Shin Jin-seo, ranked No. 1 for 41 consecutive months
Shin Jin-seo, 9th Dan (23), the strongest player in Korean Baduk, kept the No. 1 ranking for 41 consecutive months.
Shin Jin-seo scored 10,422 points안전놀이터 in the May rankings announced by the Korea Institute on the 5th, easily beating Park Jeong-hwan, 9th dan (9974 points), who is second in the rankings.
Shin Jin-seo, who won 10 matches last month, won the 30th title in his career since he joined the pro in 2012 by winning the 24th Maxim Coffee Bae’s strongest match. In the 2022-2023 KB Kookmin Bank Baduk League, with 19 wins (2 losses), regardless of the results of the remaining matches, the most wins were confirmed.
Following Shin Jin-seo and Park Jung-hwan, Byeon Sang-il and Shin Min-jun, 9th Dan, maintained the 3rd and 4th places. Myung-Hun Kim, 9th Dan, moved up one notch to 5th place, entering the top 5 for the first time. Kang Dong-yoon, 9th dan, went down one step to 6th place. Ahn Seong-jun, 9th dan, moved up 4 places to 7th, and Won Seong-jin and Kim Ji-seok, 9th dan, kept 8th and 9th places, respectively. 10th is Seongji Hong, 9th Dan. Choi Jeong, 9th Dan, who ranked first in the women’s rankings, moved up one notch to 21st in the overall rankings.
