Choi Cheol-han

Choi Cheol-han
Full name Choi Cheol-han
Hangul 최철한
Hanja 崔哲瀚
Revised Romanization Choe Cheol-han
McCune- Reischauer Ch'oe Ch'ŏl-han
Born 12 March 1985 (1985-03-12) (age 26)
South Korea
Residence South Korea
Teacher Kweon Kab-yong
Turned pro 1997
Rank 9 dan
Affiliation Hanguk Kiwon
Medal record
Competitor for  South Korea
Asian Games
Gold 2010 Guangzhou Men's Team
Bronze 2010 Guangzhou Mixed doubles

Choi Cheol-han (born 12 March 1985) is a South Korean professional Go player.

Contents

Biography

Choi became a professional when he was 12 years old. He began playing Go at the age of seven, studying with Lee Sedol in Kweon Kab-yong's academy in Seoul. At that time, Choi was nicknamed the next Lee Sedol.[1]

Promotion record

Rank
Year
Notes
1 dan 1997
2 dan 1998
3 dan 1999
4 dan 2000
5 dan
6 dan 2003 Won the 8th Chunwon.
7 dan
8 dan
9 dan 2004 Special promotion for winning the 47th Guksu and defending his Chunwon title.

Career record

Titles and runners-up

Ranks tenth in total amount of titles in Korea.

Domestic
Title Wins Runners-up
Guksu 3 (2003, 2004, 2010) 2 (2005, 2011)
GS Caltex Cup 1 (2005) 1 (2006)
Chunwon 4 (2003, 2004, 2010, 2011)
KBS Cup 1 (2006)
Maxim Cup 2 {2009, 2010) 1 (2006)
Kisung 1 (2004) 2 (2005, 2007)
King of Kings 1 (2005)
KT Cup 1 (2002)
Total 11 10
Continental
China-Korea Tengen 3 (2004, 2005, 2011)
Total 0 3
International
Ing Cup 1 (2008) 1 (2004)
Fujitsu Cup 1 (2005)
Zhonghuan Cup 1 (2005)
Total 2 2
Career total
Total 13 15

Korean Baduk League

Season Team Place Record
2007 Team World Meridian (Captain) 6th place 6–7[8]
2008 Team No. 1 Fire Insurance 4th place 12–4[9]
2009 Team Hite Jinro (Captain) 6th place 9–3[10]
2010 Team Hite Jinro (Captain) 4th place 10–7[11]
2011 Team Hite Jinro (Captain) Runners-up 13–4[12]

Chinese A League

Season Team Place Record
2009 Team Sian (Captain) 7th place 9–3[13]
2010 Team Sian (Captain) 2nd place 7–2[14]
2011 Team Sian (Captain) TBD 10–5[15]

References

  1. ^ "Choi CheolHan". gobase.org. http://gobase.org/information/players/?pp=Choi+CheolHan. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  2. ^ "Korea win-loss 2006". igokisen.web.fc2.com. http://igokisen.web.fc2.com/korea06.html. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  3. ^ "Korea win-loss 2007". igokisen.web.fc2.com. http://igokisen.web.fc2.com/korea07.html. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  4. ^ "Korea win-loss 2008". igokisen.web.fc2.com. http://igokisen.web.fc2.com/korea08.html. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  5. ^ "Korea win-loss 2009". igokisen.web.fc2.com. http://igokisen.web.fc2.com/korea09.html. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  6. ^ "Korea win-loss 2010". igokisen.web.fc2.com. http://igokisen.web.fc2.com/korea10.html. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  7. ^ "Korea win-loss 2011". igokisen.web.fc2.com. http://igokisen.web.fc2.com/korea11.html. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  8. ^ "2007 Korean Baduk League". igokisen.web.fc2.com. http://igokisen.web.fc2.com/2007kl.html. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  9. ^ "2008 Korean Baduk League". igokisen.web.fc2.com. http://igokisen.web.fc2.com/2008kl.html. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  10. ^ "2009 Korean Baduk League". igokisen.web.fc2.com. http://igokisen.web.fc2.com/2009kl.html. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  11. ^ "2010 Korean Baduk League". igokisen.web.fc2.com. http://igokisen.web.fc2.com/2010kl.html. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  12. ^ "2011 Korean Baduk League". igokisen.web.fc2.com. http://igokisen.web.fc2.com/2011kl.html. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  13. ^ "2009 Chinese A League". igokisen.web.fc2.com. http://igokisen.web.fc2.com/2009al.html. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  14. ^ "2010 Chinese A League". igokisen.web.fc2.com. http://igokisen.web.fc2.com/2010al.html. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  15. ^ "2010 Chinese A League". igokisen.web.fc2.com. http://igokisen.web.fc2.com/2011al.html. Retrieved 13 June 2011.