Ch'oe Ch'eol-han

최철한 [崔哲澣], (b. 12 March 1985) Korean pro, 9 dan in 2004. He won his first international title, the 2nd Zhonghuan Cup, in August 2005. He was a student at the Baduk academy of Kweon Kap-yong in Seoul.

His page at the Hankuk Kiwon and his games at Go4Go. According to the latter, his score versus Yi Ch'ang-ho is 10:7! (As of 19.04.05). Now (2009-10-31) his score versus Yi Ch'ang-ho is 24-24; at the same date, Choi is ranked #1 in the Hankuk Kiwon Pro Rating.

Interview:
http://gogame.info/samples/8/index.html
http://gogame.info/samples/9/index.html
http://gogame.info/samples/10/index.html

Promotion History

• 1997 Shodan
• 1998 2nd dan
• 1999 3rd dan
• 2001 4th dan
• 2002 5th dan
• 2003 6th dan
• 2004 7th, 8th, and 9th dan (in March, April, and November, respectively)

Titles

• 6th Ing Cup (over Lee Changho, 23 April 2009)
• 10th Maxim Cup (over Park Yeonghun, 10 February 2009)
• 10th GS Caltex Cup (over Lee Changho, 1 December 2005)
• 2nd Zhonghuan Cup (over Yi Se-tol, 20 August 2005)
• 48th Kuksu (over Yi Ch'ang-ho, 19 February 2005)
• 9th Chunwon (over An TalHun, 3 December 2004)
• 15th Kiseong (over Yi Ch'ang-ho, 16 April 2004)
• 47th Kuksu (over Yi Ch'ang-ho, 2 March 2004)
• 8th Chunwon (over Weon Seong-chin, 18 December 2003)

Member of Team GS KIXX, winner of the Korean Baduk League in 2006 (individual score: 14-2).

15th Kiseong Fuseki

Two of his wins in the Kiseong used a quite unconventional fighting fuseki that has been very effective against Yi Ch'ang-ho, see e.g. final game of Kiseong 2004. The same fuseki was also used by Mok Chin-seok in his win against Yi Ch'ang-ho in the 2004 LG cup finals, and by himself again against Yi Ch'ang-ho in the third round of 2004 ING Cup. The fuseki starts like this (Yi Ch'ang-ho holds white):

19x19 diagram  

sol.ch claims that Choe plays as "showmethe" on Tygem on a GoSensations article: http://gosensations.com/?id=2&server_id=4&new_id=113