Song Tae Kon

Song Tae Kon
Full name Song Tae Kon
Hangul 송태곤
Hanja 宋泰坤
Revised Romanization Song Tae-gon
McCune- Reischauer Song T'ae-kon
Born September 8, 1986 (1986-09-08) (age 25)
, South Korea
Residence South Korea
Turned pro 1999
Rank 9 dan
Affiliation Hanguk Kiwon

Song Tae Kon (born September 8, 1986) is a Korean professional Go player.

Biography

Song Tae Kon started learning Go when he was 6. He turned pro when he was 13. Currently, at the age of 19 he is 7 dan. He is one of the best young players in South Korea. His biggest moment came in 2003 when he just couldn't beat Lee Sedol, but put up a good campaign in the Fujitsu Cup. Became a 4 dan in 2003 after winning the Chunwon 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, 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 #10 in total amount of titles in Korea.

Title Years Held
Current 5
KBS Baduk Wang 2003
Chunwon 2002
BC Card Cup 2003
New Pro Strongest 2002, 2003
Total 5
Title Years Lost
Continental 3
Asian TV Cup 2004
China-Korea New Pro Wang 2003
China-Korea Tengen 2003
International 1
Fujitsu Cup 2003
Total 4

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