O Yujin

O Yujin (sometimes Oh Yujin, Korean 오유진, Japanese 呉侑珍, Chinese 吴侑珍) is a female Korean 9-dan professional player born in 1998-06-11. She is the second daughter of O Dong-hwan and Lee Kyung-hee. She earned Go with her older sister on their father's recommendation.

Table of contents Go career Titles and runners up Head-to-head scores against current female rivals Style Personal life Links Videos Pictures

Go career

O qualified as a pro in 2012-07-30 through a double elimination tournament alongside Kim Sinyoung. She was promoted to 6-dan in 2018, 7-dan in 2019, and 8-dan in 2021. Then later that year, she was awarded a special promotion to 9-dan after beating Choi Jung 2–1 in the 26th Women's Kuksu, after beating Cho Hyeyeon 9p and Kim Chaeyoung 8p on the way.

As of 2023-12-22, O Yujin is the #7 ranked female in the world and #3 female in South Korea. On the 2016, 2017, and 2019 rating lists, she was the #3 female go player in the world.

Titles and runners up

• 2015 Runner-up Women's Myeongin
• 2016 Runner-up Women's Myeongin
• 2016 Winner of Bingsheng Cup
• 2016 Winner of Women's Kuksu
• 2017 Runner-up Women's Kisung
• 2017 Gold Medal IMSA Elite Mind Games Women's Go Individual?
• 2018 Runner up Bingsheng Cup
• 2019 Runner up Women's Kuksu
• 2021 Winner of Women's Kisung
• 2021 Winner of Women's Kuksu
• 2021 Winner of Wu Qingyuan Cup

Head-to-head scores against current female rivals

(Based on Oh Yujin, Go Ratings and game list), as of 20 Jul 2024.

• Choi Jung, 9p, current Korean and World #1 female: 9–26
• Yu Zhiying, 8p, #2 female in world, #1 female in China: 10–9
• Kim Eunji, 9p, #3 female and #1 female teenager in world, #2 female in South Korea: 3–9
• Zhou Hongyu, 7p, #4 female in world, #2 female in China: 4–5
• Ueno Asami, 5p, #5 female in world, #1 female in Japan: 3–0
• Lu Minquan, 6p, #6 female in world, #3 female in China: 5–2
• Fujisawa Rina, 7p, #8 female in world, #2 female in Japan: 5–1
• Kim Chaeyeong, 8p, #9 female in world, #4 female in South Korea: 4–11
• Li He, 5p, #10 female in world, #4 female in China: 7–2
• Wu Yiming, 4p, #11 female and #2 female teenager in world, #5 female in China: 3–1
• Cho Seunga, 6p, #12 ranked female player and #304 overall, and #5 ranked player in Korea: 9–5
• Tang Jiawen, 5p, #13 female in world, and #6 female in China: 1–0
• Cho Hyeyeon, 9p, #19 female in world, once #1 and many years #2 female in world: 7–2
• Rui Naiwei, 9p, #20 female in world, many years #1 female in world: 4–2
• Ueno Risa, 3p, #21 female and #3 female teenager in world, #3 female in Japan: 1–0
• Kim Hye-min, 9p, #25 female in the world, #8 female player in Korea: 5–5
• Kim Dayoung, 5p, Kim Chaeyeong's younger sister, #27 ranked female in the world and #9 female in Korea: 8–6
• Nakamura Sumire, 3p, #28 ranked female and #4 female teenager in the world, #4 ranked female in Japan: 0–0
• Lee Minjin, 8p, #29 female in the world, #10 female player in Korea: 5–1
• Xie Yimin, 7p, #30 ranked female in the world, #5 ranked female in Japan (#1 for many years): 6–1
• Nyu Eiko, 4p, #34 ranked female player and #304 overall, and #7 ranked female player in Japan: 5–1
• Joanne Missingham aka Hei Jiajia, 7p, #39 female in world, #1 ranked female player in Taiwan: 1–1
• Pak Chi-eun, 9p, #68 in world (formerly #3 for 4 years), #23 in Korea (formerly #1): 6–0

Style

O Yujin likes thick positions, biding her time to attack. She admires Lee Sedol's creativity. She would like to reach the top 100 in the world of either sex. But she says:

I think female players are a little behind male players in terms of concentration and stamina.

Personal life

O Yujin and Choi Jung are close friends. ‘Fantasy combination’ Choi Jeong and Oh Yu-jin “Thank you to the fans who supported us.” ''Baduk News,'' 2019.06.13 (in Korean)

O used to wear glasses, but now wears contacts.

Links

• Korean Wikipedia
• Japanese Wikipedia
• Korean Baduk profile
• Go Ratings and Games
• Go4Go

Videos

• A pre-game YouTube link and post-game YouTube link interviews (both her and Fujisawa Rina before and after 2023 Korean Women Baduk Team's evaluational matches against invited players from Japan and China in August 2023.
• A pre-game YouTube link and post-game YouTube link interviews (both her and Nakamura Sumire before and after 2023 Korean Women Baduk Team's evaluational matches against invited players from Japan and China in September 2023.

Pictures

O Yujin (right) vs Nakamura Sumire, final, Chunhyang Selection Tourney, Jun 2024 (Image credit: m.yna.co.kr)

oh yujin asian games 2023 (Image credit: Foxwq.com)

O Yujin (left) and Nakamura Sumire, finalists, Chunhyang Selection Tourney, Jun 2024 (Image credit: Asahi Shimbun, Twitter)

O Yujin (right) and Nakamura Sumire, analyzing, Chunhyang Selection Tourney, Jun 2024 (Image credit: Asahi Shimbun, Twitter)