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Park Jieun (born November 4, 1983) is a South Korean professional Go player of 9-dan rank. In 2008, she became the third female go player in history to achieve 9-dan rank, following Rui Naiwei and Feng Yun.

Career

Park became a professional Go player in 1997. She studied Go under Kim Dong-yeop [ko].

In 2008, she won an international women's title in the Sino-Ocean Cup (Chinese: 远洋地产杯), a tournament held one time only. She defeated Rui Naiwei in the finals to win the championship. Under the Korea Baduk Association's rules, she was promoted to 9 dan for the victory, becoming the first Korean female 9 dan professional.

She won the Bingsheng Cup in 2010, and again in 2011.

In 2017, she became the first Korean female professional Go player to reach 1000 career games played.

References

1. 김문기자가 만난사람 국내 1호 여류프로 9단 박지은. Seoul Shinmun (in Korean). 14 April 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
2. ^ "바둑 여왕, 박지은". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 2008-01-18.
3. "首届远洋地产杯朴志恩夺冠 成韩国首位女子九段". Sohu (in Chinese). 2008-01-17.
4. "16세 바둑 소녀 헤이자자 돌풍 속 박지은 우승". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 2010-09-17.
5. "Park Jieun wins 2nd Bingsheng Cup". Go Game Guru. 2011-10-13. Archived from the original on 2016-12-24.
6. "박지은 9단, 국내 여자 프로기사 최초 1천 대국 돌파". KBS News. 2017-06-14.

External links

• Biography on Sensei's Library
• Korea Baduk Association profile (in Korean)

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