Park Jungsang
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Park Jungsang is a Korean
professional Go
player
.
. He became a professional in 2000, and was promoted to 4 dan in 2003. In 2004, he won his first Go competition, the SK Gas Cup
. In 2006, he pulled upset victories over top players from China, South Korea, and Japan to win the 19th Fujitsu Cup
. It continued South Korea's successive run of 9 straight tournament wins. His rank was increased to 6 dan due to the win. He was promoted to 9 dan in 2006.
South Korea
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professional Go
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Go players
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Biography
Park was born in South KoreaSouth Korea
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. He became a professional in 2000, and was promoted to 4 dan in 2003. In 2004, he won his first Go competition, the SK Gas Cup
SK Gas Cup
-Outline:The SK Gas Cup is sponsored by SK Gas. The participants must be under the age of 25 and under the rank of 5 dan. The komi is 6.5 points. Thinking time is 3 hours. The winner's prize is 10,000,000 Won .-Past winners:...
. In 2006, he pulled upset victories over top players from China, South Korea, and Japan to win the 19th Fujitsu Cup
Fujitsu Cup
- Outline :The Fujitsu Cup is an international competition. Fujitsu and Yomiuri Shimbun host the oldest international Go competition. The players are picked as follows:* The top 3 players from the previous year's competition* 7 players from Japan...
. It continued South Korea's successive run of 9 straight tournament wins. His rank was increased to 6 dan due to the win. He was promoted to 9 dan in 2006.
Promotion record
Career record
- 2006: 62 wins, 32 losses
- 2007: 59 wins, 32 losses
- 2008: 52 wins, 28 losses
- 2009: 30 wins, 21 losses
- 2010: 41 wins, 19 losses
Titles & runners-up
| Domestic | ||
|---|---|---|
| Title | Wins | Runners-up |
| Maxim Cup Maxim Cup - Outline :The Maxim Cup is sponsored by Dong Suh Foods. The players are selected with any active 9p's and they are pitted against each other. The komi is 6.5 points and the time limits are 30 minutes long.-Past winners:... |
1 (2007) | |
| King of Kings Electron-Land Cup The Electron-Land Cup is a Go competition.-Outline:The Electron-Land Cup is sponsored by Korean Economic News, Baduk TV, and Cyber Kiwon. The format is lightning knockout. The tournament consists of 24 players split into 3 groups of 8. The first group is the Blue Dragon , for players who are 25 or... |
1 (2006) | |
| SK Gas Cup SK Gas Cup -Outline:The SK Gas Cup is sponsored by SK Gas. The participants must be under the age of 25 and under the rank of 5 dan. The komi is 6.5 points. Thinking time is 3 hours. The winner's prize is 10,000,000 Won .-Past winners:... |
1 (2004) | |
| Osram Cup | 1 (2006) | |
| Total | 2 | 2 |
| International | ||
| Fujitsu Cup Fujitsu Cup - Outline :The Fujitsu Cup is an international competition. Fujitsu and Yomiuri Shimbun host the oldest international Go competition. The players are picked as follows:* The top 3 players from the previous year's competition* 7 players from Japan... |
1 (2006) | |
| Zhonghuan Cup Zhonghuan Cup The Zhonghuan Cup is a Go competition sponsored by Zhonghuan Corporation of Taiwan and JPMorgan Chase. Unlike other finals that have a best-of-three format, this has only one game. The winner's purse is 2,000,000 TD .-Winners & runners-up:... |
1 (2007) | |
| World Mind Sports Game | 1 (2008) | |
| Total | 1 | 2 |
| Career total | ||
| Total | 3 | 4 |
Korean Baduk League
| Season | Team | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Team Holy Construction | Champions | 3–4 |
| 2006 | Team Kixx | Champions | 9–5 |
| 2007 | Team Kixx | 7th place | 7–5 |
| 2008 | Team Kixx | 8th place | 6–8 |
| 2009 | Team Shinan Taepyeong | 5th place | 7–5 |
| 2010 2010 Korean Baduk League The 2010 Korean Baduk League began on 6 May 2010 and concluded on 23 January 2011. Shinan Chunil Salt defeated Hangame in the final, winning their first league title.-Teams:Chungbuk and Konkuk Milk#Heo Young-ho#Yun Junsang#Han Wonggyu#Cho Hunhyun... |
Team Yeongnam Ilbo | 9th place | 9–7 |
| 2011 2011 Korean Baduk League -Teams:Hangame#Lee Younggu#Yun Junsang#Jin Siyoung#Han Taehee#Ryu Jaehyeong#Lee TaehyunHite Jinro#Choi Cheol-han#An Kukhyun#Lee Chungyu#Kim Kiwon#Lee Wonyoung#An SungjoonKixx#Park Junghwan#Cho Hanseung#Kim Kiyoung#Hong Sungji#Kim Daeyoung... |
Team Kixx (Captain) | TBD | 0–2 |