Posts Tagged ‘blog’

Hye Yeon Says Good-Bye

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

In what seems to be her last blog entry in English for now, Hye Yeon Cho, 8 dan professional from S. Korea, wrote that she’s going to stop her English blog in order to be able to focus on growing her professional career:

I wanted to share Baduk with friends in the foreign countries. But now I realize that it is no longer possible for me. To be a better player, I decide not to come here anymore. If I were a strong player, I could be a teacher or a good friend of yours. I absolutely do not deserve your attention, so I will leave my precious friends and sit down before the Baduk board.

I wrote about Hye Yeon’s blog several times. Too bad we lose this unique Go resource for the English Go community – I personally know of no other such strong professional player who keeps an English blog.

Thank you, good-bye, and good luck, Hye Yeon!

Female Myeongin Prizegiving Ceremony

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Rui Naiwei and Cho Hye Yeon at the Female Myeongin prizegiving ceremony:

Rui Naiwei and Cho Hye Yeon

I already wrote an entry about the final. Also, a reminder that Cho Hye Yeon has a very nice English blog. She is actually the only professional player who keeps an updated blog in English – thank you for that, Hye Yeon! To point to just a few of her recent entries: there is an entry about the mirror-Go strategy, one about what is to be insei in Korea, and one about a decline in Go / Baduk popularity in Korea.