This is a Korean name; the family name is Choi.

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
Date of birth	March 12, 1985 (1985-03-12) (age 24)
Place of birth	, South Korea
Residence	South Korea
Teacher	Kwan Kab Ryong
Turned pro	1997
Rank	9 dan
Affiliation	Hanguk Kiwon

Choi Cheol-han (born March 12, 1985) is a South Korean professional Go player. According to the official rank provided by the Go Association of South Korea in May, 2007, Choi was the number three professional player in South Korea. [1]

Contents 1 Biography 2 Titles & runners-up 3 Trivia 4 External links 5 See also

[edit] Biography

Choi became a professional when he was 12 years old. He grew up studying Go at the Kwon Kap Yong academy in Seoul. He studied at the same school as Lee Sedol. Choi is already getting names like the next Lee Sedol due to his winning style at such a young age. He is the second youngest 9p in Korea, losing out to Park Young-Hoon by just 3 weeks. Along with Lee Sedol, Park Young-Hoon, and Song Tae Kon is what would be called the "new wave", the new group of youngsters who are looking to dethrone Lee Chang-ho from his several titles. Choi has also had his fair shot at international titles. Along with the Lee Sedol and Park Young-hoon, Choi used the new promotion system to his advantage. He was promoted to 6 dan in 2003, until he skyrocketed to 7, 8, and then 9 dan in 2004. This was due to winning the Guksu, Kisung, and Chunwon titles. If that was not enough, he was recently ranked Number 1 in Korea. This was a great feat considering the competition in South Korea.

[edit] Titles & runners-up

Ranks #9 in total amount of titles in Korea.

Title	Years Lost
Current	7
GS Caltex Cup	2006
Kisung	2005, 2007
Guksu	2006
KBS Cup	2006
Maxim Cup	2006
King of Kings	2005
Defunct	1
KT Cup	2002
Continental	1
China-Korea Tengen	2005
International	2
Fujitsu Cup	2005
Ing Cup	2005

[edit] Trivia

• Choi won his first international tournament in August 2005, the Zhonghuan Cup, by beating fellow Korean Go player Lee Sedol.

[edit] External links

• Interview with Choi Cheol-han

[edit] See also

• Go players
• List of Korea-related topics

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