An Young-gil

An Young-gil
Full name	An Young-gil
Hangul	안영길
Hanja	安永吉
Born	(1980-05-01) 1 May 1980 (age 44) Seoul, South Korea
Residence	Australia
Turned pro	1997
Rank	8 dan
Affiliation	Hanguk Kiwon

An Young-gil (born 1 May 1980) is a South Korean professional Go player of 8-dan rank. From 2011, An Young-gil was living in Australia promoting the game of Go as among other things, proprietor of the Young Go Academy in Sydney[1] and co-founder of Go Game Guru, an open membership organization to promote Go to English-speaking students.

As of 2024 Younggil continues to be the honorary national coach of the Australian Go Association, (with duties including teaching and officiating) and professional in residence of the Sydney Go Club.

Promotion record

Rank	Year	Notes
1 dan	1997	Promoted to professional dan rank after passing qualifying test.
2 dan	1998
3 dan	1999
4 dan	2001
5 dan	2003
6 dan
7 dan
8 dan	2009	Promoted to 8 dan.
9 dan

Titles and runners-up

Domestic

Title	Wins	Runners-up
SK Gas Cup		1 (2004)
Total	0	1

References

1. "Teachers". younggoacademy.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.

External links

• An Young-gil's articles at Go Game Guru
• An Young-gil
• Korea Baduk Association profile (in Korean)