[우리문화신문=이한영 기자] The 9th Dan of Shin Jin-seo, who took the number one place in many wins, win rates, and consecutive wins in 2020, also ranked first in the prize money ranking.
Shin Jin-seo 9th Dan, who became the first prize winner, won 410 million won in world competitions, including 200 million won in the LG Cup championship and 100 million won in the runner-up prize at the Samsung F&M. GS Caltex Bae, Sopal Cosanol’s Best Knight Decision Match, Yongseong Match, KB Baduk Championship, and Namhae Super Match 7 wins, earned 320 million won in domestic competitions, and 340 million through KB Baduk League and China’s Gapjo League. With an income of 10,000 won, it exceeded the first billion won in annual prize money with a total of 1,038 million won.
Shin Jinseo 9dan became the fourth professional knight to surpass 1 billion in annual prizes following Lee Changho 9dan in 2001, Lee Sedol 9dan in 2014, Park Jeonghwan 9dan in 2018 and 2019, and Sedol Lee 9dan (retired) in the previous annual prize rankings. ㆍ1.4 billion ㆍ2014) and Park Jeong-hwan 9th Dan (1.29 billion won ㆍ2018), followed by 3rd place.
Park Jeong-hwan, who challenged the prize money king for four years in a row, dropped one notch to second place. Park Jeong-hwan won the Hasebae for three years in a row and won a prize of 135 million won, followed by an addition of 100 million won to the runner-up of the LG Cup and earned 316 million won in the world competition. Including KRW 90 million in domestic competitions, KRW 359 million in KB Baduk League and Gapjo League in China, and KRW 47 million in Internet competitions, they all won 813 million won.
Byeon Sang-il’s 9th Dan took third place, surpassing 300 million won in annual prize money. Won 125 million won in internet competitions such as winning the TWT Boat hosted by the online Go website in China, and was active in the LG Cup 4th, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Round of 16, 2019-2020 KB Baduk League 4th place, China Gapjo League, etc. They all earned 340 million won.
Kim Ji-seok 9th Dan was ranked 4th as in 2019 with 227 million won, and Choi Jeong 9th Dan, who recorded the highest annual prize in 2019 with 450 million won, was a world woman hosted by China and Japan last year. As the competition was halted, it was placed in fifth place with an income of 200 million.
In addition, Dong-hoon Lee, Dong-yoon Kang, and Min-jun Shin ranked 6th to 8th with an income of over 100 million won, Ha-min Park and 7th ranked 9th with 73 million won, and Myung-hoon Kim 8th with 65 million won.
Last year, due to the impact of Corona 19, world competitions hosted by China such as Gungryong Mountain Byeong Grail, Hwangryongsajeongdangibaek, and Cheontaesanbae, and world competitions organized by Japan such as World Fair Baduk, Okageba, and Senkobae were suspended. Reduced to people.
The average of the top 10 prize money rankings was 333 million won, a decrease of 19 million won from 356 million won in 2019, and the average of the 30th place was 144 million won, which was 17 million won less than 161 million won in 2019.
The top 10 rankings of professional articles in 2020 are as follows.
