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New President of Korea amateur 4 dan?

Posted: Mon May 15, 2017 6:15 am
by jgr314
I couldn't find other corroboration, but there's this picture:

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Source: https://imgur.com/MPcPSHm

From the game position, looks like white to move, seems to have sente. I guess I would play in the large open space on white's right side, but I'm not very good. Maybe more important to jump out with group on the upper left side?

Re: New President of Korea amateur 4 dan?

Posted: Mon May 15, 2017 7:05 am
by Kirby
IIRC, Lee Dahye posted on Facebook that he takes about 3~4 stones from pro. She also said he was unique in that he seemed to know names and details about even the unpopular pros.

Re: New President of Korea amateur 4 dan?

Posted: Mon May 15, 2017 9:09 am
by wolfking
Yes Moon Jae-in is an amateur 4 dan. According to this Sina article

http://sports.sina.com.cn/go/2017-05-10 ... 1836.shtml

he was born in refugee camp, was sentenced to 8 month in prison while attending law school for protesting against president Park Chung-hee (the expelled president Park Geun-hye's father), was an army special force, a lawyer, and amateur 4 dan. He made a speech last year at Korean Go Association on AI and Go (he thinks AI is good for Go). Lee Sedol endorsed him and was very active in his campaign.