
In the quarterfinals of the 2026 Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance World Baduk Masters, he was defeated by 9-dan Dan Yifei in 174 moves.
Shin Jin-seo, 9th dan, advanced to the semifinals by defeating China's 9th dan Tang Yifei in 174 moves in the quarterfinals of the 2026 Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance World Baduk Masters finals.
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The Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance World Baduk Masters, a major world tournament, is being held at the Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Global Campus in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do.
Shin Jin-seo, 9th Dan, who is aiming to regain the top spot in the major world championship Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance after four years, has taken one step further.
On the first day of the quarterfinals of the 2026 Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance World Baduk Masters held at the Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Global Campus in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do on the 14th, Shin Jin-seo was defeated by China's powerhouse Tang Yifei in 174 moves.
Shin Jin-seo, who led the game by quickly taking advantage of the game from the beginning, established an overwhelming advantage by surpassing the artificial intelligence (AI) expected win rate of 90% in just 50 moves.
Tang Yifei, who had lost early on, attempted to turn the tables in the battles between the upper and right sides, but Shin Jin-seo showed no weaknesses with his perfect reads.
Tang Yifei put all his effort into attacking the central hemp as a last-ditch effort, but when Shin Jin-seo succeeded in breaking through cleanly, he threw a stone.
Shin Jin-seo, the winner of the 2022 Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Cup, defeated 9th dan Doramaru Shibano, the number one player in Japanese baduk, in the round of 32, and China's Yang Dingxin in the round of 16, and even defeated his greatest opponent, Dang Yifei, in the quarter-finals, increasing his chances of regaining the top spot by advancing to the semi-finals.
In addition, Shin Jin-seo, who avenged his loss to Dang Yifei in last year's Lanke Cup finals a year later, has a record of 11 wins and 7 losses.
In the quarterfinals held on this day as well, China's 9th Dan Gu Zihao was defeated by 9th Dan Shi Yue.
In the quarterfinals to be held on the 15th, 9th dan Byun Sang-il, ranked 3rd in Korea, will face off against Japan's new powerhouse Kotaro Fukuoka, 8th dan.
The other match is a match between China's Sichuan Kun, 9th Dan, and Li Qincheng, 9th Dan.
The prize money for the winner of Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance is 300 million won, and the prize money for the runner-up is 100 million won.
The time limit is 5 1-minute countdowns for each 2 hours.
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A quarterfinal match was held between 9th dan Byun Sang-il and 8th dan Fukuoka Kotaro.
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