| Choi Jeong | |||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 최정 | ||||||||||||||
| Hanja | 崔精 | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 October 1996 South Korea | ||||||||||||||
| Residence |  South Korea | ||||||||||||||
| Teacher | Yoo Chang-hyuk | ||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2010 | ||||||||||||||
| Rank | 9 dan | ||||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Hanguk Kiwon | ||||||||||||||
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Choi Jeong (born 7 October 1996), or Choi Jung, is a South Korean professional Go player.
A student of Yoo Chang-hyuk, Choi Jeong became a professional Go player in 2010. Her first tournament championship was the Female Myungin in 2012,[1] a title which she held for five years up to end of the tournament in 2016.[2] Beginning in December 2013, she was the number one woman in the Korea Baduk Association's official ranking, a position which she maintained for 128 consecutive months until August 2024.[3]
She has won seven women's international titles: four times in the Bingsheng Cup (2014, 2017, 2018, 2019) and three times in the Wu Qingyuan Cup (2019, 2021, 2023).[4][5][6] In December 2019, she became the first woman to reach the top 20 in the official ranking of all Korea Baduk Association players.[7] In the 2022 Samsung Cup, she became the first woman to reach the finals of a major world tournament.[8]
Choi Jeong, who dominated women's Go in South Korea from 2014 to 2024, reaffirmed her strong position in the field by winning the 2024 Dr. G Women's Top Player Championship, maintaining her impressive record in this tournament. She was also widely regarded as the best female Go player in the world during her time.
- ^ "Choi Jung makes her breakthrough in the 13th Female Myeongin", Go Game Guru, 2012-01-31, archived from the original on 2016-12-21
- ^ 최정, 여류명인 5연패 위업 (in Korean), 2016-02-12
- ^ "여자바둑 '10년 8개월' 만에 세대교체…김은지, 최정 꺾고 1위(종합)", Yonhap News Agency (in Korean), 2024-08-05
- ^ "The Power Report: December updates", American Go E-Journal, 2019-12-30, archived from the original on 2022-12-04
- ^ "'바둑여제' 최정, 오청원배 우승…세계 여자대회 2관왕 등극(종합)", Yonhap News Agency (in Korean), 2019-12-03
- ^ "최정, 천신만고 끝에 위즈잉 꺾고 오청원배 제패", The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean), 2021-12-04
- ^ "'바둑 여제' 최정 9단의 '女풍당당'…남자 기사들에도 강하다", Yonhap News Agency (in Korean), 2019-12-05
- ^ "최정, 여자기사 사상 첫 메이저 세계대회 결승 진출!", Hanguk Kiwon (in Korean), 2022-11-04