Park Jieun (born November 4, 1983) is a South Korean professional Go

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9-dan There are various systems of Go ranks and ratings that measure the skill in the traditional board game Go. Traditionally, Go rankings have been measured using a system of dan and kyu ranks. Especially in amateur play, these ranks facilitate the ...

rank. In 2008, she became the third female go player in history to achieve 9-dan rank, following

Rui Naiwei Rui Naiwei (; born December 28, 1963) is a Chinese professional Go player, once active in South Korea. She is probably the strongest recorded female Go player, and is the only woman to have won one of the major open Go titles. She achieved ...

and Feng Yun.

Career

Park became a professional Go player in 1997. She studied Go under . In 2008, she won an international women's title in the Sino-Ocean Cup (), a tournament held one time only. She defeated

in the finals to win the championship. Under the

Korea Baduk Association 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 ...

's rules, she was promoted to 9 dan for the victory, becoming the first Korean female 9 dan professional. She won the

Bingsheng Cup The Bingsheng Cup () is an international women's Go tournament. It was created in 2010 and is held annually. The tournament is held at Qionglong Mountain in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. It is also known as the Qionglong Mountain Bingsheng Cup. The name ...

in 2010, and again in 2011. In 2017, she became the first Korean female professional Go player to reach 1000 career games played.

References

External links

Biography on Sensei's Library

Korea Baduk Association profile
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