Cho U

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Cho U
Full nameU Chō
Chinese
Simp. 张栩
PinyinZhāng Xǔ
Born (1980-01-20) 20 January 1980 (age 44)
Taipei, Taiwan
ResidenceTokyo, Japan
TeacherRin Kaiho
Turned pro1994
Rank9 dan
AffiliationNihon Ki-in; Tokyo branch
In this Japanese name, the surname is Chō.
Cho U
Chinese name
Hanyu Pinyin
Zhāng Xǔ
Bopomofoㄓㄤ ㄒㄩ
Wade–GilesChàng Hsŭ
Japanese nameKanji張栩Kanaちょう う

Cho U (

Kobayashi Koichi.[1]

Biography

Cho U was born in Taipei, Taiwan. He began playing poker and bridge as a young child. Cho's father Chang Yuen-hsi taught him to play Go, and he began beating family members by the age of three.[2] He credits Shen Chun-shan as one of his early Go teachers; he first played against Shen at age seven. Shen was impressed by the young Cho's skill and introduced his family to Rin Kaiho.[3]

He earned a spot in the 13th

Meijin league when he lost to Hideki Komatsu in the last qualifying round.[7] Cho finished the year with the second best record behind Keigo Yamashita with 53 wins, 12 losses and one jigo.[8] He also won the Kido award for the best winning percentage (81.1%).[9] Cho was promoted to 7 dan on 16 April 2001.[10]

Cho finished the 56th Honinbo league with a record of five wins and two losses. In an interview after his last match, Cho said "It feels strange to become the challenger after losing my game. I was really happy when I won five games in a row, but losing successive games leaves me with regrets. I'm very fortunate to be able to appear on the important stage of a best-of-seven title match."

O Meien won the seventh and final game of the series.[12] Cho collected ¥26,985,000 in prize money in 2001.[13] In February 2002, Cho won one of Japan's seven non-seeded spots in the 1st World Oza.[14] His first title came the following month when he won the 49th NHK Cup. Cho broke the record for youngest winner of the title. After winning the title, Go journalist John Power commented, "Cho U is surely going to develop into one of the dominant players on the Japanese go scene. He is calm, has excellent concentration and reads very well -- in fact, he seems to relish reading out difficult fights. Perhaps his greatest weapon may be his outstanding positional judgement: he is already reputed to be one of the fastest and most accurate players at summing up a position."[15]

Cho was a member of the Japanese team in the 4th

O Meien in the Oza final.[21][22] Cho won the title in four games, making the Oza his second major title.[23]

Cho would go on to win each major at least once: the

Kisei in 2010.[24] In 2004, Cho became the third player in history to earn over ¥100 million in a year, after Cho Chikun and Koichi Kobayashi.[25] After defeating Yu Bin in the final of the 9th LG Cup, Cho U won his first international title and the first Japanese international win since Cho Chikun's Samsung Cup title in 2003.[26] Cho lead the top prize winners list in 2010 with ¥90,499,000 ($1,120,250.25 as of 28 June 2011).[27] In May 2011, Cho donated ¥15,000,000 from his Kisei prize money to victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[28]

Promotion record

Rank Year Notes
1 dan 1994
2 dan 1994
3 dan 1995
4 dan 1996
5 dan 1997
6 dan 1999
7 dan 2001 Defeated So Yokoku in an Oteai game.[10]
8 dan 2003 Promoted from 7 dan to 8 dan for reaching the
Honinbo finals.[29]
9 dan 2003 Promoted from 8 dan to 9 dan for winning the 58th Honinbo.[20]

Career record

Titles and runners-up

Ranks 7th in total number of titles won in Japan.

Domestic
Title Wins Runners-up
Kisei
 3 (2010–2012) 1 (2013)
Meijin
 5 (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2018) 2 (2006, 2009)
Honinbo
 2 (2003, 2004) 2 (2001, 2005)
Tengen 1 (2008) 1 (2009)
Oza
 7 (2003–2005, 2008–2011) 3 (2006, 2012, 2013)
Judan
 2 (2009, 2010) 3 (2004, 2011, 2012)
Gosei 4 (2006–2009) 1 (2010)
Agon Cup
 4 (2006–2008, 2012) 3 (2002, 2003, 2009)
Ryusei 2 (2006, 2007) 4 (2001, 2005, 2008, 2009)
NHK Cup 4 (2002, 2005, 2008, 2016)
Shinjin-O 1 (2002)
NEC Cup 3 (2005, 2007, 2011) 1 (2009)
Daiwa Cup 1 (2010)
Daiwa Cup Grand Champion 2 (2008, 2011)
JAL Super Hayago Championship 1 (2003)
Total 37 24
Continental
China-Japan Agon Cup 3 (2006–2008)
Total   3
International
Asian TV Cup 1 (2005)
LG Cup 1 (2005)
World Oza 1 (2006)
Total 2 1
Career total
Total 39 28

References

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  2. ^ Yali Chen (13 August 2010). "First Taiwanese player to win top 7 Go titles in Japan keeps a cool look". culture.tw. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  3. ^ Lin, Ying-che; Chen, Wan-chien; Liang, Yu-fang (2006-05-02), "張栩拜師 沈君山只敢當乾爹/Cho U pays his respects to his teacher; Shen Chun-shan only dares to call himself "godfather"", United Daily News, retrieved 2009-11-04
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