Choi Cheol-han

Choi Cheol-han is a South Korean professional Go player. He is the fourth youngest (12 years 2 months) to become a professional Go player in South Korean history behind Cho Hun-hyun (9 years 7 months), Lee Chang-ho (11 years 1 months) and Cho Hye-yeon (11 years 10 months). His nickname is "The Viper".

Biography Choi became a professional when he was 12 years old. He began playing Go at the age of seven, studying with Lee Sedol in Kweon Kab-yong's academy in Seoul. At that time, Choi was considered the next Lee Sedol.

Promotion record

Career Record 2006: 58 wins, 29 losses 2007: 45 wins, 25 losses 2008: 50 wins, 18 losses 2009: 56 wins, 18 losses 2010: 63 wins, 22 losses 2011: 50 wins, 24 losses

Titles and Runners-up

Ranks tenth in total number of titles in Korea.

Korean Baduk League Season Team Place Record2007 Team World Meridian (Captain) 6th place 6–7 2008 Team No. 1 Fire Insurance 4th place 12–4 2009 Team Hite Jinro (Captain) 6th place 9–3 2010 Team Hite Jinro (Captain) 4th place 10–7 2011 Team Hite Jinro (Captain) Runners-up 13–4

Chinese A League Season Team Place Record2009 Team Sian (Captain) 7th place 9–3 2010 Team Sian (Captain) 2nd place 7–2 2011 Team Sian (Captain) TBD 10–5

Head-to-head record vs selected players

Players who have won international go titles in bold.

Lee Changho 31:30 Lee Sedol 20:32 Park Yeonghun 19:22 Won Seongjin 18:11 Mok Jinseok 18:8 Kang Dongyun 12:11 Kim Jiseok 11:12 Chen Yaoye 9:11 Cho Hanseung 9:11 Gu Li 8:12 Park Junghwan 6:12 An Choyoung 11:5 Cho Hunhyun 12:2 Heo Youngho 10:4 Lee Younggu 9:5 Chang Hao 6:7 Shi Yue 6:7 Yoo Changhyuk 8:4 Kong Jie 7:5 Mi Yuting 5:7 Hong Seongji 8:3 Yun Junsang 8:3 Zhou Ruiyang 8:3 Peng Quan 7:4