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Fitrah on the move
Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2023 8:57 am
by John Fairbairn
Rafif Shidqi Fitrah, just turned 22, has rewarded faith in him in the Nihon Ki-in's scheme of special recommendations for foreigners. He was thus made 1-dan in 2020 but has now progressed to 2-dan on the basis of winning 30 games.
Fitra was born in Indonesia but was brought up in Japan, where is father is an engineer.
Re: Fitrah on the move
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2023 8:04 am
by Ferran
John Fairbairn wrote:Rafif Shidqi Fitrah [...]has now progressed to 2-dan on the basis of winning 30 games.
Something just clicked as I checked SL. He's
self taught? I'm officially impressed.
Take care
Re: Fitrah on the move
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2023 11:23 am
by gowan
Was he accepted on the basis of test games with selected pros or winning high level amateur tournaments?
Re: Fitrah on the move
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2023 4:38 am
by Elom0
gowan wrote:Was he accepted on the basis of test games with selected pros or winning high level amateur tournaments?
As far as I'm aware, it's winning over half of your games in the open professional exam.