Shin Jin-seo, who won 500 million won in prize money in October alone, ranked first in the Baduk rankings for 83 consecutive months

Shin Jin-seo, 9th dan, the ‘absolute number one’ in the Baduk world, has maintained the top spot in the Korean rankings for 83 consecutive months.

Shin Shin-seo recorded 10,474 points in the November rankings announced by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology on the 5th, comfortably beating 9th dan Shin Min-jun (9,931 points) and running for first place.

Shin Jin-seo, who has been in power since January 2020, won all 9 games last October and added 48 points to his ranking.

Shin Jin-seo, who won the Lanke Cup and the Noodle Mountain Cup last month, collected 500 million won in prize money in one month.

Accordingly, Shin Jin-seo exceeded 1 billion won in annual prize money for 7 consecutive years.

Shin Min-jun, Shin Jin-seo's comrade, surpassed Park Jung-hwan (9,927 points), 9th dan, and rose to second place in the rankings for the first time.

Shin Min-jun, who recorded 3 wins and 3 losses last month, had his ranking score reduced by 20 points, but Park Jeong-hwan, who only had 2 wins and 2 losses, had his ranking score reduced by 31 points, changing the rankings.

Shin Min-jun became a professional player along with Shin Jin-seo at the gifted talent recruitment competition in January 2012.

Byun Sang-il and Kang Dong-yoon, 9th dan, maintained their 4th and 5th places, and Ahn Seong-jun, 9th dan, rose three places to 6th place.

Jihyeon Lee, Jiseok Kim, Myeonghun Kim, and Seongji Hong were ranked 9th dan in 7th to 10th place.

In the women's rankings, Eunji Kim, 9th dan, maintained first place for three consecutive months.

Last month, Kim Eun-ji recorded the most wins (4 losses) among men and women, with 12 wins.

9th dan Choi Jeong, 6th dan Sumire Nakamura, and 9th dan Oh Yujin and Kim Chaeyoung maintained 2nd to 5th place.