Kim Chaeyeong

Hangul: 김채영, Hanja: 金彩瑛, Female Korean 9-dan professional player, born 1996-01-15. She is the eldest daughter of Kim Sung-Rae and his wife Lee So-yoon, and elder sister of Kim Dayoung. Pro from 2011-04-28, in September of the same year entered in the 7th Siptan.

Table of contents Name Leading female professional Promotion history Titles and runners up Head-to-head scores against current female rivals Views on female and male players Links Videos Photos

Name

Her given name is also written Chaeyoung, e.g. on Go Ratings and Go4Go. Go To Everyone confusingly calls her Kim Jaeyoung, which is often a male given name e.g., Choi Jaeyoung 8p. They have different Hangul, pronunciations, and meanings:

• Chaeyoung: Hangul: 채영; IPA: /t͡ɕʰɛ.jʌŋ/ (aspirated)
• Jaeyoung: Hangul: 재영; IPA: /t͡ɕɛ.jʌŋ/ (non-aspirated)

Leading female professional

As of 2024-11-28, Kim Chaeyeong is the #9 ranked female in the world and #4 female in Korea. Her best ranking was #3 female in the world in the 2018-01-01 rating list.

Kim Chaeyeong scored her 500th professional win by defeating Go Miso on 7 July 2023, on on 21 Oct 2024, she beat her younger sister Kim Dayoung to win her 600th. She has played almost 1,000 professional games. Her career record (as of 30 Nov 2024) is 999 games, 602 wins, 397 losses, for a 60.26% win rate. She has won 1 international women’s title and 2 Korean women’s titles.

Promotion history

• 9 dan / 2024.08.14 / Winner of rth IBK Cup Women’s Baduk Masters, Special Promotion
• 8 dan / 2023.05.23 / 8 dan Promotion
• 7 dan / 2021.11.12 / 7 dan Promotion
• 6 dan / 2019.12.12 / 6 dan Promotion
• 5 dan / 2018.07.25 / Winner of the 1st Wu Qingyuan Cup, Special Promotion
• 4 dan / 2018.03.27 / 4th Dan Promotion
• 3 dan/ 2017.03.26 / 3rd Dan Promotion
• 2 dan / 2014.04.18 / Women's National Championship Winner (19th Women's Kuksu) (200 bonus points)
• 1 dan / 2011.04.28 / 40th Women's Entrance Competition

Titles and runners up

• 2014 Winner of the 19th Women's Kuksu (d. Park Jieun 2–1; upset win by 1 dan vs. 9 dan; earned promotion to 2 dan)
• 2017 Winner of the seniors vs female 12th GC Auction Cup, as a 5p beating Seo Bongsoo 9p in the last game
• 2018 Runner up of the 22nd Women's Kuksu
• 2018 Winner of the 1st Wu Qingyuan Cup (d. Choi Jung 2–0; upset win by 3–4 dan vs. 9 dan; earned promotion to 5 dan)
• 2019 Runner up of the 3rd Women's Kisung
• 2020 Runner up of the 4th Women's Kisung
• 2022 Runner up of the 2nd Supreme Female Player
• 2023 Runner up of the 28th Women's Kuksu
• 2024 Winner of the 4th IBK Cup Women's Baduk Masters (d. O Yujin 2–1; earned Kim promotion to 9 dan)
• 2024: Will be either winner or runner up of 29th Women's Kuksu, depending on result of her match with Nakamura Sumire starting 12 Dec

Head-to-head scores against current female rivals

(Based on Kim Chaeyoung, Go Ratings and game list), as of 7 Nov 2024.

• Choi Jung, 9p, current Korean and World #1 female: 7–27
• Kim Eunji, 9p, #2 female and #1 female teenager in world, #2 female in South Korea: 2–6
• Zhou Hongyu, 7p, #3 female in world, #1 female in China: 0–4
• Ueno Asami, 5p, #4 female in world, #1 female in Japan: 3–0
• Yu Zhiying, 8p, #5 female in world, #2 female in China: 2–4
• Fujisawa Rina, 7p, #6 female in world, #2 female in Japan: 1–3
• O Yujin, 9p, #7 female in world, #3 female in Korea: 13–5
• Wu Yiming, 5p, #9 female and #2 female teenager in world, #3 female in China: 2–1
• Lu Minquan, 6p, #10 female in world, #4 female in China: 2–3
• Tang Jiawen, 6p, #11 female in world, and #5 female in China: 1–0
• Li He, 6p, #12 female in world, and #6 female in China: 4–2
• Nakamura Sumire, 3p, #14 ranked female and #3 female teenager in the world, #3 ranked female in Japan, #5 ranked female in Korea: 0–3
• Cho Seunga, 7p, #15 ranked player and #323 overall, and #6 ranked female player in Korea: 6–9
• Ueno Risa, 2p, #16 female and #4 female teenager in world, #4 female in Japan: 0–0
• Gao Xing, 5p, #18 in world, #9 in China: 1–1
• Cho Hyeyeon, 9p, #19 female in world, once #1 and many years #2 female in world: 6–1
• Rui Naiwei, 9p, #20 female in world, many years #1 female in world: 2–3
• Wang Chenxing, 5p, #24 female in world, #14 female in China: 2–4
• Kim Hye-min, 9p, #25 female in the world, #8 female player in Korea: 10–6
• Kim Dayoung, 5p, Chaeyeong’s younger sister, #27 ranked female in the world and #9 female in Korea: 15–2
• Xie Yimin, 7p, #30 ranked female in the world, #5 ranked female in Japan (#1 for many years): 1–1
• Nyu Eiko, 4p, #34 ranked female player and #304 overall, and #7 ranked female player in Japan: 1–0
• Joanne Missingham aka Hei Jiajia, 7p, #39 female in world, #1 ranked female player in Taiwan: 4–1
• Kim Eunsun, 6p, #43 world, #15 Korea: 4–0
• Pak Chi-eun, 9p, #68 in world (formerly #3 for 4 years), #23 in Korea (formerly #1): 5–6
• Kim Eunseon 6p, Winner Baduk Masters Queen: 4–0
• Heo Suhhyun, 5p, Hyorim Cup winner: 9–2
• Jeong Yujin, 4p, Winner 2nd IBK Cup: 6–1
• Kim Jooah, 3p, Runner up, 2nd Hyorim Cup Future Empress Championship: 4–1
• Kim Minseo, 4p: 2–0
• Lee Suljoo, 3p: 5–0

Views on female and male players

In an interview after Kim first became a professional, she was asked:

“They say that the task for female players is to develop the skills to compete on equal terms with men. What do you think?”

Kim responded:

“I also suffered from competition with male opponents. There were often cases where male students who were not as good as me would surpass me within a year. Nevertheless, I believe that there will come a day when female players will not be particularly inferior to male players. If we keep working hard and time passes, it will be possible.”

Links

• Three Master Kims live under one roof. Interview with Kim Seong-rae, Kim Chae-young, and Kim Da-young from ‘Three Ladies Program’, 2015-08-22 (in Korean)
• Kim Chaeyeong, Profile on Korean Baduk
• Kim Chaeyeong, Korean Wikipedia
• Kim Chaeyeong, Go Ratings and Games
• Kim Chaeyeong, Go4Go

Videos

• A post-game interview after the round 16 game against Park Jonghoon in the 46th Myeongin in September 2023. YouTube link

Photos

Kim family 2015: father Kim Sung-Rae (52), mother Lee So-yoon (50), Kim Da-young (17), Kim Chaeyoung (19) (Image credit: news.tygem.com

Kim family 2017: L-R mother Lee So-yoon, Kim Dayoung 2p, Kim Sung-Rae 5p, and Kim Chaeyoung 3p (Image credit: yna.co.kr

First official game between Kim sisters, 2016-03-18: Kim Dayoung (left) vs Kim Chaeyoung (Image credit: ilyo.co.kr

4th IBK Cup Women’s Baduk Masters 2024 winner Kim Chaeyoung, promoted to 9p (left), and runner-up O Yujin, 9p (Image credit: m.baduk.or.kr)