Park Jieun | |
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Hangul | 박지은 |
Hanja | 朴鋕恩 |
Revised Romanization | Bak Jieun |
McCune–Reischauer | Pak Chiŭn |
Born | South Korea | November 4, 1983
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 Kim Dong-yeop . [2]
In 2008, she won an international women's title in the Sino-Ocean Cup (Chinese :远洋地产杯), 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. [3] [2]
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]
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