Supreme Female Player

Korean, female, professional tournament held in its first edition in 2021.

Eight players compete in a round robin. The two best scoring players advance to a best-of-five match.

These were the competitors of the inaugural edition, ordered by their Go Ratings international women's rank of 2021-01-01:

Choi Jung, #1
O Yujin, #7
Cho Seunga, #8
Kim Chaeyeong, #14
Cho Hyeyeon, #15
Lee Minjin, #27
Kim Eunsun, #47
Jeong Yujin, #73

The player with the best performance in the league was, unsurprisingly, Choi Jung, with an impressive 6–1 (only loss to Cho Seunga (B-R)). The second best was O Yujin, again predictably, with 5–2 (losses only to Choi Jung and Lee Minjin).

The format appears very volatile: all the other six competitors were apparently demoted from the league, even Cho Seunga and Kim Chaeyoung who had scored 4–3.

Rating continued to be a strong predictor in the five game match: Choi Jung beat O Yujin 3–1.

From the 3rd edition to the present, the event is a knockout format with a repêchage system where early losers have their own final. Then the winners of the winners’ tournament and losers’ tournament meet in a best-of-three final. The defending champion has automatic entry into the main tournament, but only in the first round.

In the 4th edition, Choi Jung was awarded 40 million won (US$30,000) and a trophy for first place, and Kim Eunji 20 million won (US$15,000) and a trophy for second, thanks to the sponsor Gowoonsesang Cosmetics. Nakamura Sumire was placed 3rd.

The 5th was an overall repeat of the previous two: Choi Jung beat Kim Eunji 2–1 after losing the first game. But this time, Kim had forced Choi into the losers’ final. Nakamura Sumire again placed 3rd.

Thus Choi Jung has won all 5 editions of this tournament.

See also Supreme player of Female, Go To Everyone

Winners and Runners-up