Kim In

{{Short description|South Korean Go player (1943–2021)}} {{family name hatnote|Kim||lang=Korean}} {{Infobox go player | name=Kim In | fullname=Kim In | hangul=김인 | hanja=金寅 | birth_date={{birth date|1943|11|23}} | birth_place=Gangjin County, Korea, Empire of Japan | death_date={{death date and age|2021|4|4|1943|11|23}} | teacher=Minoru Kitani<ref name=autogenerated1>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cyberoro.com/info/info_profile.asp?ntn=1&grade=39&gno=1005&cnt=0&gdiv=1&sts=Y#profile |title=세계 인터넷바둑의 허브, 사이버오로 |access-date=2007-02-06 |archive-date=2019-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701033818/http://www.cyberoro.com/etc/error.oro#profile |url-status=dead }}</ref> | turnedpro=1958<ref name=autogenerated2>[http://www.gogameworld.com/gophp/playerinfo.php?id=107M Player Profile for] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928125231/http://www.gogameworld.com/gophp/playerinfo.php?id=107M |date=2007-09-28 }}</ref> | rank=9 dan | affiliation=Hanguk Kiwon }} '''Kim In''' (November 23, 1943 – April 4, 2021)<ref>[https://www.chosun.com/national/national_general/2021/04/04/2WXEJOO6G5HFDHBBYM57AXYXDA/ ‘영원한 국수’ 김인 9단 타계] {{in lang|ko}}</ref> was a South Korean professional Go player.

== Biography == Kim In became a professional in 1958 when he was 15.<ref name=autogenerated2 /> He was a student at the legendary Minoru Kitani school in 1962 and left to return home a year later.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> He was promoted to 9 dan in 1983, and was the third ever 9 dan in Korea.<ref name=autogenerated2 /> He was famous for his playing in the 1960s and 1970s. Until his death he was managing director for the Hanguk Kiwon.

==Promotion record== {{Promotion record | 1 dan | 1958 | | 2 dan | | | 3 dan | | | 4 dan | | | 5 dan | | | 6 dan | | | 7 dan | | | 8 dan | | | 9 dan | 1983 |<ref name=autogenerated2 /> }}

== Titles & runners-up == Ranks #3 in total number of titles in Korea.

{| class="wikitable" !Title || Years Held |- | align="center" | '''Current''' | align="center" | '''13''' |- | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Wangwi | 1966–1972 |- | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Guksu | 1965–1970 |- | align="center" | '''Defunct''' | align="center" | '''12''' |- | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Chaegowi | 1967, 1971, 1972 |- | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Kiwang | 1977 |- | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Myungin | 1969 |- | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Paewang | 1964, 1967–1971, 1976 |- |}<ref name=autogenerated2 />

{| class="wikitable" !Title || Years Lost |- | align="center" | '''Current''' | align="center" | '''5''' |- | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Wangwi | 1973, 1975, 1977 |- | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Guksu | 1961, 1971 |- | align="center" | '''Defunct''' | align="center" | '''11''' |- | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Chaegowi | 1961, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1973, 1974 |- | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Kiwang | 1978 |- | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Myungin | 1968, 1970 |- | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Paewang | 1977, 1978 |}<ref name=autogenerated2 />

==References== {{reflist|1}}

==External links== *[http://www.cyberoro.com/info/info_profile.asp?ntn=1&grade=39&gno=1005&cnt=0&gdiv=1&sts=Y#profile Hanguk Kiwon profile] {{in lang|ko}} *[http://www.gogame.info/samples/1/index.html Article "Kim In and his life in Japan"]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, In}} Category:1943 births Category:2021 deaths Category:South Korean Go players Category:People from Gangjin County Category:Deaths from stomach cancer in South Korea Category:Sportspeople from South Jeolla Province