[Shin Jin-seo defeats China's Ding Hao for his 15th consecutive win in the Nongshim Cup ‘Stone Buddha’ Lee Chang-ho surpasses]

Shin Jin-seo, 9-dan, broke the record of ‘Korean Baduk legend’ Lee Chang-ho, 9-dan, for the most consecutive wins at the Nongshim Shin Ramyun Cup.

9-dan Shin Jin-seo lost to 9-dan Ding Hao of China in 189 moves in the 25th Nongshim Shin Ramyun Cup World Baduk Finals final held at the Grand Hotel in Shanghai, China on the 22nd.

Shin Jin-seo ran a 15-game winning streak from the 22nd tournament to the 13th game in the 25th tournament, breaking the record for the longest winning streak ever set by 9th dan Lee Chang-ho at the 6th tournament in 2005. This 9th dan player, famous for his nickname ‘Stone Buddha’, won 14 consecutive wins in the 1st to 6th edition of the Nongshim Cup, leading Korea to victory for 6 consecutive years.
The match between Shin Jin-seo, who holds the LG Cup and Eung Cup cups, and Ding Hao, winner of the Samsung Fire & Marine Cup, attracted attention. As expected from a match between world title holders, a close match took place. Shin Jin-seo took a huge lead from the beginning, and Ding Hao, who never got a chance, won the match.

Shin Jin-seo said in an interview after the match, “I got off to a good start with the paving stone I prepared the hardest for. “The battle was difficult and he could not let down his guard until the end, but he decided it was okay,” he said.

Now, the only player that 9th dan Shin Jin-seo will face is 9th dan Gu Zihao, who is ranked first in China. Shin Jin-seo and Gu Zi-hao's 14th final round will continue at the same location on the afternoon of the 23rd. The relative record of the two is Shin Jin-seo is ahead with 9 wins and 6 losses. Shin Jin-seo said, “9th dan Gu Zihao is not only a player with great skills, but also a great personality. “I want to have a great match,” he said.

In the 8th round of the 1st Nongshim Baeksan Cup World Baduk Senior Championship held at the same location this morning, 9-dan Cho Hoon-hyeon defeated China's 9-dan Ma Xiaochun in 260 moves. In the 9th dan final held on the morning of the 23rd, 9th dan Cho Hoon-hyeon lost to 9th dan Yoda Norimoto of Japan in 278 moves. Accordingly, 9th Dan Yoo Chang-hyuk took charge of the competition alone. Japan's Yoda and China's 9th Dan Nie Weiping will face off in the 10th round of the finals held at 11 a.m. on the 24th.

The Nongshim Shin Ramyun Cup, known as the ‘Three Kingdoms of Korea, China and Japan Baduk’, is sponsored by Nongshim and hosted and organized by the Korea Baduk Association. The winning prize is 500 million won, and if you win 3 times in a row in the finals, you will receive a winning streak prize of 10 million won (an additional 10 million won is paid for each additional win after 3 consecutive wins). The time limit is one countdown per hour for each person.

In the 1st Nongshim Baeksan Mugwan World Baduk Senior Championship, four players each from Korea, China, and Japan born before 1969 form teams and compete for supremacy through consecutive wins. The winning team will receive a prize of 180 million won. A winning streak of 5 million won will be paid for 3 consecutive wins in the finals, and 5 million won will be added for each additional win thereafter. The time limit is 40 minutes for each person, with one countdown per minute.

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Pub: 24 Feb 2024 02:15 UTC
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