Kim In

{{Short description|South Korean Go player (1943–2021)}}

{{family name hatnote|Kim||lang=Korean}}

{{Infobox go player

| name=Kim In

| fullname=Kim In

| hangul=김인

| hanja=金寅

| birth_date={{birth date|1943|11|23}}

| birth_place=Gangjin County, Korea, Empire of Japan

| death_date={{death date and age|2021|4|4|1943|11|23}}

| teacher=Minoru Kitani{{Cite web |url=http://www.cyberoro.com/info/info_profile.asp?ntn=1&grade=39&gno=1005&cnt=0&gdiv=1&sts=Y#profile |title=세계 인터넷바둑의 허브, 사이버오로 |access-date=2007-02-06 |archive-date=2019-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701033818/http://www.cyberoro.com/etc/error.oro#profile |url-status=dead }}

| turnedpro=1958[http://www.gogameworld.com/gophp/playerinfo.php?id=107M Player Profile for] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928125231/http://www.gogameworld.com/gophp/playerinfo.php?id=107M |date=2007-09-28 }}

| rank=9 dan

| affiliation=Hanguk Kiwon

}}

Kim In (November 23, 1943 – April 4, 2021)[https://www.chosun.com/national/national_general/2021/04/04/2WXEJOO6G5HFDHBBYM57AXYXDA/ ‘영원한 국수’ 김인 9단 타계] {{in lang|ko}} was a South Korean professional Go player.

Biography

Kim In became a professional in 1958 when he was 15. He was a student at the legendary Minoru Kitani school in 1962 and left to return home a year later. He was promoted to 9 dan in 1983, and was the third ever 9 dan in Korea. He was famous for his playing in the 1960s and 1970s. Until his death he was managing director for the Hanguk Kiwon.

Promotion record

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| 1 dan

| 1958

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| 2 dan

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| 3 dan

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| 4 dan

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| 9 dan

| 1983

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Titles & runners-up

Ranks #3 in total number of titles in Korea.

class="wikitable"

!Title

Years Held
align="center" | Current

| align="center" | 13

{{flagicon|South Korea}} Wangwi

| 1966–1972

{{flagicon|South Korea}} Guksu

| 1965–1970

align="center" | Defunct

| align="center" | 12

{{flagicon|South Korea}} Chaegowi

| 1967, 1971, 1972

{{flagicon|South Korea}} Kiwang

| 1977

{{flagicon|South Korea}} Myungin

| 1969

{{flagicon|South Korea}} Paewang

| 1964, 1967–1971, 1976

class="wikitable"

!Title

Years Lost
align="center" | Current

| align="center" | 5

{{flagicon|South Korea}} Wangwi

| 1973, 1975, 1977

{{flagicon|South Korea}} Guksu

| 1961, 1971

align="center" | Defunct

| align="center" | 11

{{flagicon|South Korea}} Chaegowi

| 1961, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1973, 1974

{{flagicon|South Korea}} Kiwang

| 1978

{{flagicon|South Korea}} Myungin

| 1968, 1970

{{flagicon|South Korea}} Paewang

| 1977, 1978

References

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