Park Jieun | |
Hangul: | 박지은 |
Hanja: | 朴鋕恩 |
Revisedromanization: | Bak Jieun |
Mccunereischauer: | Pak Chiŭn |
Birth Date: | 4 November 1983 |
Birth Place: | South Korea |
Rank: | 9 dan |
Park Jieun (born November 4, 1983) is a South Korean professional Go player of 9-dan rank. In 2008, she became the third female go player in history to achieve 9-dan rank,[1] following Rui Naiwei and Feng Yun.
Park became a professional Go player in 1997. She studied Go under .
In 2008, she won an international women's title in the Sino-Ocean Cup, a tournament held one time only. She defeated Rui Naiwei in the finals to win the championship. Under the Korea Baduk Association's rules, she was promoted to 9 dan for the victory, becoming the first Korean female 9 dan professional.[2] [3]
She won the Bingsheng Cup in 2010,[4] and again in 2011.[5]
In 2017, she became the first Korean female professional Go player to reach 1000 career games played.[6]