Seo Bong-soo (; born February 1, 1953) is a professional Go

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Biography

Seo Bong-soo turned professional in 1970. By 1986 he became the 4th ever

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n 9 dan. He was Cho Hunhyun's biggest rival in the 1980s and frequently challenged Cho in major title events. During their career, Seo and Cho played against each other in more than 350 official games, which is a world record. He was a part of the "Gang of Four" of Korean Go in 1990s, the rest being Cho Hunhyun, Lee Chang-ho, and

Yoo Changhyuk Yoo Changhyuk (born April 25, 1966) is a professional Go (board game), Go Go players, player in South Korea. Biography Yoo Changhyuk was one of Korea's best Go (board game), Go players. Growing up without a teacher, Yoo became a professional i ...

. He made an amazing run of wins in 1997 during the 5th SBS Cup. He played as fourth captain for Korea, and singlehandedly beat the entire Chinese team as well as what was left of the

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ese team—a winning streak of 9 straight games.

Titles

Ranks #6-t in total number of titles in Korea.

References

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1953 births Living people South Korean Go players People from Daejeon Sportspeople from Daejeon {{SouthKorea-Go-bio-stub