Song Tae-kon (born September 8, 1986) is a
Korean
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professional
Go player
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.
Biography
Song Tae-kon started learning
Go when he was 6. He turned pro when he was 13. He is one of the best young players in
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
. His biggest moment came in 2003 when he reached the final of
Fujitsu Cup The Fujitsu Cup (富士通杯) was an international Go competition that ran from 1988 to 2011.
Outline
The Fujitsu Cup was an international Go competition hosted by Fujitsu and Yomiuri Shimbun. The players were selected as follows:
* The top 3 ...
losing to
Lee Sedol
Lee Sedol (; born 2 March 1983), or Lee Se-dol, is a South Korean former professional Go player of 9 dan rank. As of February 2016, he ranked second in international titles (18), behind only Lee Chang-ho (21). His nickname is "The Stro ...
. Became a 4 dan in 2003 after winning the
Chunwon
The Chunwon (Korean: 천원전, Hanja: 天元戰) was a Go competition in Korea. Begun in 1996, it was held nineteen times and was discontinued after 2015.
The winner of the Chunwon went on to play the winner of the Chinese equivalent (the Tianyu ...
title. Song was promoted to 5 dan in 2003 for having been runner up in the Fujitsu Cup. He was promoted to 6 dan after winning the
KBS Cup
The KBS Cup is a South Korean Go competition.
Outline
The KBS Cup is sponsored by KBS. From 1980 to 2003, the tournament was named the KBS Baduk Wang, but was recently renamed to the KBS Cup. The main tournament consists of 16 players who compet ...
, and then promoted to his current rank of 7 dan for winning the BC Card Cup. All of this happened in 2003.
Titles & runners-up
Ranks No. 10 in
total number of titles in Korea.
Notable games
In a 2008 game Song Tae-kon, playing as White, played the famous but exploitable strategy of
Mirror Go until the 42nd move against
Piao Wenyao
Piao Wenyao (; ; born April 25, 1988) is a Chinese professional Go player of Korean ethnicity currently residing in Harbin, Heilongjiang.
Biography
Piao became a professional player at the age of 11 in 1999. He was promoted to a rank of 3 ...
. Wenyao won the game.
[May 4, 2008.]
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References
External links
GoBase ProfileSensei's Library Profile
1986 births
Living people
South Korean Go players
Tae-kon
Chung-am High School alumni
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