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
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Biography
Park Yeong-hun was born in
Seoul
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. He is a professional
Go player in the
Hanguk Kiwon
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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 The Fujitsu Cup (富士通杯) was an international Go competition that ran from 1988-2011.
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The Fujitsu Cup was an international Go competition hosted by Fujitsu and Yomiuri Shimbun. The players were selected as follows:
* The top 3 playe ...
in 2004, when he was at 4 dan. This also earned him exemption from
military service
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His hobbies include
tennis
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and playing
Tetris
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Titles and runners-up
He ranks #8 in
total number of titles in Korea.
References
* GoGod Encyclopedia
External links
Page at GobasePage at Sensei's LibraryArticle about Park Younghun and Lee Younggu at Go Game Guru
1985 births
Living people
South Korean Go players
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