Shin Jin-seo

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Shin Jin-seo
Personal information
Native name
Born (2000-03-17) 17 March 2000 (age 25)
Busan, South Korea
Sport
Turned pro2012
Rank 9 dan
Affiliation Hanguk Kiwon
Medal record
Men's Go
Representing Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Men's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Men's individual

Shin Jin-seo (Korean : 신진서; born 17 March 2000) is a South Korean professional Go player. He has won nine major international championships: the LG Cup in 2020, 2022 and 2024; the Chunlan Cup in 2021; the Samsung Cup in 2022; the Ing Cup in 2023; the Quzhou-Lanke Cup in 2024; the Nanyang Cup in 2025, and the Sawpalkosanol World Top Player Championship in 2025. He is the number one ranked Korean player in the Korea Baduk Association's official rankings, [1] a spot which he first reached in November 2018 [2] and has held continuously since January 2020.

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Career

Shin Jin-seo turned pro in July 2012. In January 2013, he defeated Lee Chang-ho (9 dan) in a young players vs legends exhibition match. Shin was promoted to 2 dan in November 2013.

He won the Let's Run Park Cup and the Shinin-Wang title, both in 2015. In 2017, he won the Globis Cup and won the Korean Baduk League with his team, Team Jungkwangjang. He won the 31st Asian TV Cup, defeating Ding Hao in June 2019.

In January 2019, Shin was defeated by South Korean Go program HanDol. The program defeated the top five South Korean go players. HanDol has been compared to AlphaGo, but is considered to be weaker. [3] [4]

Shin reached 9 dan in 2018.

In 2020, he defeated Park Junghwan at the LG Cup.

He won the 13th Chunlan Cup in 2021, his second major international title, with a 2–0 victory over Tang Weixing in the finals. [5] In 2022, he defeated Yang Dingxin 2–0 to win the LG Cup for the second time. [6] He also won the 2022 Samsung Cup after finishing as the runner-up the two previous years.

In 2025 Shin Jinseo won the 1st Sawpalkosanol World Top Player Championship, a biennial international league-based tournament. Shin Jinseo defeated Tu Xiaoyu 2-1 in the three game championship match, marking the first championship match won by Shin Jinseo where he also incurred a loss. [7]

International competitions

Competitions201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Ing Cup -×-W-R16-
Samsung Cup ××R16QFQFQFRURUWQFQFR16
LG Cup ××SFQFR16WR16WSFWR16R16
Chunlan Cup ×-×-R24-W-SF-R16-
Mlily Cup -×-R64-R32-R16-
Kuksu Mountains-QFSF-RUWRURU×
Lanke Cup -RUWRU
Nanyang Cup-W-
Sawpalcosanol Cup-W
Bailing Cup R64-SF-RU-
Xin'ao Cup-QF-
Tianfu Cup-RU-
Asian TV Cup ××RU××W-
Nongshim Cup ×××0:1×0:15:04:01:06:02:0

(W) Winner; (RU) Runner-up; (SF) Semifinalist; (QF) Quarterfinalist; (R16) Round of 16; (R32) Round of 32; (R64) Round of 64.

Books

References

  1. ↑ "기사랭킹". Korea Baduk Association (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-01-30.
  2. ↑ "'밀레니엄둥이' 신진서, 생애 첫 한국 랭킹 1위 올라". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 2018-11-05.
  3. ↑ "S. Korea Go program beats country's top five professional players". The Hankyoreh . 2019-01-29. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "NHN's AI Scores 5-0 Victory against Professional Go Players". Be Korea-savvy. 2019-01-23. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  5. ↑ "春兰杯决赛不敌申真谞：唐韦星告诫年轻棋手多练棋艺少玩游戏". Xinmin Evening News (in Chinese). 2021-09-15.
  6. ↑ "'직선 공격' 신진서, 짜릿한 재역전극으로 LG배 우승(종합)". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 2022-02-09.
  7. ↑ "Shin Jin-seo secures Sopalkosanol World Championship in comeback". The Chosun Daily. 12 September 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
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