He's a professional 2 Dan in the Chinese Weiqi (Go) Association (source: http://gobase.org/information/players/?pp=Fan%20Hui http://gobase.org/information/playe

He's a professional 2 Dan in the Chinese Weiqi (Go) Association (source: http://gobase.org/information/players/?pp=Fan%20Hui http://gobase.org/information/players/?pp=Fan%20Hui). EGF and AGA have only just in the last couple of years started giving professional rankings, so most professionals in Europe and the US still have their professional rankings from China, Japan, or Korea, rather than European and American associations.