Shin Jinseo

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Shin Jinseo (신진서, 申眞諝) is Korean professional player born in 2000-03-17, pro from 2012-07-16, promoted 2 dan in 2013-11-22, 9 dan by 2018. As of September 2023, he is the top-ranked player on [ext] GoRatings. his nickname is 신진격(新進擊).

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Achievements

In January 2013 aged 12 he beat Lee Changho 9d in a young players vs legends exhibition match. See GoGameGuru's report (archived).

Winner in 2013 of the 2nd Yeongjae.
Winner in 2015 of 2nd Let's Run Park Cup.
Winner in 2015 of 3rd Shinin-Wang.
Made last 8 of 21st LG Cup in 2016.
April 2017: won 4th Globis Cup
Winner of 2017 Korean Baduk League as top player (15 wins, 3 losses) of Team Jungkwangjang.
In December 2017, he was the highest-rated under-20 player in the world (on GoRatings), at #2 overall in Korea and #4 in the world
February 2018: runner up of 1st Crown Haitai Cup, losing 1-2 to Park Junghwan
April 2018: 3rd place in 5th Globis Cup
May 2018: won 23rd GS Caltex Cup, beat Lee Sedol 3-2
Since July 2018, he has consistently held the top-ranked position worldwide on GoRatings and continues to maintain that rank
2nd place in 2018 Korean Baduk League as top player (14 wins, 3 losses) for Team Jungkwangjang.
December 2018: runner up in 1st Tianfu cup, losing 1-2 to Chen Yaoye
January 2019: runner up in 4th Bailing cup, losing 0-2 to Ke Jie
June 2019: won 31st Asian TV cup, beat Ding Hao
February 2020: won 24th LG cup, beat Park Junghwan
June 2020: won the first Supreme Player's tournament in 2020, and has successfully defended it in every year since (four times).
September 2021: won 13th Chunlan Cup, defeating Tang Weixing 2-0
February 2022: won 26th LG cup, beat Yang Dingxin
August 2022: won 8th Kuksu Mountains Cup, beat Byun Sangil
November 2022: Won 27th Samsung cup beat Choi Jung
July 2023: Won 2nd YK Geonggi Cup, beat Shin Minjun
August 2023: Won 9th ING Cup, beat Xie Ke 2-0
February 2024: Won 28th LG Cup, beat Byun Sangil 2-0

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Fun Facts

He has never won an international title, if he has lost the first game of the final match
In the first game of 2020 Samsung Cup final versus Ke Jie he played the famous "mouso" move that caused him to lose the game. The accidental misclick was caused by a mouse cord accidentally touching the touchpad of the laptop. In the following Korean article you can see a picture from the mouso-game. The picture shows how the mouse cord travels over the touchpad waiting for the disaster to happen. ( Link to ilyo.co.kr article )
The previous evening before the Quzhou Lanke Cup World Go Open second final Shin Jinseo and Shin Minjun played chess in the hotel, a video was posted in the chinese social media. Playing chess before an international major final was probably not a good idea, Shin Jinseo lost his 1-0 lead and lost the title 2-1 to Gu Zihao. Weibo link

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Head to head scores against leading rivals

Based on [ext] Shin Jinseo, Go ratings, as of 2024-01-11.

Gu Zihao, World #2, China #1: 9–6
Wang Xinghao, World #3, China #2: 1–0
Zhao Chenyu, World #4, China #3: 5–1
Ding Hao, World #5, China #6: 6–3
Park Jung Hwan, World #6=, Korean #2: 31–21 (Shin won the most recent 11 games in a row)
Ke Jie, World #6=, China #5: 11–11 (Shin won the most recent 6 games in a row)
Byun Sangil, World #7, Korean #3: 33–7 (Shin won the most recent 13 games in a row)
Iyama Yuta, World #22, Japan #1: 2–0
Ichiriki Ryo, World #26, Japan #2: 6–0
Choi Jeong, World #65, Female World and Korean #1: 6–0
Kim Eunji, World # 147, Female World #3, Korean #2; Female teenager World and Korean #1: 2–0