day of the country's new era, called Reiwa, under Emperor Naruhito. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Youngest Go pro in Japan

Sumire Nakamura (L), the youngest-ever professional Go player in Japan aged 10, looks back at her debut game in Osaka on April 22, 2019. Nakamura lost to 16-year-old Ran Omori. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Youngest Go pro in Japan

Sumire Nakamura, the youngest-ever professional Go player in Japan aged 10, looks back at her debut game in Osaka on April 22, 2019. Nakamura lost to 16-year-old Ran Omori. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Youngest Go pro in Japan

Sumire Nakamura, the youngest-ever professional Go player in Japan, speaks after making her debut in Osaka on April 22, 2019, at 10 years, one month. She lost to 16-year-old Ran Omori. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Youngest Go pro in Japan

Sumire Nakamura, the youngest-ever professional Go player in Japan, speaks after making her debut in Osaka on April 22, 2019, at 10 years, one month. She lost to 16-year-old Ran Omori. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Youngest Go pro in Japan

Sumire Nakamura, the youngest-ever professional Go player in Japan, makes her debut in Osaka on April 22, 2019, at 10 years, one month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Youngest Go pro in Japan

Sumire Nakamura, the youngest-ever professional Go player in Japan, makes her debut in Osaka on April 22, 2019, at 10 years, one month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Youngest Go pro in Japan

Sumire Nakamura, the youngest-ever professional Go player in Japan, makes her debut in Osaka on April 22, 2019, at 10 years, one month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Youngest Go pro in Japan

Sumire Nakamura, the youngest-ever professional Go player in Japan, makes her debut in Osaka on April 22, 2019, at 10 years, one month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Young Japanese Go player Nakamura

Nine-year-old Sumire Nakamura takes on Taiwanese professional Go player Hei Jia-jia, also known as Joanne Missingham, in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2019. Nakamura is set to become Japan's youngest professional player of the board game at the age of 10 on April 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Young Japanese Go player Nakamura

Nine-year-old Sumire Nakamura takes on Taiwanese professional Go player Hei Jia-jia, also known as Joanne Missingham, in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2019. Nakamura is set to become Japan's youngest professional player of the board game at the age of 10 on April 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Young Japanese Go player Nakamura

Nine-year-old Sumire Nakamura speaks to reporters after taking on South Korean professional Go player Cho Hun Hyun in Seongnam, near Seoul, on Jan. 30, 2019. Nakamura is set to become Japan's youngest professional player of the board game at the age of 10 on April 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Young Japanese Go player Nakamura

Nine-year-old Sumire Nakamura speaks to reporters after taking on South Korean professional Go player Cho Hun Hyun in Seongnam, near Seoul, on Jan. 30, 2019. Nakamura is set to become Japan's youngest professional player of the board game at the age of 10 on April 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Young Japanese Go player Nakamura

Nine-year-old Sumire Nakamura and South Korean professional Go player Cho Hun Hyun meet the press after their game in Seongnam, near Seoul, on Jan. 30, 2019. Nakamura is set to become Japan's youngest professional player of the board game at the age of 10 on April 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Young Japanese Go player Nakamura

Nine-year-old Sumire Nakamura is lost in thought when reviewing her lost game against South Korean professional Go player Cho Hun Hyun in Seongnam, near Seoul, on Jan. 30, 2019. Nakamura is set to become Japan's youngest professional player of the board game at the age of 10 on April 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo