Shin Jin-seo
| Shin Jin-seo | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 신진서 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hanja | 申眞諝 | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 March 2000 Busan, South Korea | |||||||||||||||||
| Residence |  South Korea | |||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2012 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 9 dan | |||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Hanguk Kiwon | |||||||||||||||||
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Shin Jin-seo (Korean: 신진서; born 17 March 2000) is a South Korean professional Go player. He has won seven major international championships: the LG Cup in 2020, 2022 and 2024; the Chunlan Cup in 2021; the Samsung Cup in 2022; the Ing Cup in 2023; and the Quzhou-Lanke Cup in 2024. He is the number one ranked Korean player in the Korea Baduk Association's official rankings,[1] a spot which he first reached in November 2018[2] and has held continuously since January 2020.
Career
[edit]Shin Jin-seo turned pro in July 2012. In January 2013, he defeated Lee Chang-ho (9 dan) in a young players vs legends exhibition match. Shin was promoted to 2 dan in November 2013.
He won the Let's Run Park Cup and the Shinin-Wang title, both in 2015. In 2017, he won the Globis Cup and won the Korean Baduk League with his team, Team Jungkwangjang. He won the 31st Asian TV Cup, defeating Ding Hao in June 2019.
In January 2019, Shin was defeated by South Korean Go program HanDol. The program defeated the top five South Korean go players. HanDol has been compared to AlphaGo, but is considered to be weaker.[3][4]
Shin reached 9 dan in 2018.
In 2020, he defeated Park Junghwan at the LG Cup.
He won the 13th Chunlan Cup in 2021, his second major international title, with a 2–0 victory over Tang Weixing in the finals.[5] In 2022, he defeated Yang Dingxin 2–0 to win the LG Cup for the second time.[6] He also won the 2022 Samsung Cup after finishing as the runner-up the two previous years.
International competitions
[edit]| Competitions | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ing Cup | x | - | W | - | R16 | ||||
| Samsung Cup | R16 | QF | QF | QF | RU | RU | W | QF | |
| LG Cup | SF | QF | R16 | W | R16 | W | SF | W | R16 |
| Chunlan Cup | x | - | R24 | - | W | - | SF | - | R16 |
| Bailing Cup | SF | - | RU | - | - | - | |||
| Mlily Cup | R64 | - | R32 | - | - | R16 | - | ||
| Xin'ao Cup | - | QF | |||||||
| Tianfu Cup | - | RU | |||||||
| Lanke Cup | - | RU | W | ||||||
| Asian TV Cup | RU | × | W | ||||||
| Nongshim Cup | × | 0:1 | x | 0:1 | 5:0 | 4:0 | 1:0 | 6:0 | |
(W) Winner; (RU) Runner-up; (SF) Semifinalist; (QF) Quarterfinalist; (R16) Round of 16; (R32) Round of 32; (R64) Round of 64.
References
[edit]- ^ "기사랭킹". Korea Baduk Association (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ^ "'밀레니엄둥이' 신진서, 생애 첫 한국 랭킹 1위 올라". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 2018-11-05.
- ^ "S. Korea Go program beats country's top five professional players". The Hankyoreh. 2019-01-29. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "NHN's AI Scores 5-0 Victory against Professional Go Players". Be Korea-savvy. 2019-01-23. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "春兰杯决赛不敌申真谞：唐韦星告诫年轻棋手多练棋艺少玩游戏". Xinmin Evening News (in Chinese). 2021-09-15.
- ^ "'직선 공격' 신진서, 짜릿한 재역전극으로 LG배 우승(종합)". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 2022-02-09.
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