First place in the annual prize rankings
3rd in history with 1,038 million won
Shin Jin-seo 9th Dan, who broke the record for the annual win rate last year and became the leader in the Korean Go world, surpassed 1 billion won in prize money for the first time in their debut.
The Korea Institute announced on the 4th that as a result of the 2020 prize money rankings, Shin Jin-seo earned 1.38 billion won and took the first place.
With this, Shin Jin-seo became the fourth professional article in his career, following Lee Chang-ho 9dan in 2001, Lee Sedol 9dan in 2014, and Park Jeonghwan 9dan in 2019.
Shin Jin-seo, who recorded an annual win rate of 88.37% with 76-10 losses last year, replaced the previous 88.24% win rate (75-10 losses) set by Lee Chang-ho in 1988 in 1988 in 32 years.
Shin Jin-seo, who took the lead in many wins, odds, and consecutive wins, and even the best player (MVP) with an amazing win rate, surpassed 1 billion won in the first prize money for the first time, and rose to the first place in the prize money ranking.
Shin Jin-seo won 410 million won in world competitions last year, including 200 million won in the LG Cup championship prize and 100 million won in the Samsung Chemicals cultivation runner-up prize.
In Korea, it earned 320 million won by winning the GS Caltex Cup, Saw Pal Cosanol’s Best Knight Match, Yongseong Battle, KB Baduk Championship, and 7 victories in the Namhae Super Match.
In addition, it surpassed 1 billion won by adding 340 million won in income through the KB Baduk League and Gapjo League in China.
In the previous prize rankings, it ranked third after Lee Se-dol (1.4 billion won) and Park Jeong-hwan (1.29 billion won).
Park Jeong-hwan, who challenged the prize money king for four years in a row, dropped one notch to second place.
Park Jung-hwan earned a total of 813 million won last year.
Byeon Sang-il’s 9th Dan ranked third with 340 million won, and Kim Ji-Seok’s 9th Dan kept fourth with 275 million won.
9 Dan Dong-hoon Lee, Dong-yoon Kang, and Min-jun Shin ranked 6th to 8th with an income of over 100 million won. Park Ha-min’s 7th Dan was ranked 9th with a prize money of 73 million won, and Kim Myung-Hoon 8th Dan was ranked 10th with 65 million won.
Last year, in the world of Go, various world competitions were canceled due to the influence of Corona 19, and the number of importers of billions decreased from 11 to 8 in 2019. /yunhap news
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