Mok Jin-seok explained

Mok Jin-seok
Fullname:	Mok Jin-seok
Hangul:	목진석
Hanja:	睦鎭碩
Mccune-Reischauer:	Mok Chin-seok
Birth Date:	20 January 1980
Birth Place:	South Korea
Residence:	South Korea
Turnedpro:	1994
Rank:	9 dan
Affiliation:	Hanguk Kiwon

Mok Jin-seok (born 20 January 1980) is a professional Go player.

Biography

Mok Jin Seok became a professional Go player in 1994 when he was 14 and reached 9 Dan, the highest level, in 2005.

He is called 'Goe dong' by media, which means a Boy wonder. His nickname derives from the fact that he has unconventional and adventurous style as well as fast reading skill in Go games.

At 15 years of age in 1995, Mok made his surprising debut on the world stage of Go by defeating Nie Weiping, one of the greatest players in China, at Lotte Cup held in Beijing, China.

In 2000, Mok defeated Lee Chang-ho in the final of KBS Cup: no one among professional players younger than Lee had defeated him in the finals. From 2001 to 2005, Mok participated in Chinese Go league as the first foreign player: he got 48 wins and 17 losses.

In 2001, Mok was runner-up to the Asia TV Championship. He was defeated by Cho Hun-hyeon.

His highest achievement in international competitions is the runner up at LG Cup World Championship in 2004: the winner was Lee Chang-ho.

In 2007, Mok broke a World Record for both the greatest number of wins and most matches in a year in Go—93 wins and 122 matches. He is also one of only 13 Korean players with over 1000 wins in official matches.

After Mok won his first big title in KBS Cup in 2000, it took 15 years for him to win another big title: that is, at his age of 35, Mok defeated Choi Cheol-han in the final of GS Cup in 2015.

He has managed the Korean National Go team as a head coach since 2016 and has held rookie's tournaments called 'Future's Star' for young players since 2015 .

He is fluent in Chinese and proficient in English and Japanese.

Career record

• 1994: 8 wins, 2 losses^[1]
• 1995: 54 wins, 20 losses^[2]
• 1996: 64 wins, 15 losses, 1 draw^[3]
• 1997: 44 wins, 22 losses^[4]
• 1998: 59 wins, 21 losses, 1 draw^[5]
• 1999: 61 wins, 25 losses^[6]
• 2000: 62 wins, 23 losses^[7]
• 2001: 36 wins, 15 losses^[8]
• 2002: 43 wins, 28 losses^[9]
• 2003: 48 wins, 14 losses^[10]
• 2004: 24 wins, 18 losses^[11]
• 2005: 48 wins, 29 losses^[12]
• 2006: 44 wins, 21 losses^[13]
• 2007: 93 wins, 29 losses^[14]
• 2008: 59 wins, 35 losses^[15]
• 2009: 33 wins, 15 losses^[16]
• 2010: 47 wins, 25 losses^[17]
• 2011: 45 wins, 22 losses^[18]
• 2012: 41 wins, 27 losses^[19]
• 2013: 45 wins, 21 losses^[20]
• 2014: 27 wins, 26 losses^[21]
• 2015: 25 wins, 21 losses^[22]
• 2016: 25 wins, 18 losses^[23]

Titles and runners-up

Domestic
Title	Wins	Runners-up
	1 (2015)
		1 (2013)
		1 (2009)
		1 (2008)
	1 (2000)
		1 (2008)
		2 (1999, 2002)
	1 (1998)
		1 (2008)
	1 (1999)	1 (1998)
Total	4	8
Continental
		1 (2001)
	1 (1998)
Total	1	1
International
		1 (2004)
Total	0	1
Career total
Total	5	10

Korean Baduk League

Season	Team	Place	Record
		Runners-up	9–7^[24]
		Runners-up	10–6^[25]
	Team Tbroad (Captain)	7th place	8–4^[26]
	Team Tbroad (Captain)	6th place	7–9^[27]
		Champions	10–4^[28]

External links

• GoBase Profile
• Sensei's Library Profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: Korea win-loss 2011 . igokisen.web.fc2.com . 13 June 2011 .
2. Web site: Korea win-loss 2011 . igokisen.web.fc2.com . 13 June 2011 .
3. Web site: Korea win-loss 2011 . igokisen.web.fc2.com . 13 June 2011 .
4. Web site: Korea win-loss 2011 . igokisen.web.fc2.com . 13 June 2011 .
5. Web site: Korea win-loss 2011 . igokisen.web.fc2.com . 13 June 2011 .
6. Web site: Korea win-loss 2011 . igokisen.web.fc2.com . 13 June 2011 .
7. Web site: Korea win-loss 2011 . igokisen.web.fc2.com . 13 June 2011 .
8. Web site: Korea win-loss 2011 . igokisen.web.fc2.com . 13 June 2011 .
9. Web site: Korea win-loss 2011 . igokisen.web.fc2.com . 13 June 2011 .
10. Web site: Korea win-loss 2011 . igokisen.web.fc2.com . 13 June 2011 .
11. Web site: Korea win-loss 2011 . igokisen.web.fc2.com . 13 June 2011 .
12. Web site: Korea win-loss 2011 . igokisen.web.fc2.com . 13 June 2011 .
13. Web site: Korea win-loss 2006 . igokisen.web.fc2.com . 13 June 2011 .
14. Web site: Korea win-loss 2007 . igokisen.web.fc2.com . 13 June 2011 .
15. Web site: Korea win-loss 2008 . igokisen.web.fc2.com . 13 June 2011 .
16. Web site: Korea win-loss 2009 . igokisen.web.fc2.com . 13 June 2011 .
17. Web site: Korea win-loss 2010 . igokisen.web.fc2.com . 13 June 2011 .
18. Web site: Korea win-loss 2011 . igokisen.web.fc2.com . 13 June 2011 .
19. Web site: Korea win-loss 2011 . igokisen.web.fc2.com . 13 June 2011 .
20. Web site: Korea win-loss 2011 . igokisen.web.fc2.com . 13 June 2011 .
21. Web site: Korea win-loss 2011 . igokisen.web.fc2.com . 13 June 2011 .
22. Web site: Korea win-loss 2011 . igokisen.web.fc2.com . 13 June 2011 .
23. Web site: Korea win-loss 2011 . igokisen.web.fc2.com . 13 June 2011 .
24. Web site: 2007 Korean Baduk League . igokisen.web.fc2.com . 13 June 2011 .
25. Web site: 2008 Korean Baduk League . igokisen.web.fc2.com . 13 June 2011 .
26. Web site: 2009 Korean Baduk League . igokisen.web.fc2.com . 13 June 2011 .
27. Web site: 2010 Korean Baduk League . igokisen.web.fc2.com . 13 June 2011 .
28. Web site: 2011 Korean Baduk League . igokisen.web.fc2.com . 13 June 2011 .