Kim Minseo

Kim Minseo (Hangul: 김민서: Hanja: 金珉舒 , b. 10 July 2007 in Daegu) is a Korean female professional 4 dan. She became a pro aged 13y 11m.

Table of contents Early life Promotion history Go career Head-to-head scores against current female rivals Pictures Links

Early life

Kim Minseo is the younger of two daughters of Kim Kang-hoon and Kim Seung-sook. She studied Baduk at the Jang Su-young Baduk Dojang, under teachers were Park Byeong-gyu 9p, Park Seung-hwa 8p, Lee Chun-gyu 7p, Park Yeong-rong? 5p. She admires Park Jeong-hwan 9p and Choi Jeong 9p.

Promotion history

• 4 dan / 2024.09.26 / 4 dan promotion
• 3 dan / 2023.01.27 / 3 dan promotion
• 2 dan / 2022.06.04 / 2 dan promotion
• 1 dan / 2021.06.25 / 55th Women's Entrance Competition

Go career

Kim Minseo became a professional by passing the 55th Women’s Entrance Tournament, along with Lee Seul-ju and Jang Eun-bin.

Runner up in the 1st (2022) Mediheal Millenium Women’s Go Championship. See AGA-EJ report.

Kim Minseo reached the semifinals of the 8th Female Kisung after beating Lee Suljoo 3p in R1 (B+R) followed by an upset win over the defending champion Kim Eunji 9p in R2 (B+R). It was Minseo’s first win over Eunji after losing their previous three games. Then she beat Heo Suhhyun 4p (now 5p) in R3 (B+R). But she lost to Nakamura Sumire in the semifinals (W–8.5) She lost the decision match to Kim Hyemin 9p (W–R).

She was captain of the winning Boryeong Mud team in the 10th Korean Women’s league. Her team-mates were Kim Da-young, Lee Seul-ju, It was the first time Boryeong Mud had won in 4 years. The first 9 years, the Boryeong Mud team was captained by Choi Jeong, but for unspecified personal reasons she didn’t play for the 10th (and the 11th).

At 2024 Baduk Awards held at The Meridian in Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si on 26 Dec, she won the Rookie of the Year award.

Head-to-head scores against current female rivals

(Based on Kim Minseo , Go Ratings and game list), as of 25 Mar 2025.

• Choi Jung, 9p, current Korean and World #1 female: 0–5
• Kim Eunji, 9p, #2 female and #1 female teenager in world, #2 female in Korea: 1–3
• O Yujin, 9p, #7 female in world, #3 female in Korea: 0–1
• Kim Chaeyeong, 9p, #8 female in world, #4 female in South Korea: 0–2
• Wu Yiming, 6p, #9 female and #2 female teenager in world, #3 female in China: 3–1
• Li He, 6p, #12 female in world, #6 female in China: 1–0
• Nakamura Sumire, 4p, #14 ranked female and #3 female teenager in the world, #3 ranked female in Japan, #5 ranked female in Korea: 1–4
• Cho Seunga, 7p, #15 ranked player and #323 overall, and #6 ranked female player in Korea: 3–3
• Cho Hyeyeon, 9p, #19 female in world, once #1 and many years #2 female in world: 1–1
• Kim Hye-min, 9p, #19 female in the world, #7 female player in Korea: 0–2
• Kim Dayoung, 5p, Kim Chaeyeong’s younger sister, #27 ranked female in the world and #9 female in Korea: 0–1
• Kim Eunseon 6p, Winner Baduk Masters Queen: 2–2
• Heo Seo-hyeon, 5p, Hyorim Cup winner: 6–1
• O Jeonga, 5p, 1st IBK Cup runner up: 1–1
• Jeong Yujin, 4p, Winner 2nd IBK Cup: 2–0
• Kim Jooah, 4p, Runner up, 2nd Hyorim Cup Future Empress Championship: 1–2
• Lee Suljoo, 3p, 2–1
• Rui Naiwei, 9p, world #1 for many years, 0–1

Pictures

L→R: Jang Eun-bin, Kim Min-seo, and Lee Seul-ju,
Pros from 55th Women's Entrance Exam
(Image credit: cyberoro.com)

Links

• Korean Wikipedia
• KBA
• Go4Go
• Go Ratings and Games