Shin Jinseo
Shin Jinseo (신진서, 申眞諝) is a Korean professional player born in 2000-03-17, pro from 2012-07-16, promoted 2 dan in 2013-11-22, 9 dan by 2018.
Shin has been the best player in the world for several years. Recently he has been a long way ahead of his rivals in terms of both rating and head-to-head scores. As of 2024-05-06, Shin's rating is 3877, while the next highest Ke Jie is 3694.
Since 2019-01-01, Shin has been the highest rated player in the world (![[ext]](images/extlink.gif)
GoRatings). In the 2018-01-01, list, he was second only to Park Junghwan, and in the 2017-01-01, list, he was second behind Ke Jie and Park Junghwan. Since 2019-01-01, Park and Ke have been second and third behind Shin, not necessarily in that order.
Shin's nickname is 신진격(新進擊, New Attack).
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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
Head to head scores against leading rivals
Based on Shin Jinseo, Go ratings, as of 2024-05-11.
- Ke Jie, World #2, China #1: 1211 (Shin won the most recent 7 games in a row)
- Park Jung Hwan, World #3, Korea #2: 3122 (Shin won the most recent 11 games in a row)
- Wang Xinghao, World #4, China #2: 10
- Gu Zihao, World #5, China #3: 116
- Li Qincheng, World #6, China #4: 66
- Ding Hao, World #7, China #5: 63
- Li Xuanhao, World #8, China #6: 22
- Yang Dingxin, World #9, China #7: 108
- Byun Sangil, World #10, Korea #3: 337 (Shin won the most recent 13 games in a row)
- Zhao Chenyu, World #11, China #8: 51
- Iyama Yuta, World #22, Japan #1: 20
- Ichiriki Ryo, World #26, Japan #2: 60
- Choi Jeong, World #65, Female World and Korean #1: 60
- Kim Eunji, World # 147, Female World #3, Korean #2; Female teenager World and Korean #1: 20
Career record
Korean games
Scores from Korea players win-loss, Go for Everyone. For the last few years, he has been top or second in total number of wins, and with very high winning rate.
| Year | total | wins | losses | rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 64 | 40 | 24 | 62% |
| 2015 | 81 | 59 | 22 | 73% |
| 2016 | 66 | 51 | 15 | 77% |
| 2017 | 61 | 47 | 14 | 77% |
| 2018 | 102 | 77 | 25 | 75% |
| 2019 | 93 | 74 | 19 | 80% |
| 2020 | 91 | 81 | 10 | 89% |
| 2021 | 98 | 82 | 16 | 84% |
| 2022* | 95 | 80 | 14 | 85% |
| 2023 | 111 | 97 | 14 | 87% |
| 2024 | 39 | 35 | 4 | 90% |
International tournament games
Scores from World players win-loss, Go for Everyone.
| Year | total | wins | losses | rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 71% |
| 2017 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 68% |
| 2018 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 61% |
| 2019 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 68% |
| 2020 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 80% |
| 2021 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 92% |
| 2022* | 23 | 22 | 2 | 91% |
| 2023 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 71% |
| 2024 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 90% |
- In 2022, Shin also had a draw.
Books
His match against Park Junghwan in 2020 is covered in SEVEN. The Go Super Match.
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
Links
- Wikipedia page
- GoRatings page
- Korean Namu Wiki profile (in Korean)
- cyberoro.com profile (in Korean)
Videos
- The "mouso" misclick moment on K바둑's stream
- A pre-game interview in the first round game of 46th Myeongin in August 2023
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