I&#x27;m not sure if that&#x27;s always the best way of looking at it since I think most professional dan titles are accomplishment based instead of a measurement of comparative skill.<p>That said, Europe is not the top of the world in Go playing, so while it&#x27;s notable that Fan Hui represents professional play above beating 9ds on KGS, it may still be a long slog before it can approach Chinese, Korean, or Japanese professionals.