I don't know if this is what you mean, but Kyu levels are ranked lowest to highest in decreasing numbers (lower number = higher ranking) but Dan levels are rank

I don't know if this is what you mean, but Kyu levels are ranked lowest to highest in decreasing numbers (lower number = higher ranking) but Dan levels are ranked lowest to highest in increasing numbers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_ranks_and_ratings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_ranks_and_ratings