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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Rui Naiwei was the strongest female Go player and won an open title.
Rui Naiwei is considered to be the strongest female Go player and is the only woman to have won the open Go titles.
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final_sentence: Rui Naiwei was the strongest female Go player and won an open title.
final_sentence: Rui Naiwei is considered to be the strongest female Go player and is the only woman to have won the open Go titles.
final_sentence: Rui Naiwei is the strongest female Go player and the only woman to have won the open title.