Here are a list of famous amateur weiqi players in China. Note that people stronger than 5d aren’t included.
- Mao Zedong. According to an article, Mao zedong and Zhu De played weiqi in JingGang Mountains. They were using a hand drawed paper goban, didn’t notice there were 20 lines until the end…
- General Zhu De. See above.
- General Chen Yi. He has always been carrying a small 13x13 goban with him, even when fighting on the battlefield. The CWA was founded under his help. View his game
- Ge You, comedy actor. He once said he has played weiqi all the time when he was at school. He said he only knew how atari works, didn’t know a single joseki, but it was really fun.
- Li Yapeng, the most unwelcomed actor in China because of his lousy acting skills and bad-mannered-kinda personality. He was chosen for the 2004 weiqi propagator by CWA.
- Gao Feng or someone else, Pro soccer player. I’m not a soccer fan so I don’t remember his name, but word has it that he often went to Weiqi pro’s apartment to ask for 9h teaching games…
- Li Guyi, singer. Rumor has it that she is also a fan of weiqi. Evidence needed.