On the morning of April 4, the memorial service for the first anniversary of the death of the late Korean chess giant and "eternal national hand" Kim In-kudan was held at the Xi'an Memorial Park in Wupu-eup, Guangzhou, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
The bereaved family of Kim In-kudan, Han Sang-yeol, vice president of the Korea Chess Academy, Cho Hyun-hyun Kyu-dan and his wife, Han Jong-jin, president of the Korea Professional Chess Association, Mu Jin-suk, head coach of the Korean national team, Cho In-sun, coach of the Korean youth team, Shin Jin-jin-jin, who currently ranks 1st in the Korean rank score, Choi Seung-ku-dan, who ranks first in the Korean Women's Ranking, Park Ji-moon, commissioner of The JoongAng Daily, and Koo Min-ho, representative of South Korea's Ulu.com, attended the memorial ceremony.
The memorial service began with a memorial service by Han Sang-yeol, vice president of the Korea Chess Academy, and then the participants visited Kim In's cemetery and commemorated Kim In's footsteps while recalling his footsteps.
Kim In, who entered the dan at the age of 15 in 1958, won 30 championships and 22 runners-up in his long career, and was promoted to nine dan in 1983. In particular, after winning the championship in the 10th National Hand Battle in 1966, it was not until the 15th National Hand Battle in 1971 that he achieved six consecutive championships, and was known as the "Golden National Hand". During that period, Kim Yin also achieved 7 consecutive championships in the Korean throne war and 7 consecutive championships in the Korean overlord war, creating the "Kim Yin era". In 1968, Kim In set a 40-game winning streak in the official tournament, which is still the highest consecutive win streak record of the Korean Chess Academy.
In recognition of kim in his contributions to the development and popularization of Go in Korea, he was named a recipient of the Athletic Medal of The Tiger Award by South Korea last October. Kim Yin's bereaved family also donated 100 million won (about 560,000 yuan) in order to cultivate reserve talents in the Korean Go industry.
(Saury compiled from Hanyou.com)