Park Jung Hwan

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Pak Cheong-hwan (박정환)
Chinese: 朴廷桓

Pak Cheong-hwan (박정환, b. 1993) is a Korean, professional 9-dan of the Hanguk Kiwon. On 21 December 2010, Park became the youngest Korean 9-dan professional.

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Baduk career highlights

A pupil of the famous Kwon Kap-yong baduk school (which has produced top pros such as Lee Sedol and Choi Cheolhan), he is described in In A Korean Baduk School as a prodigy who aged 12 defeated several professionals including Seo Bong Su 9 dan, and On Sojin. See particularly days 8, 10 and 14.

An Younggil has [ext] commented that Park is not as strong in the opening where he is prone to playing slack moves, but he has very good endgame technique.

In June 2012 (till October), Park ranked #1 in the [ext] Korean Ranking, and as of July 2012 ranked #1 also in the World Ranking published by [ext] cyberoro site. In July 2013, again Park ranked #1 in the Korean Ranking. On the [ext] 2024-01-02 rating list, Park is now #6 in the world (with Ke Jie) and #2 in Korea, behind only Shin Jinseo.

Rank Promotion

  • 2006: 1-dan
  • 2007: 2-dan
  • 2008-12-12: 3-dan
  • 2009-01-18: 4-dan, for winning the 4th Siptan
  • 2009-12-23: 5-dan, for winning the 14th Chunwon
  • 2010-01-10: 6-dan, for winning the 5th Siptan
  • 2010-01-13: 7-dan, for qualifying for the main event of the 2nd BC Card Cup
  • 2010-05: 8-dan
  • 2010-12-21: 9-dan, for winning the Asian Games Gold Medal

Titles

Career Statistics

Park Jung Hwan’s professional record is 1544 games, 1125 wins, 418 losses, for a 72.91% win rate.

Year Total Win Loss Win %
2006 12 7 5 58.3%
2007 76 54 22 71.1%
2008 66 43 23 65.2%
2009 62 47 15 75.8%
2010 74 55 19 74.3%
2011 68 48 20 70.6%
2012 109 82 27 75.0%
2013 97 77 20 79.0%
Total 564 413 151 73.2%

Weblinks

Videos

  • [ext] Post-game comments after a victorius game against Kim Seunggu in the 1st round of 2023 Myeongin.

Pictures

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Park Jung Hwan with young admirer Nakamura Sumire, 2019 (Image credit: Hong In-ki, hankookilbo.com)
Park Jung Hwan with 10-year-old admirer, girl prodigy Nakamura Sumire, 2019 (Image credit: Hong In-ki, hankookilbo.com)


Park Jung Hwan last edited by Jono64a on October 13, 2024 - 08:57
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