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Choi Myunghoon
Choi Myung-hoon (born May 12, 1975) is a professional Go player Player may refer to: Role or adjective * Player (game), a participant in a game or sport ** Gamer, a player in video and tabletop games ** Athlete, a player in sports ** Player character, a character in a video game or role playing game who is .... Biography Choi was promoted to 9 dan in 2004. In 2000, he won his first and only title, the LG Refined Oil Cup. Titles & runners-up External linksGoBase Profile Living people 1975 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. South Korea claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and List of islands of South Korea, adjacent islands. It has a Demographics of South Korea, population of 51.75 million, of which roughly half live in the Seoul Capital Area, the List of metropolitan areas by population, fourth most populous metropolitan area in the world. Other major cities include Incheon, Busan, and Daegu. The Korean Peninsula was inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Its Gojoseon, first kingdom was noted in Chinese records in the early 7th century BCE. Following the unification of the Three Kingdoms of Korea into Unified Silla, Silla and Balhae in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanguk Kiwon
The Korea Baduk Association, also known as Hanguk Kiwon (), was founded in November 1945 by Cho Namchul. Baduk is a game which was present in Korea by the 5th century. It originated in China, but the West is more familiar with the Japanese name Go. This is because the Japanese were the first to introduce it to the West. Japan was introduced to the game in the 7th century AD. Initially, most Korean players followed the sunjang style of beginning by placing sixteen stones —eight white and eight black— on the board in a preset pattern. Cho Namchul knew that the international players began with an empty board like Japan since Japan was the first to introduce the game to the West. By forming the association, he set about convincing Koreans players to use the "modern" style. The Hanguk Kiwon is the Go organization that oversees Go professionals in South Korea. It issues official diplomas for strong players and organizes tournaments for professionals. See also * International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Go (board Game)
Go is an abstract strategy board game for two players in which the aim is to surround more territory than the opponent. The game was invented in China more than 2,500 years ago and is believed to be the oldest board game continuously played to the present day. A 2016 survey by the International Go Federation's 75 member nations found that there are over 46 million people worldwide who know how to play Go and over 20 million current players, the majority of whom live in East Asia. The playing pieces are called stones. One player uses the white stones and the other, black. The players take turns placing the stones on the vacant intersections (''points'') of a board. Once placed on the board, stones may not be moved, but stones are removed from the board if the stone (or group of stones) is surrounded by opposing stones on all orthogonally adjacent points, in which case the stone or group is ''captured''. The game proceeds until neither player wishes to make another move. When ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Go Players
This article gives an overview of well-known professional and amateur players of the board game Go throughout the ages. The page has been divided into sections based on the era in which the Go players played and the country in which they played. As this was not necessarily their country of birth, a flag of that country precedes every player's name. For a complete list of player articles, see :Go players. The important dates that this separation is based on are: * The establishment of the Four go houses at the start of the Tokugawa Shogunate. * The demise of the houses in the Meiji Period (end 19th century) followed by their replacement by the Nihon Kiin in 1924. * The start of international tournament Go in 1989 A Japanese census on Go players performed in 2002 estimates that over 24 million people worldwide play Go, most of whom live in Asia. Most of the players listed on this article are professionals, though some top level amateurs have been included. Players famous for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LG Refined Oil Cup
The GS Caltex Cup (Korean: GS칼텍스배) is a Go competition. Outline The GS Caltex Cup replaced the LG Refined Oil Cup. It is organized by the ''Maeil Business Newspaper'', Maeil Broadcasting Network (MBN), and Korea Baduk Association, and sponsored by GS Caltex. It currently has the biggest prize in South Korea. As of 2023, the winner receives 70 million won in prize money, and the runner-up receives 30 million won. The final is a best-of-5. Komi is 6.5 points and the time limit is 10 minutes main time with 3 x 40s byoyomi A time control is a mechanism in the tournament play of almost all two-player board games so that each round of the match can finish in a timely way and the tournament can proceed. Time controls are typically enforced by means of a game clock, .... Past winners and runners-up References External links Sensei's LibraryGo to Everyone!Korea Baduk Association(in Korean) {{DEFAULTSORT:Gs Caltex Cup Go competitions in South Korea GS Group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kisung
The Kiseong () was a Go competition in South Korea. Outline The Kiseong was a Go competition used by the Hanguk Kiwon. It was the Hanguk Kiwon equivalent to the Nihon-Kiin's Kisei competition and was sponsored by the ''Segye Ilbo ''Segye Ilbo'' (; ) is a Korean language newspaper. The newspaper is owned by News World Communications, which was established by the Unification Church The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, widely known as the Unification C ...'' (World Newspaper). The white komi was 6.5 points. The time limits for the final was five hours, while the rest of the tournament had four hours of thinking time. The winner's purse was 18,000,000 SKW ($18,000). The last year of the competition was 2008. Past winners See also * Kisei {{Korean go titles Kisung ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chunwon
The Chunwon (Korean: 천원전, Hanja: 天元戰) was a Go competition in Korea. Begun in 1996, it was held nineteen times and was discontinued after 2015. The winner of the Chunwon went on to play the winner of the Chinese equivalent (the Tianyuan), in the annual China–Korea Tengen competition. Outline The Chunwon Cup was the equivalent to the Tengen in Japan. This tournament replaced the Baccus Cup. The sponsors were Far East Pharmaceuticals and Daily Economic Newspaper. The komi was 6.5 points. The time limits were 5 hours in the final, 4 in the main knockout, and 3 in the preliminaries. The winner's purse was 20,000,000 ($17,000). Past winners and runners-up See also * Tianyuan (Go) * Tengen (Go) Tengen (天元, ''center'' or ''origin of heaven'') is a Go competition in Japan. The name Tengen refers to the center point on a Go board. The event is held annually, and has run continuously since its inauguration in 1975. Tengen competit ... References Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myungin
The Myeongin (Korean: 명인전, Hanja: 名人戰) is a Go competition in South Korea. The word ''myeongin'' in Korean language, literally meaning "Brilliant Man", is same as ''meijin'' in Japanese and as ''mingren'' in Chinese. The Myeongin is the Hanguk Kiwon equivalent to the Nihon-Kiin's Meijin title. The tournament was defunct from 2004-2006. The tournament was discontinued again in 2016 after the 43rd tournament, but was revived in 2021 with the SG Group as the new sponsor. Outline The Myeongin was formerly sponsored by the Kangwon Land Corporation. In the 44th Myeongin, the winner's prize is 60,000,000 won and the runner-up's prize is 20,000,000 won. The format is double elimination. The sponsor is the SG Group, with the ''Hankook Ilbo'' newspaper and Korea Baduk Association as co-hosts. Past winners and runners-up See also *Meijin is one of the eight titles in Japanese professional shogi, and is the most prestigious title, along with Ryūō. The word ''meijin' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fujitsu Cup
The Fujitsu Cup (富士通杯) was an international Go competition that ran from 1988-2011. Outline The Fujitsu Cup was an international Go competition hosted by Fujitsu and Yomiuri Shimbun. The players were selected as follows: * The top 3 players from the previous year's competition * 7 players from Japan * 5 players from China * 5 players from South Korea * 1 player from Taiwan * 1 player from North America * 1 player from South America * 1 player from Europe All 24 players played through preliminaries, until 8 players with the best record were given automatic advancement to the second round. The other 16 played against each other in the first round. The format was a single knockout, with 5.5 komi until 2002, 6.5 komi from 2003. The time limit was 3 hours' thinking time, and the winner's purse was ¥15,000,000 (≈$142,000). In December 2011, the Japanese Go Association announced the permanent closure of the tournament. Past winners and runners-up External links * The Fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1975 Births
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up. * January 2 ** The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress. ** Bangladesh revolutionary leader Siraj Sikder is killed by police while in custody. ** A bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways. * January 5 – Tasman Bridge disaster: The Tasman Bridge in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier , killing 12 people. * January 7 – OPEC agrees to raise crude oil prices by 10%. * January 10–February 9 – The flight of '' Soyuz 17'' with the crew of Georgy Grechko and Aleksei Gubarev aboard the '' Salyut 4'' space station. * January 15 – Alvor Agreem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
