Cho Nam-chul

{{Infobox go player

| name=Cho Namchul

| fullname=

| hangul=조남철

| hanja=趙南哲

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| birth_date=November 30, 1923

| birth_place= Buan, Zenrahoku-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan

| death_date=July 2, 2006, aged 83

| residence=

| teacher=Kitani Minoru

| turnedpro=

| rank=9 dan

| affiliation=Hanguk Kiwon

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Cho Namchul ({{Korean|hangul=조남철}}; November 30, 1923 – July 2, 2006, alternately Cho Namcheol) was a professional Go player (Baduk in Korean). He died of natural causes in Seoul at the age of 83.{{Cite web|url=https://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?cid=55598&docId=2800171&categoryId=55598|title=조남철|website=terms.naver.com|language=ko|trans-title=Cho Nam-chul|access-date=2019-06-10}}

Biography

Cho was born in a farming village in Buan, Zenrahoku-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan. In 1934, Japanese professional Kitani Minoru visited Korea and played with ten-year-old Cho, who deeply impressed the great master. He went to Japan in 1937 to study go as Kitani's first insei, or live-in student. In 1943, he returned to Korea and played a key role in the founding of the Hanguk Kiwon. It wasn't until 1983, that he would be awarded 9 dan, but for most of the 1950s and 1960s, he won the vast majority of national tournaments.

He is known as the founder of Korean modern Go. Namchul is also the uncle of the top Japanese Go title holder Cho Chikun.

After his death, he was honored by the president of Korea with a medal and floral tribute.

Titles and runners-up

Ranks #7 in total number of titles in Korea.

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!Title

Years Held

align="center" | Current

| align="center" | 9

{{flagicon|South Korea}} Guksu

| 1956–1964

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| align="center" | 13

{{flagicon|South Korea}} Myungin

| 1968, 1970

{{flagicon|South Korea}} Chaegowi

| 1959–1962, 1964, 1965, 1966

{{flagicon|South Korea}} Paewang

| 1959–1962

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!Title

Years Lost

align = "center" | Current

| align="center" | 7

{{flagicon|South Korea}} Wangwi

| 1966, 1969, 1970, 1972

{{flagicon|South Korea}} Guksu

| 1965, 1968, 1970

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| align="center" | 4

{{flagicon|South Korea}} Myungin

| 1971, 1974

{{flagicon|South Korea}} Paewang

| 1970

{{flagicon|South Korea}} Chaegowi

| 1967

References

External links

[http://senseis.xmp.net/?ChoNamCheol Biography at "Sensei's Library"]
[http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200607/kt2006070222202311990.htm Obituary article with portrait photo]

Category:1923 births

Category:2006 deaths

Category:South Korean Go players

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