Song Tae-kon (born September 8, 1986) is a
Korean
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** ...
professional
Go player
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.
Biography
Song Tae-kon started learning
Go when he was 6. He turned pro when he was 13. He is one of the best young players 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 ...
. His biggest moment came in 2003 when he reached the final of
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 playe ...
losing to
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 fi ...
. Became a 4 dan in 2003 after winning the
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 Tianyu ...
title. Song was promoted to 5 dan in 2003 for having been runner up in the Fujitsu Cup. He was promoted to 6 dan after winning the
KBS Cup The KBS Cup is a South Korean Go competition.
Outline
The KBS Cup is sponsored by KBS. From 1980 to 2003, the tournament was named the KBS Baduk Wang, but was recently renamed to the KBS Cup. The main tournament consists of 16 players who compet ...
, and then promoted to his current rank of 7 dan for winning the BC Card Cup. All of this happened in 2003.
Titles & runners-up
Ranks No. 10 in
total number of titles in Korea.
Notable games
In a 2008 game Song Tae-kon, playing as White, played the famous but exploitable strategy of
Mirror Go until the 42nd move against
Piao Wenyao
Piao Wenyao (; ; born April 25, 1988) is a Chinese people, Chinese professional Go (board game), Go Go players, player of Chaoxianzu, Korean ethnicity currently residing in Harbin, Heilongjiang.
Biography
Piao became a professional player a ...
. Wenyao won the game.
[May 4, 2008.]
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References
External links
GoBase ProfileSensei's Library Profile
1986 births
Living people
South Korean Go players
Yeosan Song clan
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