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Park Junghwan

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Park Junghwan is a South Korean professional Go player born in 1993 who holds the 9 dan rank and turned professional in 2006. He has won the Fujitsu Cup in 2011, the LG Cup in 2015, the Ing Cup in 2013 and 2016, the Asian TV Cup in 2013 and 2015, the Mlily Cup in 2018, the Chunlan Cup in 2019 and the World Go Championship from 2017 to 2019. He became the youngest Korean player ever to reach 9 dan, at age 17, after winning gold at the 2010 Asian Games, where he also won a mixed pair gold, and he won a second team gold at the 2022 Asian Games.

Facts
Birth Year
1993 1
Birth Date
1993-01-11 1
Nationality
South Korean 1
Career Highlight
Won the 19th LG Cup in 2015, defeating Kim Ji-seok in the final, after reaching the final of the 2012 Ing Cup the same way in 2011 by winning the Fujitsu Cup. 1
Classification
Competition Category
Individual 1
FAQs

Did Park Junghwan ever play a Go program

He beat the program DeepZenGo on his way to winning the 2017 World Go Championship.

Yes. At the 2017 World Go Championship, a special invitational tournament organized by the Nihon Ki-in, Park Junghwan won the title by defeating Iyama Yuta, the Japanese Go program DeepZenGo and Mi Yuting.
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South Korea

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Source Wikidata: Park Junghwan
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1. Wikipedia, Park Junghwan
Wikipedia
  • Early career section, Wikipedia article on Park Junghwan, birth date
    He won the 19th LG Cup in 2015, defeating Kim Ji-seok in the final, 2-1.
  • Early career section, Wikipedia article on Park Junghwan, birth year
    He won the 19th LG Cup in 2015, defeating Kim Ji-seok in the final, 2-1.
  • Early career section, Wikipedia article on Park Junghwan, nationality
    He won the 19th LG Cup in 2015, defeating Kim Ji-seok in the final, 2-1.
  • Early career section, Wikipedia article on Park Junghwan, career summary
    He won the 19th LG Cup in 2015, defeating Kim Ji-seok in the final, 2-1.
  • Wikipedia, article summary lead
    Park Junghwan (born 11 January 1993) is a South Korean professional Go player of 9-dan rank.
  • Plays: Go, Lead sentence
    is a South Korean professional Go player of 9-dan rank.
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