The famous Korean chess player Kim In-kyudan
On April 4, the famous Korean chess player Kim In Jiudan died of illness at the age of 78.
Kim In-kudan, a giant in the Korean Go world, won the championship in the 10th National Hand Battle in South Korea in 1966 and won the championship six times in 1971, and was respected by the Korean Go community as "Kim Kook-dan".
Born in 1943 in Jeollanam-do, South Korea, Kim In joined the dan in 1958 and went to Japan in 1962 to study at the "Kiya Dojo" under the famous Japanese chess player Kitani Shimon.
After returning to China in 1963, Jin Yin won a total of 30 championships and 22 runners-up in various Go tournaments, and was promoted to nine dan in 1983.
Kim In became a professional chess player at the age of 15 and has been active in the Korean professional chess world for 63 years, leaving a record of 1568 wins, 860 wins, 5 draws and 703 defeats.
Kim In-kudan set a 40-game winning streak in 1968 and is still the most consecutive win-winning record in the Korean Chess Academy. In addition, Kim In's 88.1% (37 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats) win rate in 1967 and 87.72% (50 wins and 7 defeats) in 1968 were the 3rd and 4th highest annual win rates of the Korean Chess Academy.
"Forever National Hand" Jin Yin Jiudan
Jin Yin's nine-paragraph resume
-Born on November 23, 1943 in Gange-jin, Jeollanam-do
- Entered the section in 1958
- In 1962 (went to Japan), Heshi (Kitani Shigeru) became a protégé (returned to Japan in 1963)
-After winning the 10th National Hand Battle in 1966, the Company won six consecutive championships until the 15th
-7 consecutive titles after winning the first battle for the throne in 1966 (8 times in total)
-After winning the 6th Overlord Battle in 1966, the Company won seven consecutive championships, winning a total of 30 championships and 22 runners-up.
- President of the 5th to 8th Generation Chess Club from 1971 to 1975
- In 1983, it was upgraded to nine dan
-From 2004 to 2021, he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Korea Chess Academy
(Translated from TYGEM website in South Korea)