Shin Jin-seo

Shin Jin-seo
Hangul신진서
Hanja申眞諝
Born (2000-03-17) 17 March 2000 (age 24)
Busan, South Korea
ResidenceSouth Korea South Korea
Turned pro2012
Rank9 dan
AffiliationHanguk Kiwon
Medal record
Men's Go
Representing  South Korea
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Men's individual

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

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

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

  1. ^ "기사랭킹". Korea Baduk Association (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-01-30.
  2. ^ "'밀레니엄둥이' 신진서, 생애 첫 한국 랭킹 1위 올라". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 2018-11-05.
  3. ^ "S. Korea Go program beats country's top five professional players". The Hankyoreh. 2019-01-29. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  4. ^ "NHN's AI Scores 5-0 Victory against Professional Go Players". Be Korea-savvy. 2019-01-23. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "'직선 공격' 신진서, 짜릿한 재역전극으로 LG배 우승(종합)". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 2022-02-09.