Janice Kim is an American professional Go player, author, and business-owner.
Janice Kim | |
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| Born | 1969 (age 54–55) Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma mater | New York University |
| Occupation(s) | Businesswoman, former professional Go player |
Early life and education edit
Kim was born in Illinois in 1969 and grew up in New Mexico. She earned a bachelor's degree from New York University.[1]
Career edit
As a teenager, she studied Go in Korea under Jeong Soo-hyon.[2] She represented the U.S. in the first World Youth Go Championship in 1984, placing third. In 1986, she played for the U.S. again and won the event. In 1987, she became the first westerner to be accepted by the Korea Baduk Association as a pro. She remains one of only five western females ever to attain professional status (with Joanne Missingham, Svetlana Shikshina, Diana Koszegi and Mariya Zakharchenko).
In 1997, she created Samarkand, an online store for go-related items.[2] Samarkand later became wholesale only. In 2003, she was promoted to a 3-Dan professional Go player, the first female westerner to do so.[2][3] Kim is the author of the Getting Go articles that accompany installments of Hikaru No Go, a manga about a boy who releases the spirit of a famous Go player, in the American magazine Shonen Jump. She also writes occasionally for The American Go E-Journal.
Personal life edit
Kim lived in New York City, Denver, and San Francisco Bay Area before settling in New Mexico with her family. She has since become a professional poker player.[4]
Bibliography edit
- Learn to Play Go: A Master's Guide to the Ultimate Game (ISBN 0-9644796-1-3)
- Learn to Play Go: Volume II: The Way of the Moving Horse (ISBN 0-9644796-2-1)
- Learn to Play Go: Volume III: The Dragon Style (ISBN 0-9644796-3-X)
- Learn to Play Go: Volume IV: Battle Strategies (ISBN 0-9644796-4-8)
- Learn to Play Go: Volume V: The Palace of Memory (ISBN 0-9644796-5-6)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Learn to Play Go: A Master's Guide to the Ultimate Game (Volume I) - Yin e Yang Go Club Palermo". sites.google.com. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
- ^ a b c Kreuzer, Terese Loeb (July 23, 2000). "Neighborhood Report: Citypeople; A Master of an Ancient Game Relishes Her Singularity". The New York Times. pp. Section 14, Page 8, Column 3.
- ^ US Go Professionals American Go Association Janice Kim 3-Dan
- ^ Altucher, James (May 1, 2011). "The Tooth". The Business Insider.