Cho Hye-yeon

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Cho Hye-yeon (조혜연)

Cho Hye-yeon (조혜연, 趙惠連 b. 7 June 1985 in Suweon City, South Korea) is a Korean, professional 9-dan., She became the fourth female to reach 9-dan. She was a pupil of Kim Weon. Her style has lead to the nickname "The Female Yi Ch'ang-ho."

She became a professional at the age of 11 years and 11 months, making her (at the time) the third youngest professional in Korea (after Cho Hunhyun and Lee Changho). She has very strong religious beliefs which causes her not to compete on Sundays. She has received some amount of criticism from fans in Korea and has had to skip some important matches, such as one game during the World Mind Sports Games.

Aside from her professional go career, Cho Hye-Yeon received a degree in English Literature (so she speaks English fluently) and Japanese at Korea University and is currently a graduate student in Mass Communication & Public Relations. She learned to play the piano and violin when she was a child; and has learned some amount of Chinese and Spanish. She enjoys creating life and death problems, saying that it "is like drawing," and has published a few life and death books.

Rank Promotion

  • 1997 1-dan
  • 1999 2-dan
  • 2000 3-dan
  • 2003-06 4-dan
  • 2004-03 5-dan
  • 2005-04 6-dan
  • 2006 7-dan
  • 2008 8-dan
  • 2010-12-21 9-dan, for winning the Asian Games gold medal.

Titles

Runners-up

  • 2000: 1st Hungchang Cup
  • 2000: 7th Women's Kuksu
  • 2002: 8th Women's Kuksu
  • 2003: 4th Women's Myeongin
  • 2005: 1st Baduk Masters Venus
  • 2005: 6th Women's Myeongin
  • 2006: 11th Women's Kuksu
  • 2006: 7th Women's Myeongin
  • 2007: 12th Women's Kuksu
  • 2008: 9th Women's Myeongin
  • 2009: 10th Women's Myeongin
  • 2010: 11th Women's Myeongin
  • 2011: 12th Women's Myeongin
  • 2018: 5th Daejoo Cup

Head-to-head scores against current female rivals

(Based on [ext] Cho Hyeyeon, Go Ratings and game list), as of 22 Dec 2023

  • Choi Jung, 9p, current Korean and World #1 female: 2–9
  • Yu Zhiying, 8p, #2 female in world, #1 female in China: 0–0
  • Kim Eunji, 9p, #3 female and #1 female teenager in world, #2 female in South Korea: 1–1
  • Zhou Hongyu, 7p, #4 female in world, #2 female in China: 0–0
  • Ueno Asami, 5p, #5 female in world, #1 female in Japan: 0–0
  • Lu Minquan, 6p, #6 female in world, #3 female in China: 1–0
  • O Yujin, 9p, #7 female in world, #3 female in South Korea: 2–6
  • Fujisawa Rina, 7p, #8 female in world, #2 female in Japan: 2–1
  • Kim Chaeyeong, 8p, #9 female in world, #4 female in South Korea: 1–5
  • Li He, 5p, #10 female in world, #4 female in China: 1–0
  • Wu Yiming, 4p, #11 female and #2 female teenager in world, #5 female in China: 3–3
  • Cho Seunga, 6p, #12 ranked female player and #304 overall, and #5 ranked player in Korea: 6–3
  • Tang Jiawen, 5p, #13 female in world, and #6 female in China: 0–0
  • Wang Chenxing, 5p, #16 female in world, #8 female in China: 0–0
  • Rui Naiwei, 9p, #20 female in world, many years #1 female in world: 15–37
  • Ueno Risa, 2p, #21 female and #3 female teenager in world, #3 female in Japan: 0–0
  • Kim Hye-min, 9p, #25 female in the world, #8 female player in Korea: 8–4
  • Kim Dayoung, 5p, Kim Chaeyeong's younger sister, #27 ranked female in the world and #9 female in Korea: 5–5
  • Nakamura Sumire, 3p, #28 ranked female and #4 female teenager in the world, #4 ranked female in Japan: 0–0
  • Xie Yimin, 7p, #30 ranked female in the world, #5 ranked female in Japan (#1 for many years): 0–0
  • Joanne Missingham aka Hei Jiajia, 7p, #39 female in world, #1 ranked female player in Taiwan: 1–1

Books

English Commentaries

Date Opponent Resource
2003-11-11 Rui Naiwei Go World Iss. 100

Notes


Cho Hye-yeon last edited by Jono64a on March 1, 2024 - 20:09
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