List of Go players
Korea

List of Go players

Section Title: Korea
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Origin	Name	DOB–DOD	Peak rank	Notes

South Korea	Cho Nam-chul (조남철, 趙南哲)	1923–2006	9 dan	Founder of the Hanguk Kiwon.

South Korea	Kang Cheol-min (강철민, 姜哲民)	1939–2002	8 dan

South Korea	Kim In (김인, 金寅)	1943–	9 dan	Strongest player in Korea during 1960s and early 1970s. Affiliate of the Hanguk Kiwon.

South Korea	Ha Chan-seok (하찬석, 河燦錫)	1948–	8 dan	Affiliate of the Hanguk Kiwon.

South Korea	Jimmy Cha (차민수, 車敏洙)	1951–	4 dan	Affiliate of the Hanguk Kiwon.

South Korea	Cho Hun-hyun (조훈현, 曺薰鉉)	1953–	9 dan	The strongest Go player in South Korea during the 1970s and 1980s before the period of dominance by his student Lee Chang-ho.

South Korea	Seo Bong-soo (서봉수, 徐奉洙)	1953–	9 dan	was Cho Hunhyun's biggest rival in the '80s. Known for his long list of runner up titles.

China	Jiang Zhujiu (장주주, 江鑄久)	1962–	9 dan	Affiliate of the Hanguk Kiwon.

China	Rui Naiwei (루이나이웨이, 芮乃伟)	1963–	9 dan	First woman to attain rank of 9-dan and widely considered to be the strongest female player of all time, also won the open Guksu title in 1999.

South Korea	Yoo Chang-hyuk (유창혁, 劉昌赫)	1966–	9 dan	6 time world champion, one of the strongest players of 1990s. Affiliate of the Hanguk Kiwon.

South Korea	Janice Kim	1969–	3 dan	Affiliate of the Hanguk Kiwon.

South Korea	Lee Chang-ho (이창호, 李昌鎬)	1975–	9 dan	Considered one of the greatest players of all time, he was the strongest player in the world between 1993 and 2005.

South Korea	Choi Myung-hoon (최명훈, 崔明勳)	1975–	9 dan	Affiliate of the Hanguk Kiwon.

South Korea	An Cho-young (안조영, 安祚永)	1979–	9 dan	Affiliate of the Hanguk Kiwon.

South Korea	Mok Jin-seok (목진석, 睦鎭碩)	1980–	9 dan	Affiliate of the Hanguk Kiwon.

South Korea	Cho Han-seung (조한승, 趙漢乘)	1982–	9 dan	Affiliate of the Hanguk Kiwon.

South Korea	Lee Se-dol (이세돌; 李世乭)	1983–	9 dan	Considered the strongest player in the world after Lee Chang-ho's reign. He beat Gu Li in a Jubango match in 2014.

South Korea	Park Jung-sang (박정상, 朴正祥)	1984–	9 dan	Affiliate of the Hanguk Kiwon.

South Korea	Hong Min-pyo (홍민표, 洪旼杓)	1984–	5 dan	Affiliate of the Hanguk Kiwon.

South Korea	Park Seung-hyun (박승현, 朴昇賢)	1984–	4 dan	Affiliate of the Hanguk Kiwon.

South Korea	Choi Cheol-han (최철한, 崔哲澣)	1985–	9 dan	Affiliate of the Hanguk Kiwon.

South Korea	Pak Yeong-hun (박영훈, 朴永訓)	1985–	9 dan	A young and established Korean go professional. He reached 9 dan after 5 years, making him the youngest Korean 9 dan professional ever.

South Korea	Kim Dong-hee (김동희, 金東熙)	1985–	2 dan	Affiliate of the Hanguk Kiwon.

South Korea	Won Seong-jin (원성진, 元晟溱)	1985–	9 dan	Affiliate of the Hanguk Kiwon.

South Korea	Song Tae-kon (송태곤, 宋泰坤)	1986–	9 dan	Affiliate of the Hanguk Kiwon.

South Korea	Heo Young-ho (허영호, 許映皓)	1986–	5 dan	Affiliate of the Hanguk Kiwon.

South Korea	Ko Geuntae (고근태, 高根台)	1987–	5 dan	Affiliate of the Hanguk Kiwon.

South Korea	Yun Jun-sang (윤준상, 尹畯相)	1987–	6 dan	Affiliate of the Hanguk Kiwon.

South Korea	Kang Dong-yun (강동윤, 姜東潤)	1989–	8 dan	Affiliate of the Hanguk Kiwon.

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The Ha Chanseok (1948) was one of the Go players.

final_sentence: The Ha Chanseok (1948) was one of the Go players.