Song T'ae-kon

(b.1986) Korean pro, 9 dan in 2008.

On 2003-01-06 he won the fifth and deciding game in the 7th Ch'eonweon (Korea's Tengen) match to defeat Cho Hun-hyeon 3-2 and capture the title as a 16-year-old 3-dan. As the domestic title holder, he became 4 dan by the new promotion rule.

Winner of the 13th BC Card (Korean New Stars) in 2003.

On 2003-07-07, he won 2nd place in 16th Fujitsu Cup, and became 5 dan by the new promotion rule.

On 2003-10-10, he won the 22nd KBS Cup title, and became 6 dan.

Complete Song's win/los record at the end of 2009 is here.

Song T'ae-kon (White) - Cho Hun-hyeon (Black)  

A position from the decisive game in Ch'eonweon final. Apparently Song reads SL :)

BQM59 contains two questions about this game.

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Pictures

yu bin song taekun asian tv cup 2004 (Image credit: Foxwq.com)