1. Chen Zude, a Chinese Go professional nine-dan player.

Chen Zude was a leading figure in Chinese Go in the 1960s and 1970s. He was not only the first Chinese chess player to defeat the Japanese professional 9th ??Dan, but also the first president of the Chinese Chess Academy.

Chen Zude has made groundbreaking achievements in Go. During the Chinese Go delegation's visit to Japan in 1965, Chen Zude launched his new Go layout in actual combat, which received a huge response. The Go community calls Chen Zude's new layout "Chinese style". Its advantages are fast speed and high winning rate, and it later became the most popular new layout in the world. Therefore, people call Chen Zude the founder of "Chinese flow layout".

2. Nie Weiping, a Chinese Go professional nine-dan player.

Nie Weiping has the title of "Chess Saint" at 9th Dan. This is also the only title of "Chess Saint" among Chinese people so far. He obtained the title of "Chess Saint" thanks to his participation in the Sino-Japanese Go Tournament. At that time, Nie Weiping's eleven consecutive victories against Japanese super masters greatly inspired the Chinese people's national self-confidence and love for Go. Therefore, there was an unprecedented "Go fever" in the country.

Between 1975 and 1979, Nie Weiping won all the domestic championships, which was called the "Nie Weiping Era". In 1998, Nie Weiping founded the Nie Weiping Go Dojo and made great contributions to the development of Chinese Go. Nie Weiping also trained some outstanding national Go players. He recruited many disciples, such as world champion Chang Hao, Gu Li, Kong Jie, Tan Xiao and others all came from Nie Weiping's disciples.

3. Chang Hao, a Chinese Go professional nine-dan player.

Learned chess at the age of 6, joined the Shanghai team at the age of 8, and was selected for the national youth training team at the age of 10. He has won the first and third National Chess Cup Go Championships, the fifth World Youth Go Championship, and the 12th World Amateur Go Championship.

Nie Weiping's eldest disciple and Ying's Cup champion. After Ma Xiaochun gradually faded away, Chang Hao took the lead alone. From 1998 to 2005, he created his own dynasty and won the sixth place in the world.

4. Gu Li, a Chinese Go professional nine-dan player.

He started learning Go at the age of 6. He joined the Chongqing Go team at the age of 12. In 1995, he entered Duan and was selected for the National Youth Go team. At the end of 1997, he studied under Nie Weiping. In 2006, he won the first Go world championship in his career in the 10th LG Cup World Go Championship; in 2007, he won the Chunlan Cup World Professional Go Championship, leaving the Chunlan Cup in China for the first time;

In 2008, he won the Fujitsu Cup World Go Championship, successfully ending South Korea's record of ten consecutive Fujitsu Cup championships; in 2009, he won the 4th Toyota Cup World Go Championship, the 13th LG Cup World Go Championship, and the 1st BC Credit Card Cup. Won three championships in the World Go Open;

On December 10, 2010, he won his seventh world championship in the 15th Samsung Cup World Go Open; on June 3, 2015, he won the championship in the 15th Samsung Cup World Go Open. Won the world championship again in the 10th Chunlan Cup, becoming the "eight crown champions" of the world Go.

5. Ke Jie, a Chinese Go professional nine-dan player.

In his weak year, he has already won four championships. He is truly the number one person in the world and the number one person in ancient and modern times. He is also the favorite player among chess fans. Beginning in 2015, Ke Jie surpassed Park Ting-hwan to become the world's number one.

Up to now, Ke Jie has won 22 consecutive victories against human masters after the war between man and machine. Ke Jie is upright, speaks directly, dares to tell the truth, has high chess skills, good looks, and most importantly, a good temper. Known as the most outstanding chess player after Wu Qingyuan and Li Changhao.