Choi Seo-bi

Choi Soe-bi (Hangul: 최서비; Hanja: 崔序妃) is a Korean female professional 1 dan.

Table of contents Name Family and early Go/Baduk career Promotion history Achievements 29th Women's Kuksu 2024 10th Korean Women’s League 2024 Links

Name

Her name is pronounced something like Chway Suh-bee (IPA: /t͡ɕʰwe̞ sʰʌ.bi/), not Choy Say-oh-bee. Go to Everyone writes her name “Choi Seobee”.

Family and early Go/Baduk career

She was born in Seoul on 2 May 2008 to Choi Won-seo and Song Ho-jeong, and is their eldest daughter. Her Baduk instructors were Park Byeongkyu 9p, Lee Chun-gyu 7p, Baek Chan-hee and Choi Gwang-ho 5p. Her favourite player is Lee Chang-ho 9p.

When she was only 9, she won the 2017 Hanwha Life Cup Women’s Lower Grade Division. Next year she won it again.

When she finally qualified as a pro aged 15, she said:

“There was a moment when I started to think about joining the dan while playing the national team (i.e. became a professional). I tried to focus so as not to let my guard down until the end, but now that it’s over, I can finally feel that I’ve joined the pro dan. I failed the national team to decide on joining last year, but my parents believed in me until the end and instilled in me the belief in myself that I was able to come this far. I’m also grateful to the instructors at the dojo who found a study method that suits me and helped me in every way.

Promotion history

• 1 dan / 2023.11.11 / 60th Female Research Student (Yeongusaeng) Entrance Contest

Achievements

29th Women's Kuksu 2024

In her first major tournament, the 29th Women's Kuksu, Choi had a very good start by beating Kim Soojin 6p in the first round. But in R2, she lost to girl prodigy Nakamura Sumire 3p, less than a year younger, on 10 Oct.

10th Korean Women’s League 2024

In the 10th Korean Women’s League, Choi faced many experienced opponents so lost a few games. But in R8, she beat O Yujin 9p (W+R), who had won all seven of her previous games in this competition (i.e., 100% in the first half). In the last round, she beat Cho Seunga 7p (B+1.5).

Links

• Korean Baduk profile
• Go Ratings and Games
• Go4Go