Shin Minjun

Shin Minjun (신민준, b. 1999-01-11) is a Korean 9 dan professional player. He turned professional in 2012-07-17.

On the 2024-01-02 rating list, Shin is now #16 in the world and #4 in Korea.

Shin was one of the top under-20 professionals in Korea, along with Shin Jinseo. In 2017, he won the first round and half the second round of the 19th Nongshim Cup, winning six games in a row (see this L19 thread for more details.)

Titles

• 2018, 4th Shinin Wang (d. Park Hamin 2-1)
• 2019, 5th Shinin Wang (d. Han Sangcho 2-0)
• 2019, 37th KBS Cup (d. Park Junghwan 2-0)
• 2019, 6th Globis Cup
• 2021, 25th LG Cup (d. Ke Jie 2-1)

Links

• Korean profile

Fun Facts

• Shin Minjun accompanied Shin Jinseo to China for Shin Jinseo’s Quzhou Lanke Cup world Go Open final. The previous evening before Shin Jinseo’s second final they 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

Videos

• A pre-game interview before the 2023 Myeongin first round game. YouTube link

Pictures

xu jiayang shin minjun mlily 2023 (Image credit: Foxwq.com)

shin minjun feb2023 (Image credit: Foxwq.com)