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. His biggest moment came in 2003 when he reached the final of Fujitsu Cup losing to Lee Sedol. Became a 4 dan in 2003 after winning the Chunwon 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, and then promoted to his current rank of 7 dan for winning the BC Card Cup. All of this happened in 2003.
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. Wenyao won the game.[1]
song, born, september, 1986, korean, professional, player, full, namehangul송태곤hanja宋泰坤revised, romanizationsong, gonmccune, reischauersong, konborn, 1986, september, 1986, seoul, south, korearesidencesouth, koreaturned, pro1999rank9, danaffiliationhanguk, kiwo. Song Tae kon born September 8 1986 is a Korean professional Go player Song Tae konFull nameSong Tae konHangul송태곤Hanja宋泰坤Revised RomanizationSong Tae gonMcCune ReischauerSong T ae konBorn 1986 09 08 September 8 1986 age 37 Seoul South KoreaResidenceSouth KoreaTurned pro1999Rank9 danAffiliationHanguk Kiwon In this Korean name the family name is Song Contents 1 Biography 2 Titles amp runners up 3 Notable games 4 References 5 External linksBiography editSong 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 His biggest moment came in 2003 when he reached the final of Fujitsu Cup losing to Lee Sedol Became a 4 dan in 2003 after winning the Chunwon 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 and then promoted to his current rank of 7 dan for winning the BC Card Cup All of this happened in 2003 Titles amp runners up editRanks No 10 in total number of titles in Korea Title Years Held Current 5 nbsp KBS Baduk Wang 2003 nbsp Chunwon 2002 nbsp BC Card Cup 2003 nbsp New Pro Strongest 2002 2003 Total 5 Title Years Lost Continental 3 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Asian TV Cup 2004 nbsp nbsp China Korea New Pro Wang 2003 nbsp nbsp China Korea Tengen 2003 International 1 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Fujitsu Cup 2003 Total 4Notable games editIn 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 Wenyao won the game 1 References edit May 4 2008 细数棋坛模仿棋 苏东坡首创吴清源令木谷实头疼External links editGoBase Profile Sensei s Library Profile nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to a South Korean Go figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Song Tae kon amp oldid 1212448318, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
