Song Tae Kon

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Song Tae Kon
Full name	Song Tae Kon
Hangul	송태곤
Hanja	宋泰坤
Revised Romanization	Song Tae-gon
McCune- Reischauer	Song T'ae-kon
Date of birth	September 8, 1986 (1986-09-08) (age 21)
Place of birth	, South Korea
Residence	South Korea
Turned pro	1999
Rank	7 dan
Affiliation	Hanguk Kiwon

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Titles & runners-up

Ranks #10 in total amount of titles in Korea.

Title	Years Held
Current	5
KBS Baduk Wang	2003
Chunwon	2002
BC Card Cup	2003
New Pro Strongest	2002, 2003
Total	5

Title	Years Lost
Continental	3
Asian TV Cup	2004
China-Korea New Pro Wang	2003
China-Korea Tengen	2003
International	1
Fujitsu Cup	2003
Total	4

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