Shin Jin-seo, 9th dan, ranked first in Korea for 81 consecutive months... Eunji Kim, 9th dan, regains first place in women’s ranking

Shin Jin-seo, winner of all 5 matches, ranked first in Korea for 81 consecutive months

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Cheon Byeong-hyuk = 9th dan Kim Eun-ji regained first place in the women's baduk rankings after two months.

Eunji Kim recorded 9,549 points in the September rankings announced by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology on the 5th, beating 9th dan Choi Jeong (9,480 points) by 69 points to take first place.

Kim Eun-ji won 6 consecutive wins at the GG Auction Cup last month, led the ladies team to victory, and achieved a record of 16 wins and 1 loss, increasing her ranking points by 24 points.

On the other hand, Choi Jeong, who only recorded 6 wins and 5 losses last month, dropped 50 points and lost first place to Kim Eun-ji.

In the overall rankings, Kim Eun-ji ranked 22nd and Choi Jeong-eun ranked 33rd.

In the women's rankings, Sumire Nakamura, 6th dan, Yujin Oh, 9th dan, and Chaeyoung Kim, 9th dan, maintained their 3rd to 5th places without change.

Shin Jin-seo, 9th dan, the world's strongest professional driver, has maintained No. 1 in Korea for 81 months in the overall rankings.

Shin Jin-seo, who was the only Korean player to reach the quarterfinals at the Mongbaek Happe, a major world tournament last August, recorded all five wins in one month.

Shin Jin-seo, who was the only one to exceed 10,000 ranking points, comfortably beat second place Park Jeong-hwan (9,955 points), 9th dan, with 10,418 points.

Shin Min-jun and Byeon Sang-il, 9th dan, maintained 3rd and 4th place, while Kang Dong-yoon, 9th dan, and Ahn Seongjun, 9th dan, traded places and rose to 5th and 6th place.

Myung-hoon Kim, 9th dan, rose two places to 7th place, and Ji-seok Kim, Ji-hyeon Lee, and Seungju Han, 9th dan, took 8th to 10th place.

Within the top 100, veteran Han Jong-jin, 9th Dan, attracted attention by rising 41 places to 87th place.