Weon Seong-chin

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Weon Seong-chin KBA

Weon Seong-chin (or Weon Seong-jin, Hangul: 원성진, Hanja: 元晟溱) is a Korean pro 9 dan. He was born in Seoul on 15 July 1985). He was a pupil of Kweon Kap-yong. He was promoted to 1 dan aged 13 in 1998 and to 6 dan in 2004.

He was promoted to 9 dan in 2007 when he won the 17th BC Card (Korean New Stars), then the 12th Chunwon.

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Promotion history

9 dan / 2007.12.18 / Winner of the 12th Cheonwon Tournament? (against Kang Dong-yoon) Special promotion to 1st Dan
8 dan / 2007.07.29 / 12th Samsung Fire Cup? Preliminary
7 dan / 2006.01.20 / 11th Bacchus Cup Cheonwon Jeon Preliminary
6 dan / 2004.07.22 / 6th Nongshim Cup Preliminary Round
5 dan / 2003.04.01 /
4 dan n / 2001.10.24 / 77th Promotion Competition, 2nd Half
3 dan / 2000.01.01 /
1 dan / 1998.01.01 / Points earned

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Achievements

Semifinalist in the 7th (2002-03) LG Cup (when he was only 4 dan). He was knocked out by Lee Changho 9p, who went on to win the tournament over Lee Sedol 9p.

In 2008 he beat Gu Li in the 12th China Korea Tengen,.

In 2010 Won reached the final of the 38th Myungin, losing to Park Yeonghun 3-2; in Korean ranking at the end of October he reached #2.

Winner of the 15th GS Caltex Cup, beating Cho Hanseung 3-1.

Winner of the 16th Samsung Cup in 2011, defeating Gu Li 2-1.

He won every single one of his seventeen (!) games in the 2020–21 season of the Korean Baduk League, as a member of the Celltrion team. For this feat, he was named the season’s MVP.

He has made it to the Korean Nongshim Cup team in 2023. He first represented Korea in the Nongshim Cup in 2003. All his opponents from that time have “taken the back seat” by now.

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