name birth_date residence article_title birth_name
jimmy cha january 15 , 1951 seoul , south korea jimmy cha
 ch ' a min-su
jimmy cha

jimmy cha -lrb- korean : 차민수 , hanja : 車敏洙 , born january 15 , 1951 -rrb- , also known as ch ' a min-su , is a south korean professional go and avid poker player .
he is also a black belt in martial arts and a talented classical pianist .
jimmy was born in seoul , and grew up playing go and poker .
he turned professional in 1974 and was the best player at dongguk university when he attended .
along with these accolades , he was also the south korean national amateur champion two times in a row .
the hanguk kiwon awarded him four dan for spreading go around the world in 1984 , after he moved to the u.s. in 1975 .
cha has a nickname , `` eternal mr. quarter-finalist '' , because in many professional tournaments he would usually lose in the quarterfinals .
in 1989 , he beat yamashiro hiroshi and ohira shuzo to advance to the quarterfinals of the fujitsu cup , only to lose .
the next year , he made it to the quarterfinals of the fujitsu cup again after beating cho chikun .
in march 2008 , he defeated imamura toshiya 9p in the chunlan cup .
today , he splits his time between go , poker , and managing businesses .
