[서울신문] ‘The first breakthrough of 1 billion won’ The world’s strongest budding 9-dan prize money is also the strongest!

The 9th Dan of Shinjinseo, which made 2020 the’Year of Shinjinseo’, took first place in the prize money ranking.

The Korea Institute announced on the 4th that “Shin Jin-seo 9th Dan broke the first KRW 1 billion in annual prize money with a total of KRW 1.38 billion, earning an income of 200 million won in the LG Cup championship prize and 100 million KRW in the Samsung F&M cultivation second prize.” The new 9-dan finished 2020 with a splendid finish by rising to the top of the prize rankings following many wins, win rates, and consecutive wins.

Shin Jinseo 9th Dan earned 410 million won in world competitions, 320 million won in domestic competitions, and 340 million won through KB Baduk League and Gapjo League in China. He became the fourth professional knight to surpass 1 billion won in annual prize money, following the first 1 billion won as an individual with 9 dan, Lee Chang-ho in 2001, Lee Se-dol in 2014, and Park Jeong-hwan in 2018 and 2019. In the annual prize money ranking, it is third after Lee Se-dol 9th ​​dan (1.4 billion won) in 2014 and Park Jeong-hwan 9th dan (1.29 billion won) in 2018.

Shin Jinseo 9th Dan recorded an 88.37% win rate of 76-10 last year, replacing Lee Chang-ho’s 75-10 win rate of 88.24%, the highest annual win rate in 32 years. At one time, it exceeded 90% and reached the win rate of dreams, but the win rate fell a little due to the last minute condition. The 9th Dan was also selected as the best article in 2020.

Park Jeong-hwan, who challenged the prize money king for four years in a row, took second place, one step down. The total amount is 813 million won, including 153 million won for the Ha Se-bae championship. In 3rd place, Byeon Sang-il’s 9th Dan topped the annual prize money of 300 million won for the first time, taking third place.

Following this, Kim Ji-seok 9, Choi Jeong 9, Lee Dong-hoon 9, Kang Dong-yoon 9, Shin Min-joon took the top spot in the prize money ranking with prize money of more than 100 million won. Park Ha-min, 7th Dan, ranked 9th with 73 million won, and Kim Myung-Hoon, 8th Dan, ranked 10th with 65 million won.

Last year, the size of the prize money decreased as various competitions were suspended due to Corona 19. The average of the top 10 was also 339 million won, down 19 million won from 345 million won in 2019. The average of the top 30 was also 144 million won, down 17 million won from 161 million won in 2019.

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