Song Tae Kon

Infobox Go player
playername=Song Tae Kon
fullname=Song Tae Kon
hangul=송태곤
hanja=宋泰坤
revisedromanization=Song Tae-gon
mccunereischauer=Song T'ae-kon
dateofbirth=birth date and age|1986|9|8
cityofbirth=flagicon|South Korea
countryofbirth=South Korea
residence=flagicon|South Korea South Korea
turnedpro=1999
rank=7 dan
affiliation=Hanguk Kiwon

Song Tae Kon (born September 8, 1986) is a Korean professional Go player.

Biography

Song Tae Kon started learning Go when he was 6. He turned pro when he was 13. Currently, at the age of 19 he is 7 dan. He is one of the best young players in South Korea. His biggest moment came in 2003 when he just couldn't beat Lee Sedol, but put up a good campaign in the Fujitsu Cup. Became a 4 dan in 2003 after winning the Chunwon title. Song was promoted to 5 dan in 2003 for having been runner up in the Fujitsu Cup. He was promoted to 6 dan after winning the KBS Cup, and then promoted to his current rank of 7 dan for winning the BC Card Cup. All of this happened in 2003.

Titles & runners-up

Ranks #10 in total amount of titles in Korea.

Persondata
NAME=Song, Tae Kon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Song, T'ae-kon
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Professional go player
DATE OF BIRTH=September 8, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH=South Korea
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=