Yi Chi-hyeon

Yi Chi-hyeon (Hangul: 이지현; Hanja:李知炫; (b. 2 May 1979) is a Korean female professional 5 dan.

As an amateur, she won the Student King Championship. After becoming a professional, in 1999, aged 20, She was runner-up in the 6th Women's Kuksu, losing to Rui Naiwei.

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Name

Her name is also spelled “Lee Jiheon” or “Lee Ji-hyeon”.

She has the same Korean name with same Hangul as a male 9 dan, on this site under the Romanization Lee Jihyun. But the Hanja of their given names are different. Her name’s Hanja 知 (Ji) means knowledge or wisdom; 炫 (Hyeon) means “shining” or “brilliant”, and is common in girls’ names. The combination suggests intelligent charm.

Her male counterpart’s Hanja 志 (Ji) means “aspiration” or “will”; 賢 (Hyun/Hyeon) means “virtuous” or “wise”. The combination suggests a wise, virtuous leadership.

Promotion History

• 5 dan / 2022.01.18 / Promotion to 5th Dan
• 4 dan / 2010.03.17 / 6th Price Information Distribution
• 3 dan / 2003.07.18 /
• 2 dan / 2000.01.01 /
• 1 dan / 1993.01.01 / Points earned

Links

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