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South Korean Go player In this Korean name, the family name is Choi.

Choi Cheol-han
Full name	Choi Cheol-han
Hangul	최철한
Hanja	崔哲瀚
Revised Romanization	Choe Cheol-han
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Ch'ŏl-han
Born	South Korea
Residence	South Korea
Teacher	Kweon Kab-yong
Turned pro	1997
Rank	9 dan
Affiliation	Hanguk Kiwon

Choi Cheol-han
Medal record
Representing South Korea
Asian Games
	2010 Guangzhou	Men's Team
	2010 Guangzhou	Mixed doubles

Choi Cheol-han (Korean: 최철한) 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

Rank	Year	Notes
1 dan	1997
2 dan	1998
3 dan	1999
4 dan	2001
5 dan	2002
6 dan	2003	Won the 8th Chunwon against Won Seongjin.
7 dan	2004	Won the 47th Kuksu against Lee Changho.
8 dan	2004	Won the 15th Kisung against Lee Changho.
9 dan	2004	For his performance in the 2004 Korean Baduk League.

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

As of 17 December 2017

Ranks tenth in total number of titles in Korea.

Domestic
Title	Wins	Runners-up
KT Cup		1 (2002)
Chunwon	4 (2003-2004, 2010-2011)	2 (2012-2013)
Kisung	1 (2004)	2 (2005, 2007)
Guksu	3 (2004-2005, 2011)	3 (2006, 2011-2012)
King of Kings		1 (2005)
GS Caltex Cup	1 (2005)	3 (2006, 2014-2015)
KBS Cup		1 (2006)
Maxim Cup	3 (2009-2010, 2015)	2 (2006, 2012)
Siptan	1 (2012)
Myungin	1 (2013)
Total	14	15
Continental
Title	Wins	Runners-up
China-Korea Tengen		3 (2004-2005, 2011)
Total	0	3
International
Title	Wins	Runners-up
Fujitsu Cup		1 (2005)
Zhonghuan Cup	1 (2005)
Ing Cup	1 (2009)	1 (2005)
Total	2	2
Career Total
Total	16	20

Korean Baduk League

Season	Team	Place	Record
2007	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	Record
2009	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

As of 10 June 2018

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

References

"최철한 9단, 통산 800승 달성". Sports Chosun (in Korean). 18 September 2012. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
"Choi CheolHan". gobase.org. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
"Korea win–loss 2006". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
"Korea win–loss 2007". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
"Korea win–loss 2008". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
"Korea win–loss 2009". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
"Korea win–loss 2010". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
"Korea win–loss 2011". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
"2007 Korean Baduk League". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
"2008 Korean Baduk League". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
"2009 Korean Baduk League". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
"2010 Korean Baduk League". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
"2011 Korean Baduk League". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
"2009 Chinese A League". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
"2010 Chinese A League". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
"2010 Chinese A League". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
"崔哲瀚统计数据". 弘通围棋网.

v t e Asian Games Champions in Go
Mixed pair	2010 Jung-hwan, Seul-a (KOR)
Men's team	2010 Chang-ho, Dong-yun, Se-dol, Han-seung, Jung-hwan, Cheol-han (KOR)
Women's team	2010 Min-jin, Yoon-yeong, Hye-yeon, Seul-a (KOR)

v t e Chunwon
Past editions	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Past winners	Lee Chang-ho (1996–1999) Lee Sedol (2000) Park Yeong-hun (2001) Song Tae-kon (2002) Choi Cheol-han (2003–2004) Ko Geuntae (2005) Cho Han-seung (2006) Weon SeongChin (2007) Kang Dong-yun (2008) Park Junghwan (2009) Choi Cheol-han (2010–2011) Park Yeong-hun (2012) Park Junghwan (2013)

v t e Siptan
Past editions	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Past winners	Lee Chang-ho (2005) An Choyeong (2006) Lee Chang-ho (2007) Park Junghwan (2008–2009) Lee Sedol (2010) Choi Cheol-han (2011) Kang Dong-yun (2012)

v t e Guksu
Past editions	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Past winners	Cho Nam-chul (1956–1964) Kim In (1965–1970) Yun Ki-hyeon (1971–1972) Ha Chan-seok (1973–1975) Cho Hun-hyun (1976–1985) Seo Bong-soo (1986–1987) Cho Hun-hyun (1988–1989) Lee Chang-ho (1990) Cho Hun-hyun (1991–1992) Lee Chang-ho (1993–1997) Cho Hun-hyun (1998) Rui Naiwei (1999) Cho Hun-hyun (2000) Lee Chang-ho (2001–2002) Choi Cheol-han (2003–2004) Lee Chang-ho (2005) Yun Jun-sang (2006) Lee Sedol (2007–2008) Lee Chang-ho (2009) Choi Cheol-han (2010) Cho Hanseung (2011–2013) Park Junghwan (2014–2015)

Guksu

Past editions

Past winners

Cho Nam-chul (1956–1964)
Kim In (1965–1970)
Yun Ki-hyeon (1971–1972)
Ha Chan-seok (1973–1975)
Cho Hun-hyun (1976–1985)
Seo Bong-soo (1986–1987)
Cho Hun-hyun (1988–1989)
Lee Chang-ho (1990)
Cho Hun-hyun (1991–1992)
Lee Chang-ho (1993–1997)
Cho Hun-hyun (1998)
Rui Naiwei (1999)
Cho Hun-hyun (2000)
Lee Chang-ho (2001–2002)
Choi Cheol-han (2003–2004)
Lee Chang-ho (2005)
Yun Jun-sang (2006)
Lee Sedol (2007–2008)
Lee Chang-ho (2009)
Choi Cheol-han (2010)
Cho Hanseung (2011–2013)
Park Junghwan (2014–2015)

v t e Myungin
Past winners	Seo Bong-soo (1971–1976) Cho Hun-hyun (1977) Seo Bong-soo (1978) Cho Hun-hyun (1979–1982) Seo Bong-soo (1983) Cho Hun-hyun (1984–1990) Lee Chang-ho (1991–1996) Cho Hun-hyun (1997) Lee Chang-ho (1998–2003) Lee Sedol (2007–2008) Lee Chang-ho (2009) Park Yeong-hun (2010–2011) Lee Sedol (2012) Choi Cheol-han (2013) Park Yeong-hun (2014) Lee Sedol (2015) Shin Jin-seo (2021) Shin Min-jun (2022) Shin Jin-seo (2023) Park Junghwan (2024)

Myungin

Past winners

Seo Bong-soo (1971–1976)
Cho Hun-hyun (1977)
Seo Bong-soo (1978)
Cho Hun-hyun (1979–1982)
Seo Bong-soo (1983)
Cho Hun-hyun (1984–1990)
Lee Chang-ho (1991–1996)
Cho Hun-hyun (1997)
Lee Chang-ho (1998–2003)
Lee Sedol (2007–2008)
Lee Chang-ho (2009)
Park Yeong-hun (2010–2011)
Lee Sedol (2012)
Choi Cheol-han (2013)
Park Yeong-hun (2014)
Lee Sedol (2015)
Shin Jin-seo (2021)
Shin Min-jun (2022)
Shin Jin-seo (2023)
Park Junghwan (2024)

v t e Professional Go players in South Korea
9 dan	An Cho-young Byun Sang-il Cho Han-seung Cho Hun-hyun Choi Cheol-han Choi Jeong Choi Myung-hoon Heo Young-ho Hong Min-pyo Kang Dong-yun Kang Yoo-taek Kim Ji-seok Ko Geuntae Lee Chang-ho Lee Young-gu Mok Jin-seok Paek Hong-suk Park Jieun Park Junghwan Park Jung-sang Park Yeong-hun Seo Bong-soo Shin Jin-seo Shin Min-jun Song Tae-kon Yoo Chang-hyuk Yun Jun-sang Won Seong-jin
8 dan	Lee Min-jin Park Seung-hyun
6 dan	An Young-gil Jimmy Cha
5 dan	Lee Da-hye
4 dan	Kim Dong-hee
3 dan	Sumire Nakamura Svetlana Shikshina
1 dan	Diána Kőszegi Mariya Zakharchenko

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