Song Tae-kon

Song Tae-kon (born September 8, 1986) is a Korean professional Go player.

Biography 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.

Titles & runners-up Ranks No. 10 in total number of titles in Korea.

Title Years Held Current 5 KBS Baduk Wang 2003 Chunwon 2002 BC Card Cup 2003 New Pro Strongest 2002, 2003 Total 5

Title Years Lost Continental 3 Asian TV Cup 2004 China-Korea New Pro Wang 2003 China-Korea Tengen 2003 International 1 Fujitsu Cup 2003 Total 4

Notable games In a 2008 game Song Tae-kon, playing as White, played a famous, but exploitable strategy, Mirror Go. He did this until the 42nd move against Piao Wenyao. Wenyao won the game.