Kweon Kab-yong (3 October 1957 – 23 January 2023) was a South Korean 9 dan professional
Go player
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. Kweon turned professional in 1975. He started a Go school in Korea in 1989 that is often compared to
Kitani Minoru
was one of the most celebrated professional Go players and teachers of the game of Go in the twentieth century in Japan.
Biography
He earned the nickname "the Prodigy" after winning a knockout tournament. He defeated eight opponents from the K ...
's school. As of 2003, his school had produced over 100 total dans.
Pupils
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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 ...
9 dan – winner of 18 international titles.
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Choi Cheol-han
Choi Cheol-han is a South Korean professional Go player. He is the fourth youngest (12 years 2 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) and ...
9 dan – ranks 10th for most titles in Korean go history.
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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 ...
9 dan – winner of the
GS Caltex 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 sp ...
in 2010.
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Chen Shiyuan
Chen Shiyuan (; born 1985) is a Taiwanese professional Go player.
Biography
He is a 9 dan professional in Taiwan. In 2000, he went to South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constitu ...
9 dan – top
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
ese player and winner of the
4th Japan-Taiwan Jingying.
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Park Junghwan
Park Junghwan (born 11 January 1993) is a South Korean professional Go (board game), Go Go players, player of Go ranks and ratings, 9-dan rank.
Biography Early career
Park became a professional Go player in 2006. He won the Fujitsu Cup i ...
9 dan – youngest Korean 9 dan.
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Lee Younggu 8 dan – runner-up of the
Prices Information Cup
The Prices Information Cup was a Korea
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in 2007.
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8 dan – won the national champion,
Guksu
The Guksu (Korean: 국수전, Hanja: 國手戰) was a Go competition in South Korea. It was held 59 times beginning in 1956, and was discontinued in 2016.
Outline
The Guksu was a Go competition held by the Hanguk Kiwon, and sponsored by ''The D ...
, in 2006.
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Kim Jiseok 7 dan – won most games (71) and the Prices Information Cup in 2009.
See also
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Go professional
A Go professional is a professional player of the game of Go. The minimum standard to acquire a professional diploma through one of the major Go organisations is very high. The competition is tremendous, and prize incentives for champion players ...
References
External links
Korea Baduk Association profile(in Korean)
1957 births
2023 deaths
South Korean Go players
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