Chou Chun-hsun (Taiwanese POJ: Chiu Chùn-hun; born February 23, 1980) is a Go player."Youngsters dominate Ing Cup". Xinhua News Agency. April 22, 2004 (via Lexis-Nexis). Retrieved February 13, 2010.
Biography Chou was born in Taipei, Taiwan. During the 1980s and 1990s, professional Go was not a very established game in Taiwan and did not present many opportunities for its players, but unlike many other professional Taiwanese players who relocated to Japan to further their careers, Chou decided that he would compete solely in Taiwan. Chou became a professional in 1993. He would later achieve a 7 dan ranking in 1997, then finally a 9 dan in 1998. He was the first professional player to achieve a 9 dan ranking while competing only in Taiwan .Dinerchtein, Alexandre (editor in chief). "An interview with Chou Junxun, 9-dan", Issue 48. Goama – International Go Newsletter. Gogame.info. Retrieved May 21, 2008. He is widely credited as the best player of the Taiwan Qiyuan, although with the increasing popularity of Go in his country, his status has been challenged by other opponents. He won his first international title, LG Cup, in 2007 beating Hu Yaoyu 2 to 1. He is the only player from Taiwan Qiyuan to win an international as of 2022 (Hsu Hao-hung became the next Taiwanese international winner in 2023).
He is nicknamed as the "red-faced go master" due to the presence of a large birth mark on his right face. In the west his name is often rendered as "Chun-Hsun Chou".
He is the elder brother of (周平強), a 7-dan Go professional.
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Titles & runners-up Title Years Held Current 8 Tianyuan (Taiwan) 2002–2006 Wangjia 2005, 2006 Mingren (Taiwan) 1994–2006 Donggang Cup 2006 International 1 LG Cup 2007 Defunct 9 Taiwan Qiyuan Cup 2004, 2005 Taiwan High Pro 1995–1997
Title Years Lost Defunct 2 Taiwan Zhonghuan 1996, 1997