Ch'oe Ch'eol-han

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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 [ext] Hankuk Kiwon and his games at [ext] 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 [ext] 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 [ext] here.

Interview:
[ext] http://gogame.info/samples/8/index.html
[ext] http://gogame.info/samples/9/index.html
[ext] 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

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. [ext] 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):

[Diagram]

19x19 diagram

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


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