Heo Suhhyun

Heo Suhhyun (or Heo Seo-hyeon or Seohyun in revised romanization; Hangul: 허서현; Hanja: 許瑞玹) is a Korean female professional 4 dan Baduk player. She was born on 2002-05-30 in Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do.

She played in the 2021 IBK Cup and 2022 Hoban Cup. Her first win was the 3rd Hyorim Cup Future Empress Tournament on 11 Sep 2024, for female players born after 2002, beating Yoon Ra-eun? 1p in the final. In the semifinal, she beat Nakamura Sumire for the first time on 9 Sep, after she had lost all three of their previous games.

On the world ranking list, Heo is ranked #27 female and #410 overall in the world, and #8 female in Korea (as of 26 Sep 2024)

Table of contents Name Promotion history Titles and runners up Head-to-head scores against current female rivals Links Pictures

Name

Her name is not always transcribed consistently. It is pronounced IPA: /hʌ sʌ hjʌn/, where all vowels are /ʌ/, similar to the vowel in the English word sun. Spellings like Heo Seo-hyeon or Huh Suhhyun are internally consistent, representing the same vowel with the same Latin letters.

Her given name means a precious or auspicious person, literally “precious jade”.

Promotion history

• 4 dan / 2023.07.18
• 3 dan / 2021.10.15
• 2 dan / 2020.05.30
• 1 dan / 2017.12.29 48th Women’s Entrance Competition

Titles and runners up

• 2024: Winner of the 3rd Hyorim Cup Future Empress Championship (d. Yun Raeun 1p)
• 2024: Runner up of 4th Nanseolheon Cup (l. Kim Eunji 9p). She beat O Yujin 9p and Choi Jung 9p on the way. Heo Suhhyun comes from the Yangcheon Heo clan (양천 허씨) of the eponymous poet Heo Nanseolheon (née Heo Cho-hee, 1563–1589), and was called the “descendant of Heo Nanseolheon”.

Head-to-head scores against current female rivals

Based on Heo Seohyun, Go Ratings and Games, as of 28 Oct 2024

• Choi Jung, 9p, current Korean and World #1 female: 2–7
• Kim Eunji, 9p, #2 female and #1 female teenager in world, #2 female in South Korea: 3–10
• Zhou Hongyu, 7p, #3 female in world, #1 female in Chinaa: 0–2
• Ueno Asami, 5p, #4 female in world, #1 female in Japan: 0–1
• Yu Zhiying, 8p, #5 female in world, #2 female in China: 1–1
• Fujisawa Rina, 7p, #6 female in world, #2 female in Japan: 1–0
• O Yujin, 9p, #7 female in world, #3 female in South Korea: 4–5
• Kim Chaeyeong, 8p, #8 female in world, #4 female in South Korea: 2–9
• Wu Yiming, 6p, #9 female and #2 female teenager in world, #3 female in China: 0–1
• Lu Minquan, 6p, #10 female in world, #4 female in China: 1–0
• Wang Chenxing, 5p, #11 female in world, and #5 female in China: 0–1
• Li He, 5p, #12 female in world, #6 female in China: 1–0
• Nakamura Sumire, 3p,#14 ranked female and #3 ranked female teenager in the world, #3 ranked female in Japan, #5 female in Korea: 1–3
• Cho Seunga, 7p, #15 ranked player and #323 overall, and #6 ranked female player in Korea: 4–7
• Tang Jiawen, 5p, #13 female in world, and #6 female in China: 1–0
• Rui Naiwei, 9p, #18 female in world, many years #1 female in world: 1–0
• Cho Hyeyeon, 9p, #20 female in world, once #1 and many years #2 female in world: 1–2
• Ueno Risa, 3p, #21 female and #4 female teenager in world, #4 female in Japan: 0–0
• Gao Xing, 4p, #18 in world, #9 in China: 1–0
• Kim Hye-min, 9p, #25 female in the world, #8 female player in Korea: 3–7
• Kim Dayoung, 5p, Kim Chaeyeong's younger sister, #28 ranked female in the world and #9 female in Korea: 5–4
• Lee Minjin, 8p, #29 female in the world, #10 female player in Korea: 2–2
• Joanne Missingham aka Hei Jiajia, 7p, #39 female in world, #1 ranked female player in Taiwan: 0–1
• Pak Chi-eun, 9p, #68 in world (formerly #3 for 4 years), #23 in Korea: 1–1

Links

• Korean Wikipedia
• Korean Baduk profile
• Namu.wiki profile
• Go Ratings and Games
• Go4Go

Pictures

Commemorative photo of runner-up Heo Seo-hyeon 4p & winner Kim Eunji 9p (right), in front of Heo Nanseolheon statue. (Image credit: m.baduk.or.kr)

Heo Suhhyun 4p, smiling brightly while holding the Hyorim Cup trophy, 11 Sep 2024 (Image credit: m.baduk.or.kr)

3rd Hyorim Cup final game between Heo Suhhyun 4p (left) and Yoon Ra-eun 1p, 11 Sep 2024 (Image credit: m.baduk.or.kr)