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 was ranked #1 in the Hankuk Kiwon Pro Rating. His complete win/los record at the end of 2009 is
here.
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
- 11th Maxim Cup (over Kang Dongyun, 6 April 2010)
- 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):
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