Kweon Kab-yong
South Korean Go player
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| Intro | South Korean Go player | ||
| A.K.A. | Kweon Kabyong | ||
| A.K.A. | Kweon Kabyong | ||
| Places | South Korea | ||
| is | Go player | ||
| Work field | Sports | ||
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| Birth | 3 October 1957 | ||
| Age | 67 years | ||
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Biography
Kweon Kab-yong (born 3 October 1957) is a South Korean 8 dan professional Go player. Kweon turned professional in 1975 and was promoted to 8 dan in 2010. He started a Go school in Korea in 1989 that is often compared to Kitani Minoru's school. As of 2003, his school had produced over 100 total dans.
Pupils
- Lee Sedol 9 dan – winner of 18 international titles.
- Choi Cheol-han 9 dan – ranks 10th for most titles in Korean go history.
- Won Seong-jin 9 dan – winner of the GS Caltex Cup in 2010.
- Chen Shiyuan 9 dan – top Taiwanese player and winner of the 4th Japan-Taiwan Jingying.
- Park Junghwan 9 dan – youngest Korean 9 dan.
- Lee Younggu 8 dan – runner-up of the Prices Information Cup in 2007.
- Yun Junsang 8 dan – won the national champion, Guksu, in 2006.
- Kim Jiseok 7 dan – won most games (71) and the Prices Information Cup in 2009.
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- "Choi CheolHan". gobase.org. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- "Won SeongJin". gobase.org. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- "Lee YeongKu". gobase.org. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- "Yun JunSang". gobase.org. Retrieved 24 June 2011.