Azunaga Kudan, who has won 1,000 wins in his career. Since he entered the section in 1993, he has spent 27 years and 8 months to build the monument
Ahn Joo-young became the 12th member of the Senkatsu Club in South Korea
After entering the section in 1993, he reached 1,000 wins in 27 years and 8 months
Known as the "Half-Eyed Daizoaga" and "Half-Eyed King", Anzuonaga Kudan (42 years old) achieved a career achievement of 1,000 wins. On April 28, in the second round of the 26th LG Cup Korea Domestic Qualifiers held by the Korea Chess Academy, Ahn Joo-yong defeated Kim Myung-ku badan to win his 1,000th career game.
This is a great achievement that AnZuoyong has achieved in 27 years and 8 months since he entered the section in August 1993. The record at the time of the thousand wins was 1,000 wins and 535 losses (65.15% win rate). Ahn Joo-young won his first multi-tournament of his career at the 2nd Korea Ten Dan Tournament in 2007 and won two championships in Korea's New Talent Chess Tournament. In addition, he has also won the runner-up in the Korean Supreme Battle, Overlord War, Celebrity War, and Chess Holy War.
Reach a match with 1,000 wins. In the second round of the LG Cup Korean domestic qualifiers, Ahn Joo-young faced Kim Myung-wan, who was one year older than himself, and after more than 40 minutes of fierce fighting, he finally achieved a historic victory and rewrote his career record against his opponents to 7 wins and 5 losses
Ahn Joo-yong Kudan is the 12th professional chess player in South Korea to achieve a 1,000-win victory. The top 11 are: Cho Hwan-hyun 9-dan, Seo Bong-so 9-dan, Lee Chang-ho 9-dan, Liu Chang-hyuk 9-dan, Seo Neng-wook 9-dan, Lee Se-seok 9-dan, Choi Chul-han 9-dan, Mu Jin-shuo 9-dan, Cho Han-sung 9-dan, Park Yong-hoon 9-dan, and Kang Hoon-9-dan.
After learning that a thousand wins had been achieved, An Zuo Yong Jiu Duan said: I didn't know about the thousand wins before, and I only knew about this matter after I lost chess last time. Although I have reached a big record, my Go career does not seem to have achieved much. In the future, I will continue to work hard to set an example for future generations.
After An Zuoyong Jiudan, Liang Zaihao jiudan with 975 wins, Kim Soo-zhuang jiudan with 958 victories, and Choi Gui-bing jiudan with 942 victories were closest to Qiansheng. The player with the most wins in South Korea is Cho Hwang-hyun Kyu-dan (9 wins and 830 losses in 1955).
On May 13, the Korean Chess Academy held a ceremony to award the "Senkatsu" commemorative medal for Ahn Joo-yong Kudan.
Up to now, Ahn Joo-young has won 3 championships and 4 runners-up in his career, and he won the first Korean First Ten Elite Battle Championship in 1997, the 14th Korean Rookie Wang Zhan Championship in 2004, and the 2nd Korea Ten Dan Battle Championship in 2007.
20 people, including the director of the Korean Chess Academy, Leung Jae-ho, and the staff of the Korean Chess Academy attended the ceremony, and they congratulated Ahn Joo Yong Jiudan. After getting the medal, AnZuo Yong jiudan expressed his impressions: If you can get this medal when the record is outstanding, it will be better. The young players are too strong to achieve good results, but I will keep going through the joys and sorrows of the Go game.
Ahn Joo-young poses with Leung Jae-ho, director of the Korean Chess Academy. As An Zuoyong's predecessor, Liang Zaihao is currently the closest to a thousand wins with a record of 975 wins (Liang Zaihao has no record of matches since March 2020)
(Saury compiled from Hanyou.com)