Park Jieun (Go player) explained

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.

Career

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.seoul.co.kr/news/newsView.php?id=20080414023001&relation=hit&spage=1. ko:김문기자가 만난사람 국내 1호 여류프로 9단 박지은. 14 April 2008. Seoul Shinmun. Korean. 17 October 2010.
  2. Web site: 首届远洋地产杯朴志恩夺冠 成韩国首位女子九段. Sohu. 2008-01-17. zh.
  3. Web site: 바둑 여왕, 박지은. JoongAng Ilbo. 2008-01-18. ko.
  4. Web site: 16세 바둑 소녀 헤이자자 돌풍 속 박지은 우승. JoongAng Ilbo. 2010-09-17. ko.
  5. Web site: Park Jieun wins 2nd Bingsheng Cup. 2011-10-13. Go Game Guru. https://web.archive.org/web/20161224025107/https://gogameguru.com/park-jieun-wins-2nd-bingsheng-cup/. 2016-12-24. dead.
  6. Web site: 박지은 9단, 국내 여자 프로기사 최초 1천 대국 돌파. KBS News. 2017-06-14.