Choi Cheol-han

Choi Cheol-han
Full name	Choi Cheol-han
Hangul	최철한
Hanja	崔哲瀚
Revised Romanization	Choe Cheol-han
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Ch'ŏl-han
Born	12 March 1985 South Korea
Residence	South Korea
Teacher	Kweon Kab-yong
Turned pro	1997
Rank	9 dan
Affiliation	Hanguk Kiwon

Choi Cheol-han

Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Asian Games
	2010 Guangzhou	Men's Team
	2010 Guangzhou	Mixed doubles

Choi Cheol-han (born 12 March 1985) is a South Korean professional Go player. He is the fourth youngest (12 years 2 months) to become a professional Go player in South Korean history behind Cho Hun-hyun (9 years 7 months), Lee Chang-ho (11 years 1 months) and Cho Hye-yeon (11 years 10 months).^[1] His nickname is "The Viper".

Biography

Choi became a professional when he was 12 years old. He began playing Go at the age of seven, studying with Lee Sedol in Kweon Kab-yong's academy in Seoul. At that time, Choi was considered the next Lee Sedol.^[2]

Promotion record

Rank	Year	Notes
1 dan	1997
2 dan	1998
3 dan	1999
4 dan	2000
5 dan
6 dan	2003	Won the 8th Chunwon.
7 dan
8 dan
9 dan	2004	Special promotion for winning the 47th Guksu and defending his Chunwon title.

Career record

• 2006: 58 wins, 29 losses^[3]
• 2007: 45 wins, 25 losses^[4]
• 2008: 50 wins, 18 losses^[5]
• 2009: 56 wins, 18 losses^[6]
• 2010: 63 wins, 22 losses^[7]
• 2011: 50 wins, 24 losses^[8]

Titles and runners-up

Ranks tenth in total amount of titles in Korea.

Domestic
Title	Wins	Runners-up
Guksu	3 (2003, 2004, 2010)	2 (2005, 2011)
GS Caltex Cup	1 (2005)	1 (2006)
Chunwon	4 (2003, 2004, 2010, 2011)
KBS Cup		1 (2006)
Maxim Cup	2 {2009, 2010)	1 (2006)
Kisung	1 (2004)	2 (2005, 2007)
King of Kings		1 (2005)
KT Cup		1 (2002)
Total	11	10
Continental
China-Korea Tengen		3 (2004, 2005, 2011)
Total	0	3
International
Ing Cup	1 (2008)	1 (2004)
Fujitsu Cup		1 (2005)
Zhonghuan Cup	1 (2005)
Total	2	2
Career total
Total	13	15

Korean Baduk League

Season	Team	Place	Record
2007	Team World Meridian (Captain)	6th place	6–7[9]
2008	Team No. 1 Fire Insurance	4th place	12–4[10]
2009	Team Hite Jinro (Captain)	6th place	9–3[11]
2010	Team Hite Jinro (Captain)	4th place	10–7[12]
2011	Team Hite Jinro (Captain)	Runners-up	13–4[13]

Chinese A League

Season	Team	Place	Record
2009	Team Sian (Captain)	7th place	9–3[14]
2010	Team Sian (Captain)	2nd place	7–2[15]
2011	Team Sian (Captain)	TBD	10–5[16]

References

1. "최철한 9단, 통산 800승 달성". sports.chosun.com (in Korean). 18 September 2012. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
2. "Choi CheolHan". gobase.org. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
3. "Korea win-loss 2006". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
4. "Korea win-loss 2007". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
5. "Korea win-loss 2008". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
6. "Korea win-loss 2009". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
7. "Korea win-loss 2010". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
8. "Korea win-loss 2011". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
9. "2007 Korean Baduk League". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
10. "2008 Korean Baduk League". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
11. "2009 Korean Baduk League". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
12. "2010 Korean Baduk League". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
13. "2011 Korean Baduk League". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
14. "2009 Chinese A League". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
15. "2010 Chinese A League". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
16. "2010 Chinese A League". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 13 June 2011.