An Younggil

An Younggil is a Korean professional, born in 1980, and is 8 dan since 2009. His name is also transliterated as An Yeong-kil or An Yungkil.

As of August 2008, he is living in Sydney, Australia, and teaching on KGS as "younggil".

Profile:

• Born on 05.01.1980. Seoul, Korea
• 1-dan in 1997
• 1998: earned the "Price of Victory of the Year" for winning eighteen games in a row.
• 2001: came in 3rd place in the 35th Wangwi cup, also earned the 3rd place in the 1st Korean Rookies' Victories.
• 2002: shared 3rd place in the 12th Korean B.C Card Cup.
• 2003: represented Korea in the 8th LG World Go Championship and took 4th place in the 7th Korean Fresh Best 10.
• In that year shared the 3rd place in the 13th Korean B.C Card Cup.
• 2004: won 2nd place in the 8th Korean Fresh Best 10 tournament after losing to Park Cheongsang, 4-dan (9-dan now) with 1-2 score in the final match.
• 6-dan in 2007
• 2008: on the semifinal in the 5th Electric Land Cup(middle age's division ), living in Sydney, Australia as of August 2008
• September 2009: Promoted to 8 dan.