Park Yeong-hun

Park Yeong-hun
Full name	Park Yeong-hun
Hangul	박영훈
Hanja	朴永訓
McCune–Reischauer	Pak Yeong-hun
Born	(1985-04-01) April 1, 1985 (age 39) , South Korea
Residence	South Korea
Teacher	Choi Gyu-byeong
Turned pro	1999
Rank	9 dan
Affiliation	Hanguk Kiwon

Park Yeong-hun (Korean: 박영훈, born April 1, 1985), also known as Park Young-hoon and Pak Yeong-hoon, is a South Korean professional Go player.

Biography

Park Yeong-hun was born in Seoul. He is a professional Go player in the Hanguk Kiwon.

He is the youngest ever Korean 9 dan, promoted when he was only 19 years old. Due to the new rules set by the Hanguk Kiwon, Park moved up from 1 dan to 9 in only 4 years and 7 months, which is the fastest progress ever.^[1]

Much of this was due to him winning the Fujitsu Cup in 2004 when he was at 4 dan. This also earned him exemption from military service.

His hobbies include tennis and playing Tetris.

Titles and runners-up

He ranks #8 in total number of titles in Korea.

Domestic
Title	Wins	Runners-up
Myungin	2 (2010, 2011)
GS Caltex Cup	2 (2007, 2008)	3 (2004, 2009, 2011)
Prices Information Cup	1 (2005)
Chunwon	1 (2001)
Maxim Cup	2 (2008, 2010)	1 (2009)
Kisung	4 (2005–2008)
BC Card Cup	1 (2005)
New Pro King	1 (2005)
New Pro Strongest		1 (2003)
Yeongnam Ilbo Cup	1 (2005)
Total	15	5
Continental
World Meijin	1 (2011)	1 (2012)
China-Korea Tengen	1 (2002)
China-Korea New Pro Wang		1 (2005)
Total	2	2
International
Samsung Cup		2 (2003, 2007)
Fujitsu Cup	2 (2004, 2007)
Zhonghuan Cup	1 (2004)
Total	3	2
Career total
Total	19	9

References

1. "박영훈(朴永訓)". Korea Baduk Association (in Korean). Retrieved December 30, 2023.

External links

• Page at Gobase
• Page at Sensei's Library
• Interview
• Article about Park Younghun and Lee Younggu at Go Game Guru