Shin Jin-seo 18 consecutive victories, the first victory in two months
2023 YK Gungi Cup Finals League 3R 4G
Shin Jin-seo and Won Seong-jin won 133 moves
(Hangame Baduk = Reporter Han Chang-gyu) Last February 3rd night. For Shin Jin-seo, 9th Dan, it was a day that will not be forgotten for the time being. It was the day when the streak of 36 consecutive victories in a single game, which had been running without losing, ended.
At 10:55 p.m., he made a mistake in the KB League Ace Determination Match for the team’s win or loss. I was caught by the forced march of the 3rd round of the day and the awkward Won Seong-jin 9th Dan. It was a break in the match immediately after revealing the “goal of 50 consecutive wins”. The final time is 0:13 past midnight.
One of the 35 wins and 3 losses this year is Won Seong-jin, 9-dan. The opponent record is 3 wins and 3 losses. It’s often said that a history from a long time ago doesn’t mean much, but that’s not true. One win was exchanged in 2015 and 2018안전놀이터, and the rest is from 2022 onwards. It was when Shin Jin-seo, 9th Dan, was ranked first in the rankings.
The stage where they reunited after two months was the 2023 YK Gungi Cup finals held at the Go TV studio on the afternoon of the 5th. Shin Jin-seo, 9th Dan, expressed his will to avenge himself. “I will prepare hard because I lost often at every corner.”
“I tried to bully him as much as possible, but the stone became thin, so the game was won in an instant. I didn’t have enough time, so I made a lot of mistakes. It’s okay to become a little thin in the long game, but there’s a high chance of making a big mistake if the shorthand game thins out. same.”
The game of Baduk, in which Won Seong-jin, 9th dan conveyed his impressions of the country, ended in 1 hour and 30 minutes and 133 moves. In terms of time, it is the earliest finish in the finals. Shin Jin-seo, 9th Dan, said, “I have a lot of memories of losing the game with a single mistake, so I thought about not making such a mistake.”
With this victory, Shin Jin-seo, 9th Dan, became 36-3 this year. Since February 26, he is on an 18-game winning streak. The win rate, which exceeded 92% in the previous game, was 92.31%. It is ranked first in the number of wins, win rate, and winning streak, which are tallied by the Korea Kiwon in the record category.
It’s also on pace to break his own record in 2020, when he set an all-time highest annual win rate at 88.37%. At that time, it showed a 91.67% win rate with 22 wins and 2 losses until April 5th.
The 2023 YK Gungi Cup, which is in its second season this year, is competing for the championship in the first and second rounds of preliminary rounds, the final league, and the 5th final stage. The prize money is 60 million won for the winner and 30 million won for the runner-up. With 8 players playing 3 games each, Shin Jin-seo 9 dan and Park Jung-hwan 9 dan took the lead with 3 wins.
The schedule for the following 4 rounds is Minjun Shin – Dongyoon Kang (8:4) on the 10th, Sangil Byeon – Seunggu Kim (0:0) on the 11th, Seongjin Won – Changho Lee (10:11) on the 12th, Jinseo Shin – Jeonghwan Park (35:23, 17th) Relative history in parentheses).
