Park Yeong-hun

Park Yeong-hun
Full name Park Yeong-hun
Hangul 박영훈
Hanja 朴永訓
McCune–Reischauer Pak Yeong-hun
Born (1985-04-01) April 1, 1985
South Korea, South Korea
Residence South Korea South Korea
Teacher Yoo Changhyuk
Turned pro 1999
Rank 9 dan
Affiliation Hanguk Kiwon

Park Yeong-hun (Korean: 박영훈, born April 1, 1985), also known as Park Young-hoon and Pak Yeong-hoon, is a South Korean professional Go player.

Biography

Park Yeong-hun was born in Seoul. He is a professional Go player in the Hanguk Kiwon.

He is the youngest ever Korean 9 dan, promoted when he was only 19 years old. Due to the new rules set by the Hanguk Kiwon, Park moved up from 1 dan to 9 in only 4 years 7 months, which is the fastest progress ever.

Much of this was due to him winning the Fujitsu Cup in 2004, when he was at 4 dan. This also earned him exemption from military service.

His hobbies include tennis and playing Tetris.

Titles and runners-up

He ranks #8 in total amount of titles in Korea.

Domestic
Title Wins Runners-up
Myungin 2 (2010, 2011)
GS Caltex Cup 2 (2007, 2008) 3 (2004, 2009, 2011)
Prices Information Cup 1 (2005)
Chunwon 1 (2001)
Maxim Cup 2 (2008, 2010) 1 (2009)
Kisung 4 (2005–2008)
BC Card Cup 1 (2005)
New Pro King 1 (2005)
New Pro Strongest 1 (2003)
Yeongnam Ilbo Cup 1 (2005)
Total 15 5
Continental
World Meijin 1 (2011)
China-Korea Tengen 1 (2002)
China-Korea New Pro Wang 1 (2005)
Total 2 1
International
Samsung Cup 2 (2003, 2007)
Fujitsu Cup 2 (2004, 2007)
Zhonghuan Cup 1 (2004)
Total 3 2
Career total
Total 19 8

References

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