Shin Jin-seo (; born 17 March 2000) is a South Korean professional Go player. He has won eight major international championships: the LG Cup in 2020, 2022 and 2024; the Chunlan Cup in 2021; the Samsung Cup in 2022; the

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in 2023; the Quzhou-Lanke Cup in 2024; and the Nanyang Cup in 2025. He is the number one ranked Korean player in the

Korea Baduk Association The Korea Baduk Association, also known as Hanguk Kiwon (), is the organization that oversees Go (''baduk'') and Go tournaments in South Korea. It was founded in 1945 by Cho Namchul as the ''Hanseong Kiwon''. Baduk is a game which was present ...

's official rankings, a spot which he first reached in November 2018 and has held continuously since January 2020.

Career

Shin Jin-seo turned pro in July 2012. In January 2013, he defeated

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(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

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, 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

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, but is considered to be weaker. Shin reached 9 dan in 2018. In 2020, he defeated

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at the LG Cup. He won the 13th Chunlan Cup in 2021, his second major international title, with a 2–0 victory over

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in the finals. In 2022, he defeated Yang Dingxin 2–0 to win the LG Cup for the second time. He also won the 2022 Samsung Cup after finishing as the runner-up the two previous years.

International competitions

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

References

External links

* Shin Jin-seo at Sensei's Library
Shin Jin-seo on Go Ratings

Korea Baduk Association profile
(in Korean) {{DEFAULTSORT:Shin, Jin-seo 2000 births Living people South Korean Go players Sportspeople from Busan Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in go Go players at the 2022 Asian Games