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Shin Jin-seo,’Checking the number of opponents’
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ryu Young-seok = Korean Go ranking #1 Shin Jin-seo 9dan is playing against Zao Cheonwi 8th Dan in the 9th Eungsibae Semifinal held as an online match at Korea Origin in Seongdong-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 12th. 2021.1.12 [email protected]
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Chun Byung-hyuk = Korean Go’s strongest player Shin Jin-seo 9dan advanced to the Eungsibae final for the first time in his life.
Shin Jin-seo scored a hundred and one point in 277 times in the second country in the second country of the 9th Eungsi-bae World Pro Go Championship semi-final held in Seoul, Korea and Beijing, China on the 12th.
Shin Jin-seo, who finished 2-0 in the 3rd semi-final, climbs to the final and challenges his first victory at the Eungsi-bae called the’Go Olympics’.
With this, Korean Baduk continued the record of winning the 9th consecutive final in Eungsibae.
In the previous eight finals, Cho Hun-Hyun, Seo Bong-soo, Yoo Chang-hyuk, Lee Chang-ho, and Choi Cheol-han won the championship.
In China, 9th Dan Changhao, Pantingyu, and Tang Weixing took the top spot.
Shin Jin-seo’s final opponent was China’s Shaker 8th.
Shaker also won two straight victories in the semi-finals against Japan’s Ryo Ichiriki 9th Dan.
Shin Jin-seo and Shaker, who were born in 2000, have met each other since 2000 for the first time in the history of the final of the Major World Championships.
The two met once in the strongest game of Lee Min-bae in 2017, and the Shaker won.
The schedule of the Eungsibae final, held in the third season, will be decided later.
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