Shin Jin-seo 9dan, the strongest player in Korean Go, advanced to the Eungsibae final for the first time in his life.
Shin Jin-seo scored a hundred and one point in 277 times in the second country in the second country of the 9th Eungsi-bae World Pro Go Championship semi-final held in Seoul, Korea and Beijing, China on the 12th.
Shin Jin-seo, who finished 2-0 in the 3rd semi-final, climbs to the final and challenges his first victory at the Eungsi-bae called the’Go Olympics’.
Shin Jin-seo’s final opponent is the winner of the Chinese Shaker 8th and Japan Ichiriki Ryo 9th, who fought in the semi-finals on the opposite side.
With this, Korean Baduk continued the record of winning the 9th consecutive final in Eungsibae.
In the previous eight finals, Cho Hun-Hyun, Seo Bong-soo, Yoo Chang-hyuk, Lee Chang-ho, and Choi Cheol-han won the championship.
In China, Chang Hao, Panting Yu, and Tang Wei Xing took the top spot.’
Shin Jin-seo, who struggled to win in the first semi-finals two days ago, meticulously sculpted the plate from the beginning in the second country on this day.
Shin Jin-seo went through tight pavements and entered the middle, reducing the opponent’s house from the upper left heukjin to an exquisite response.
Shin Jin-seo, who had the upper hand, managed to win the battle without allowing any gaps.
Founded in 1988, Eungsibae is held once every four years and has a winning prize of $400,000 (about 475 million won), the highest in a single competition.
The game is played in the’jeonmanbeop’ (塡滿法) devised by the late Ying Chang-chi, the founder of the tournament, and the game is decided by points. The bonus is 8 points (7 collections).
The time limit is 3 hours, and instead of counting, the second album is deducted at a time when the additional time exceeds 20 minutes. You can deduct a total of 2 times, and if you use it 3 times, a time loss is declared.
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