9 Dan, Shin Jin-seo, the strongest player in Korean Go. Photo = Yonhap News
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The 9th Dan Jinseo, the 1st place in the Korean Go rankings, won a complete victory over the 9th Dan Iyama Yuta, the strongest in Japan. It was in the 10th country of the final round of Nongshimbae held online at the Korea Foundation in Seoul on the 22nd and the Japan Foundation in Tokyo, Japan. Shin Jin-seo defeated Iyama in 187 tens of thousands of successors.
Shin Jin-seo, who defeated Tang Wei-Sing 9th in the ninth round of the second round that ended last November, recorded two consecutive victories in the tournament. In the match against Iyama, he was ahead with 2 wins and undefeated. On the 23rd, Shin Jin-seo challenges China’s Yang Ding-shin 9th Dan to win three consecutive victories.
Nongshimbae, a national competition, competes with five players each from Korea, China, and Japan. The winning country is determined by the winning streak that the winning player keeps playing. In Korea, 9 Dan Shin Jin-seo and Park Jeong-hwan survive. In China, 9 Dan and Yang Ding-shin survived. In Japan, only 9 units of Ryo Ichiriki remain when Iyama leaves.
The winning prize for the Nongshim Cup is 500 million won. If you win 3 consecutive wins in the final, you will receive an additional 10 million won for each additional win. The time limit is one minute and one countdown per hour each. Korea won the Nongshim Cup 12 times. China won eight times and Japan won one.
Reporter Jo Hee-chan [email protected]
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