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{{Short description|South Korean professional Go player and politician}}
{{Family name hatnote|[[Cho (Korean surname)|Cho]]||lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox go player
| name = Cho Hunhyun
| image = Chohunhyun1.jpg
| fullname = Cho Hunhyun
| nickname = The God of War<ref name=nickname>{{cite web | url=http://gobase.org/studying/articles/LeeHongYeol/?episode=1 | title=Episode 1: Pro's Nicknames | publisher=gobase.org | author=Lee Hongreal | accessdate=16 June 2011}}</ref>
| hangul = 조훈현
| hanja = 曺薰鉉
| revisedromanization = Jo Hun-hyeon
| mccunereischauer = Cho Hun-hyŏn
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|3|10 |df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Mokpo]], [[South Jeolla Province|South Jeolla]], South Korea
| residence = [[Seoul]], South Korea
| teacher = [[Kensaku Segoe]],<br />[[Hideyuki Fujisawa]]
| turnedpro = 1962 (Korea)<br />1966 (Japan)
| rank = 9 dan
| affiliation = [[Hanguk Kiwon]]
}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office1             = Secretary-General of the [[Future Korea Party]]
| president1          = [[Han Sun-kyo]]
| predecessor1        = ''Position established''
| successor1          = [[Yeom Dong-yeol]]
| office2             = Member of the [[National Assembly (South Korea)|National Assembly]]
| term_start2         = 30 May 2016
| term_end2           = 29 May 2020
| constituency2       = ''Proportional representation''
| party               = [[Future Korea Party|Future Korea]]
| term_start1         = 6 February 2020
| term_end1           = 21 March 2020
| native_name         = {{nobold|조훈현}}
| native_name_lang    = ko
}}

'''Cho Hunhyun''' ({{langx|ko|조훈현}}; born 10 March 1953) is a South Korean professional [[Go (game)|Go]] player and politician. Considered one of the greatest players of all time,<ref name=interview>{{cite web | url=http://www.koreafocus.or.kr/design2/interview/view.asp?volume_id=68&content_id=101873&category=J | title=Cho Hun-hyun: "Victory or defeat, I will go my way until I die." | author=Kim Seung-hyun | publisher=koreafocus.or.kr | accessdate=16 June 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928103116/http://www.koreafocus.or.kr/design2/interview/view.asp?volume_id=68&content_id=101873&category=J | archive-date=28 September 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=mfnfbio>{{cite web | url=http://rongen17.home.xs4all.nl/Cho/Player/Cho1.html | title=Games of Cho Chikun against Cho Hun-hyeon | author=Jan van Rongen | publisher=ronger17.home.xs4all.nl | accessdate=16 June 2011}}</ref> Cho reached professional level in Korea in 1962.<ref name=gogameworld>{{cite web | url=http://www.gogameworld.com/gophp/playerinfo.php?name=Cho%20Hunhyun | title=Cho Hunhyun 9p | publisher=gogameworld.com | accessdate=16 June 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524102921/http://www.gogameworld.com/gophp/playerinfo.php?name=Cho%20Hunhyun | archive-date=24 May 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Since then, Cho has amassed 150 professional titles, more than any other player in the world. He thrice held all of the open tournaments in Korea in 1980, 1982 and 1986.<ref name=kba>{{cite web | url=http://english.baduk.or.kr/gisa04.htm | title=KOREA BADUK ASSOCIATION | publisher=english.baduk.or.kr | accessdate=28 December 2011}}</ref> Cho has also won 11 international titles,<ref name=gogameworld /> third most in the world behind [[Lee Chang-ho]] (21)<ref name=lch>{{cite web | url=http://www.gogameworld.com/gophp/playerinfo.php?name=Lee%20Changho | title=Lee Changho 9p | publisher=gogameworld.com | accessdate=16 June 2011}}</ref> and [[Lee Sedol]] (18).<ref name=sedol>{{cite web | url=http://www.gogameworld.com/gophp/playerinfo.php?name=Lee%20Sedol | title=Lee Sedol 9p | publisher=gogameworld.com | accessdate=16 June 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524103033/http://www.gogameworld.com/gophp/playerinfo.php?name=Lee%20Sedol | archive-date=24 May 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He reached 1,000 career wins in 1995.<ref name=kba />

== Early life (1962–1982) ==
Cho began learning [[Go (board game)|Go]] at the age of four and passed the test for becoming a professional in 1962. In 1963, Cho was invited to Japan. Originally intended to study under [[Minoru Kitani]], [[Kensaku Segoe]] took Cho under his tutelage. Segoe was responsible for bringing [[Go Seigen]] to Japan and also teaching [[Utaro Hashimoto]], founder of the [[Kansai Ki-in]].<ref name=gobasebio>{{cite web | url=http://gobase.org/studying/articles/LeeHongYeol/?episode=2 | title=Episode 2: Cho HoonHyun Returns | publisher=gobase.org | author=Lee Hongreal | accessdate=16 June 2011}}</ref> Cho was considered a 2 dan professional in Korea, but was demoted to 4 kyu upon arriving in Japan.<ref name=mfnfbio />

Cho passed the [[Nihon Ki-in]] professional exam three years later and became the first player to hold professional certificates from two Go associations.<ref name=gobasebio /> It was at this time when Cho was introduced to [[Hideyuki Fujisawa]]. Fujisawa began mentoring Cho, and the two kept a friendly relationship between each other until Fujisawa's death in 2009.<ref name=gobasebio /> Cho participated in some Japanese tournaments, finishing runner-up to [[Takaho Kojima]] in the 3rd [[Shin-Ei]] tournament.<ref name=gogameworld /> In 1972, Cho returned to Korea to begin mandatory military service.<ref name=gobasebio /> Cho won his first title in 1973, defeating [[Kim In]] in the 14th [[Chaegowi]]. That same year, Cho lost his first title to rival [[Seo Bongsoo]] in the 6th [[Myungin]].<ref name=gobasebio /> Since 1973, Cho and Seo have met 65 times in the finals of tournaments, with Cho winning 53 of them. Their most recent title match-up came in the 1st [[Daejoo Cup]] in 2010.<ref name=gogameworld />

Cho continued winning several titles, including the [[Paewang]] in 1977, a title he defended sixteen straight times until 1992.<ref name=kba /><ref name=titlemyth>{{cite web | url=http://www.gogameworld.com/article/gomyth.php | title=Consecutive Title Myth | author=Yonghe Zhang | date=December 2002 | publisher=gogameworld.com | accessdate=16 June 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928074423/http://www.gogameworld.com/article/gomyth.php | archive-date=28 September 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1980, he held nine titles simultaneously: [[Guksu]], [[Myungin]], [[Wangwi]], [[Kisung]], Paewang, [[Kiwang]], [[Daewang]], [[Jaewang]] and the [[Baccus Cup]].<ref name=gobase>{{cite web | url=http://gobase.org/information/players/?pp=Cho%20HoonHyun | title=Cho HoonHyun | publisher=gobase.org | accessdate=16 June 2011}}</ref> Cho repeated this twice, in 1982 and 1986, winning ten and eleven titles respectively.<ref name=kba /> Despite winning several titles, Cho wasn't considered the best Korean player at the time. Instead, the media favored [[Cho Chikun]], a Korean-born 9 dan professional in Japan. In 1980, Cho Chikun visited South Korea after winning the [[Meijin (go)|Meijin]] title and the two began a friendship match consisting of two games. The two game series was played on 31 December 1980 and 2 January 1981 with Hunhyun losing both games. From 1991 until Hunhyun's loss in the 8th [[Samsung Fire Cup|Samsung Cup]] in 2003, Cho Hunhyun didn't lose a match to Cho Chikun.<ref name=mfnfbio />

== First Korean 9 dan (1982–2004) ==
In 1982, Cho was promoted to 9 dan, becoming the first Korean 9 dan.<ref name=mfnfbio /> Cho was the sole Korean player invited to the [[1st Ing Cup]], which featured nine players from the [[Nihon Ki-in]] and six players from China. Cho was matched up with [[Taiwan]]ese-born Japanese professional [[O Meien]] in the first round. Cho won the match and went on to defeat [[Koichi Kobayashi]] in the quarter-finals. He then met another Taiwanese-born Japanese professional [[Rin Kaiho]] in the semi-final. Cho won the best-of-three match in two games and progressed to the final to face [[Nie Weiping]] in a best-of-five final. Cho won the first game, but Nie went on to win the next two. The match came down to a fifth and final deciding game, with Cho winning by resignation.<ref name=ingcup>{{cite web | url=http://gobase.org/games/nn/ing/1/ | title= ing cup, 1st edition, 1988 | publisher=gobase.org | accessdate=16 June 2011}}</ref>

In 1984, Cho began teaching Lee Chang-ho. Two years later, Lee became a professional and began challenging Cho. By 1989, Lee defeated Cho for the first time in a title final by winning the 29th Chaegowi. In 1992, he lost the Paewang title to Lee after defending it for sixteen consecutive years.<ref name=titlemyth /> Their rivalry would continue until 2003, when Lee won the 34th Myungin. As of 16 June 2011, the score between the two in title finals is Lee 47–19 Cho.<ref name=gogameworld /><ref name=lch />

== Political career ==
Cho decided to go into [[politics of South Korea|politics]], joining the [[Liberty Korea Party|Saenuri Party]] in March 2016.<ref>[https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2016/03/116_200090.html Go player Cho joins Saenuri Party]</ref> He was elected on the party's proportional representation list in the [[2016 South Korean legislative election|2016 election]], taking seat number 14.<ref>[https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2016/03/116_200938.html Saenuri unveils candidates for non-electoral seats]</ref>

On 5 February 2020, Cho was appointed as the Secretary-General of the newly formed [[Future Korea Party]].<ref>{{cite news |date= 5 February 2020|script-title=ko:닻 올린 미래한국당… 고육책? 꼼수? 하루살이?|url= http://news.kmib.co.kr/article/view.asp?arcid=0014204983&code=61111711&cp=nv|access-date= 5 February 2020}}</ref>

== Promotion record ==
{{Promotion record
|1 dan
|1962 / 1966
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|2 dan
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|3 dan
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|4 dan
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|5 dan
| 1972
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|6 dan
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|7 dan
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|8 dan
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|9 dan
| 1982
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}}

== Titles and runners-up ==
Ranks first in [[List of top title holders in Go|total number of titles in Korea]] and third in international titles.

{|  class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan=3|Domestic
|-
!Title || Wins || Runners-up
|-
| [[Guksu]]
| 16 (1976–1985, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2000) || 8 (1986, 1987, 1993–1996, 1999, 2001)
|-
| [[Myungin]]
| 12 (1977, 1979–1981, 1984–1990, 1997) || 7 (1973, 1978, 1983, 1991, 1998, 2000, 2003)
|-
| [[Chunwon]]
|  || 2 (1996, 2002)
|-
| [[KBS Cup]]
| 11 (1980, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1999) || 2 (1991, 1994)
|-
| [[Daejoo Cup]]
| 1 (2010) || 1 (2011)
|-
| [[Wangwi]]
| 13 (1976–1979, 1981–1989) || 7 (1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003)
|-
| [[Kisung]]
| 2 (1990, 1992) || 7 (1991, 1993–1996, 1998, 2003)
|-
| [[BC Card Cup (Korea's national championship)|BC Card Cup]]
| 2 (1990, 1995) || 4 (1991, 1992, 1994, 1996)
|-
| Baedalwang
| || 1 (1996)
|-
| [[Chaegowi]]
| 15 (1973, 1974, 1976–1979, 1981–1988, 1992) || 8 (1980, 1989, 1990, 1993–1997)
|-
| [[Gukgi]]
| 12 (1975–1979, 1981–1987) || 3 (1980, 1988, 1992)
|-
| [[Paewang]]
| 20 (1977–1992, 1997–2000) || 2 (1993, 2001)
|-
| [[Taewang]]
| 8 (1983, 1985–1987, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995) || 2 (1988, 1997) 
|-
| [[Baccus Cup]]
| 6 (1983, 1985, 1987–1989, 1994) ||
|-
| [[Daewang]]
| 7 (1983–1987, 1989, 1993) || 3 (1993, 1995, 1996)
|-
| [[Paedel Cup]]
| 1 (1996) || 5 (1993–1995, 1997, 1999)
|-
| [[KT Cup]]
| 1 (2002) ||
|-
| [[Kiwang]]
| 12 (1979, 1981, 1982, 1984–1987, 1989–1992, 1995) || 3 (1983, 1988, 1993)
|-
| [[SBS TV Cup]]
| || 1 (1994)
|-
| [[Shin-Ei]]
| || 1 (1971)
|- align="center" 
| '''Total''' || '''139''' || '''67'''
|-
!colspan=3|International
|-
| [[Ing Cup]]
| 1 (1988) ||
|-
| [[LG Cup (Go)|LG Cup]]
| || 1 (2002)
|-
| [[Samsung Fire Cup|Samsung Cup]]
| 2 (2001, 2002) ||
|-
| [[Chunlan Cup]]
| 1 (1999) ||
|-
| [[Fujitsu Cup]]
| 3 (1994, 2000, 2001) || 1 (1993)
|-
| [[Asian TV Cup]]
| 2 (2000, 2001) || 3 (1992, 1995, 2002)
|-
| [[Tong Yang Cup]]
|  2 (1994, 1997) || 
|- align="center"  
| '''Total''' || '''11''' || '''6'''
|-
!colspan=3|Career total
|-
|- align="center"  
| '''Total''' || '''150''' || '''73'''<ref name=gogameworld/>
|}

== Book ==
2015, [http://www.influential.co.kr/34 ''The Power of Master's Thinking''] <br />
2018, [https://www.amazon.com/Go-Flow-Great-Master-Trained/dp/1719985847/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= ''Go with the Flow''], is a 2015 autobiography written by Korean, professional 9-dan Cho Hunhyun and translated by You Jungmin. The original Korean edition was published in 2015 and the English edition as was published in 2018. It features a collection of eight thematic stories and self-reflections about go and life. Since he became a professional Go player at the age of nine, he has won 1,935 matches and taken various championship titles as many as 160 times over 56 years, achieving unprecedented record in the world Go history. Now, he gives what he has learned through his life, the essence of how to train our heart and mind.

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040616160747/http://www.chohunhyun.com/ Official site] (in [[Korean language|Korean]])

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