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Myeongin
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 *Mingren The Mingren () is a Go competition in China organized by the Chinese Weiqi Association. The word ''míngrén'' means ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Go Competitions
This is a list of professional Go tournaments, for competitors in the board game of ''Go''. The tradition, initiated by the Honinbo Tournament in Japan, is for an event to be run annually, leading up to a title match and the award of a title for one year to the winner. Tournaments do not consist, generally, of players coming together in one place for a short period, but are spread out over time. International Open Major * Ing Cup is a tournament sponsored by Ing Chang-ki, Yomiuri Shimbun, the Nihon-Kiin and the Kansai-Kiin every four years. The winner's purse is $500,000. The current title holder (2016) is Tang Weixing. * LG Cup is a tournament sponsored by LG Group. The winner's purse is 250,000,000 Won/$250,000. The current title holder (2021) is Shin Min-jun. * Samsung Cup is a tournament sponsored by Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance (which is a branch of the Samsung Group) and the Hanguk Kiwon. The winner's prize is 250,000,000 Won/$250,000. The current title holder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Language
Korean ( South Korean: , ''hangugeo''; North Korean: , ''chosŏnmal'') is the native language for about 80 million people, mostly of Korean descent. It is the official and national language of both North Korea and South Korea (geographically Korea), but over the past years of political division, the two Koreas have developed some noticeable vocabulary differences. Beyond Korea, the language is recognised as a minority language in parts of China, namely Jilin Province, and specifically Yanbian Prefecture and Changbai County. It is also spoken by Sakhalin Koreans in parts of Sakhalin, the Russian island just north of Japan, and by the in parts of Central Asia. The language has a few extinct relatives which—along with the Jeju language (Jejuan) of Jeju Island and Korean itself—form the compact Koreanic language family. Even so, Jejuan and Korean are not mutually intelligible with each other. The linguistic homeland of Korean is suggested to be somewhere in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yun Kihyun
Yun may refer to: * Yǔn, Chinese name of Xionites, a nomadic tribe of Central Asia * Yun (Chinese name) (云/雲), a Chinese family name * Yun (ancient surname), an ancient Chinese surname * Yeon, or Yun, Korean (or Dutch given name) family name *Yun (Korean surname) Yun (윤) is a common family name in Korea, which means "governor". The name is sometimes also transliterated as Yoon, Yune, Yiun, or Youn. According to the 2000 census, 948,600 people had the surname in South Korea. It derives from the Chinese cha ..., or Yoon, Korean family name * Yun (Street Fighter), a ''Street Fighter'' character * Yun OS, mobile operation system developed by Alibaba * Yun County, Hubei, in China * Yun County, Yunnan, in China * Yunnan, abbreviated as Yún, province of China * Brother Yun, a Chinese Christian * Arduino Yún, a single-board microcontroller *ISO 4217 for Yugoslav Convertible dinar {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Yeong-hun
Park Yeong-hun ( ko, 박영훈, born April 1, 1985), also known as Park Young-hoon and Pak Yeong-hoon, is a South Korean professional Go player. Biography Park Yeong-hun was born in Seoul. He is a professional Go player in the Hanguk Kiwon. He is the youngest ever Korean 9 dan, promoted when he was only 19 years old. Due to the new rules set by the Hanguk Kiwon, Park moved up from 1 dan to 9 in only 4 years 7 months, which is the fastest progress ever. Much of this was due to him winning the Fujitsu Cup in 2004, when he was at 4 dan. This also earned him exemption from military service. His hobbies include tennis and playing Tetris ''Tetris'' (russian: link=no, Тетрис) is a puzzle video game created by Soviet software engineer Alexey Pajitnov in 1984. It has been published by several companies for multiple platforms, most prominently during a dispute over the approp .... Titles and runners-up He ranks #8 in total number of titles in Korea. References * GoGod En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Won Seong-jin
Won Seong-jin (born 15 July 1985) is a professional Go player. Biography Won became a professional in 1998. In 2011, Won entered his first World Championship Final, the 16th Samsung Cup, by defeating Pak Yeong-hun in the quarter-finals, and Chen Yaoye 2-1 in a hard fought semi-final to face the defending champion Gu Li, who respectively defeated former winner Lee Chang-ho, then rising Korean star Na Hyun 2-0. The final, played from 5–7 December with no rest breaks, was the first World Championship not to include a rest day, a format which resulted in little rest for the players and more fiercely competitive games. Won, with the white stones, attacked Gu Li's long dragon in the middle of the battle and gained a convincing win, albeit from Gu Li's lack of insight on his dragon's safety. Game 2, however produced more energetic Go from Gu, this time with the white stones, who instantaneously began forming an exterior advantage and steady territory gain in exchange for Won's o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kang Dongyun
Kang Dongyun (born January 23, 1989) is a professional Go player. Biography Kang became a professional in 2002. In 2007, he was promoted to the rank of 7 dan. He is a disciple of Kwon Kab-ryong. He is now a 9-dan professional player. He is one of the most promising go players. His current record in the 2007 Korean Baduk League is 7 wins 1 loss. So far in this tournament he beat some of the top Korean players like Cho Hunhyun, Lee Chang-ho, Mok Jin-seok and Cho Han-seung. Kang had a remarkable result in the 10th Nongshim Cup, beating the dominant player of the first stage, Tuo Jiaxi (who had beaten all four of his opponents), and going on to win against Kimio Yamada, Piao Wenyao, Naoki Hane and Qiu Jun in the respective order for 5 straight wins. His reign was ended by Shinji Takao, who was, at that stage, the last remaining member of the Japanese team. Though it was a difficult loss with white, as all of Kang's matches beforehand had been with black, it still m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cho Hanseung
Cho Hanseung ( ko, 조한승, born November 27, 1982), also known as Jo Hanseung 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 Cho turned professional in 1995. He was promoted to 7 dan in 2004, 8 dan in 2005 and 9 dan in 2006. Titles and runners-up *Total: 5 titles, 11 runners-up. External linksGoBase profile 1982 births Living people [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Sedol
Lee Sedol ( ko, 이세돌; born 2 March 1983), or Lee Se-dol, is a former South Korean professional Go player of 9 dan rank. As of February 2016, he ranked second in international titles (18), behind only Lee Chang-ho (21). He is the fifth-youngest (12 years 4 months) to become a professional Go player in South Korean history behind Cho Hun-hyun (9 years 7 months), Lee Chang-ho (11 years 1 months), Cho Hye-yeon (11 years 10 months) and Choi Cheol-han (12 years 2 months). His nickname is "The Strong Stone" ("Ssen-dol"). In March 2016, he played a notable series of matches against AlphaGo that ended in 1–4. On 19 November 2019, Lee announced his retirement from professional play, stating that he could never be the top overall player of Go due to the increasing dominance of AI. Lee referred to them as being "an entity that cannot be defeated". Biography Lee was born in South Korea in 1983 and studied at the Korea Baduk Association. He ranks second in international tit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Choyoung
An Choyoung (born September 25, 1979) is a professional Go player. Biography An became a professional in 1993 at the age of 14. He was promoted to 8 dan in 2004, then 9 dan in 2005. He participated in the first China-Korea Kangwon-Land Cup The Kangwon-Land Cup is a Go competition. Outline The countries that compete are China and Korea. The competition is in knockout style. Both countries select 6 players to play for them in this competition. They then choose in which order they ... where he won 2 games. Titles & runners-up References 1979 births Living people South Korean Go players {{SouthKorea-Go-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choi Myung-hoon
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] |
Yoo Changhyuk
Yoo Changhyuk (born April 25, 1966) is a professional Go player in 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 .... Biography Yoo Changhyuk was one of Korea's best Go players. Growing up without a teacher, Yoo became a professional in 1984 and was promoted to 9 dan in 1996. He has won many international tournaments for Korea. Titles & runners-up References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
