Kim Jiseok

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Kim Jiseok (김지석, 金志錫, Kim Jisuk, b. 13 June, 1989) is a Korean, professional, 9-dan of the Hanguk Kiwon. He has been ranked #2 in Korea since December 2013, and has been in the top five since 2012.

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style

In 2010, An Younggil said:

He loves fighting and he doesn’t miss cutting points. He plays aggressively and roughly as he is a genuine infighter and especially good at local battles.

I once played him officially in 2007. I was planning to go abroad to spread Go, and I thought it could be my last game on main tournament before leaving. I tried to play my best because of that reason, and the opening was alright up to the middle game. When I felt I was reading the game, I made a simple mistake in the center, and I lost badly without any chance afterwards. I felt his powerful reading through the whole game.^[1]

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Rank Promotion

2004: 1-dan
2005: 2-dan
2006: 3-dan
2007: 4-dan
2009: 5-dan, March 30th
2009: 6-dan, August 20th
2010: 7-dan, March 16th
2013: 8-dan, March 20th
2013: 9-dan, April 22th, for winning the 18th GS Caltex Cup

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Titles

2007: Korean Baduk League, Team Yeongnam Ilbo
2009: 5th Korean Prices Information Cup (2-0, Lee Changho)
2012: Korean Baduk League, Team Hangame
2013: 18th GS Caltex Cup (3-0, Lee Sedol)
2013: 4th Olleh KT Cup (3-0, Mok Jinseok)
2014: 19th GS Caltex Cup (3-0, Choi Cheolhan)
2014: 19th Samsung Cup (2-0, Tang Weixing)

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Career Statistics

Year	Total	Win	Loss	Win %
2004	34	20	14	58.8%
2005	56	35	21	62.5%
2006	70	44	26	62.9%
2007	109	78	31	71.6%
2008	61	37	24	60.7%
2009	91	71	20	78.0%
2010	69	47	22	68.1%
2011	70	48	22	68.6%
2012	97	73	24	75.3%
Total	657	453	204	68.9%

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Fun Facts

The book Weird and Wonderful - Volume 1 - Extraordinary Moves by Professional Go Players analyzes a game from 2014 in which Kim Jiseok 9p played tenuki four times against his opponent Guo Yuzheng 4p, who tried to kill his group but failed and lost.

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