Cho Hun-hyeon

Cho Hun-hyeon (Hangul: 조훈현, Hanja: 曹薰鉉, Cho Hunhyun, b. 10 March 1953) is a Korean, professional 9-dan. He is commonly held as one of the greatest players of all-time, having amassed more titles & played and won more games than any other professional. His total score (as of 2 Feb 2025) is 2,819 games, 1,964 wins, 846 losses, for a 69.89% win rate. He is also responsible for having been the main teacher of one of the other greatest players of all time, Yi Ch'ang-ho.

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Go career highlights

• 1962: He became the world’s youngest pro at 9 years old via the Hankuk Kiwon.
• 1963: He went to Japan to become a pupil of Segoe Kensaku, and was initially ranked as a 4 kyu insei.　Japanese reading of his name was Sō Kungen.
• 1966: Passed the insei league honsen to make it decided that he was pro (July).
• 1967: Achieved 1 dan pro at the Nihon Ki-in at age 14.
• 1972: Back to Korea. Hankuk Kiwon admitted him as 5 dan, which was his ranking at the Nihon Ki-in.
• 1980: Winner of all the domestic titles (9 titles).
• 1982: He became the first 9 dan ever in Hankuk Kiwon. Winner of all the domestic titles (10 titles).
• 1986: Winner of all the domestic titles (11 titles).
• 1990: Winner of the 1st Ing Cup (d. Nie Weiping).
• 1994: Winner of the 5th Tong Yang Securities Cup (d. Yoda Norimoto) and the 7th Fujitsu Cup (d. Yu Ch'ang-hyeok).
• 1995: Earned 1000th win at Hankuk Kiwon.
• 1997: Winner of the 8th Tong Yang Securities Cup (d. Kobayashi Satoru).
• 1999: Winner of the 1st Chunlan Cup (d. Yi Ch'ang-ho).
• 2000: Winner of the 13th Fujitsu Cup (d. Chang Hao).
• 2001: Winner of the 14th Fujitsu Cup (d. Ch'oe Myeong-hun) and the 6th Samsung Cup (d. Chang Hao).
• 2002: Winner of the 7th Samsung Cup (d. Wang Lei Sr.).
• 2010: Winner of the 1st Daejoo Cup (d. Seo Bongsoo). Daejoo was the title #158 in Cho’s carreer.
• 2013-09-02: Earned 1900th win at Hankuk Kiwon, beating Choi Jung in the 7th Auction Cup.
• 2013: Winner of the 4th Daejoo Cup (d. Choi Kyubyeong). Daejoo was the title #159 in Cho's carreer.

Books

• Biography: GoWithTheFlow

Personal life

Cho has been married to Jeong Mi-hwa for many years. They have one son (Cho Min-je) and two daughters (first daughter Cho Yoon-sun, second daughter Cho Seung-hee).

Links

• Korean Wikipedia
• Hankuk Kiwon (KBA) player profile
• Go4Go
• Go Ratings and Games

Pictures

cho hunhyun jingshi cup sep1989 (Image credit: Foxwq.com)

chang hao cho hunhyun samsung cup 2001 (Image credit: Foxwq.com)

cho hunhyun 2022 (Image credit: Foxwq.com)