# Jimmy Cha > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jimmy_Cha > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jimmy_Cha.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Cha > Source revision: 1337625534 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|South Korean Go and poker player (born 1951)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{BLP sources|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox poker player | name = Jimmy Cha | image = | image_size = | caption = | nickname = | birth_name = Ch'a Min-su | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|January 15, 1951}} | birth_place = Seoul, South Korea | wsop bracelet count = ''None'' | wsop money finishes = 7 | wsop main event best finish rank = ''None'' | wsop main event best finish year = | wpt titles = ''None'' | wpt final tables = ''None'' | wpt money finishes = 25 }} '''Jimmy Cha''' ({{Korean|hangul=차민수|hanja=車敏洙}}, born January 15, 1951), also known as '''Ch'a Min-su''', is a South Korean [professional](/source/Go_players) [go](/source/go_(board_game)) and avid [poker](/source/poker) player. He is also a black belt in martial arts and a talented classical pianist. Jimmy was born in [Seoul](/source/Seoul), and grew up playing go and poker. He turned professional in 1974 and was the best player at [Dongguk University](/source/Dongguk_University) when he attended. Along with these accolades, he was also the [South Korea](/source/South_Korea)n National Amateur Champion two times in a row. The [Hanguk Kiwon](/source/Hanguk_Kiwon) awarded him four dan for spreading go around the world in 1984, after he moved to the [United States](/source/United_States) in 1975. As of 2021, he is 6 dan. Cha has a nickname, "eternal Mr. Quarter-Finalist", because in many professional tournaments he would usually lose in the quarterfinals. In 1989, he beat [Yamashiro Hiroshi](/source/Yamashiro_Hiroshi) and [Ohira Shuzo](/source/Ohira_Shuzo) to advance to the quarterfinals of the [Fujitsu Cup](/source/Fujitsu_Cup), only to lose. The next year, he made it to the quarterfinals of the Fujitsu Cup again after beating [Cho Chikun](/source/Cho_Chikun). In March 2008, he defeated Imamura Toshiya 9P in the [Chunlan Cup](/source/Chunlan_Cup). Today, he splits his time between go, poker, and managing businesses. Cha has almost $400,000 in career poker earnings.{{Cite web |title=Jimmy Cha's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=14470 |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} == Runner-Up titles == {| class="wikitable" ! Title || Years Lost |- | align="center" | '''Defunct''' | align="center" | '''2''' |- | {{flagicon|USA}} North American Masters Tournament | 1995, 1998 |} ==References== {{reflist}} Articles on Jimmy Cha in the 'Go World (1)' (nn: mm-oo, pp means: issue nn, pages mm-oo and pp) China-Korea match in California 1985 (report) 41: 6-11, 33 *"Go in Korea" 37: 20-22* *"Jimmy Cha: Giant Killer" (Wood) 55: 11-17* *Kukgi Title Match 1984 (report) 38: 36-39* *U.S. professionals, wins first match (1988) between 52: 4 Cha, Jimmy vs. Cho Chikun *Fujitsu Cup 1990 (Round 2) 60: 13-16* Cha, Jimmy vs. Cho Hun-hyeon *Fujitsu Cup 1989 (quarterfinal) 56: 10-13* Cha, Jimmy vs. Nie Weiping *Fujitsu Cup 1990 (quarterfinal) 61: 12-15* Cha, Jimmy vs. Ohira Shuzo *Fujitsu Cup 1989 (Round 2) 55: 15-17* Cha, Jimmy vs. Redmond, Michael *1984 38: 34-35 Cha, Jimmy vs. Yamashiro Hiroshi *Fujitsu Cup 1989 (Round 1) 55: 12-15* (1) sources: magazine itself: [http://senseis.xmp.net/?GoWorld Go World], [http://www.kiseido.com/go_world.htm covers of Go World's publisher Kiseido] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218145159/http://www.kiseido.com/go_world.htm |date=December 18, 2007 }}, [http://www.yk.rim.or.jp/~kiseido/GWINDEX/gwi.html Go World index] ==External links== * [http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=14470 Hendon Mob profile] *[https://www.worldpokertour.com/player/jimmy-cha/ WPT profile] *[https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=605 WSOP profile] * [https://www.thecasinodb.com/blog/go-masters-vs-poker-pros Biography, results in Go tournaments and poker tournaments] * [http://www.baduk.or.kr/record/player_view.asp?pkey=10000085 Korea Baduk Association profile] (in Korean) {{The Genius: Rules of the Game}} {{Professional Go players in South Korea}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cha, Jimmy}} Category:1951 births Category:Living people Category:American Go players Category:American poker players Category:South Korean Go players Category:South Korean poker players Category:South Korean emigrants to the United States Category:Korean Buddhists Category:American Buddhists --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jimmy Cha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Cha) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Cha?action=history)). 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