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Shin Jin-seo beats Yang Ding-shin and advances to the Samsung Fire Crew final… Final clash with Park Jeong-hwan (overall)

Korea wins championship after 7 years… Final between Korean knights after 14 years

Shinjinseo 9

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Cheon Byung-hyeok = Shin Jin-seo, 9th dan, ranked first in the Korean Baduk ranking, reached the final for the second year in a row at Samsung Fire.

Jinseo Shin failed to succeed in the semifinals of the 2021 Samsung Fire World World Baduk Masters held online at Majang-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seongdong-gu, Majang-ro, Korea and Beijing, China, on the 28th, after a close battle with China’s second-ranked Yang Dingshin 9-dan with 277 numbers.

With this, Shin Jin-seo is aiming for the first championship by reaching the finals for the second time in a row following last year.

Jinseo Shin suffered a ‘mouse malfunction’ in the first country of the final last year, and unfortunately lost to Keje 9-dan and stayed runners-up.

Shin Jin-seo, who took black in the semifinals, continued a tight match with Yang Ding-shin until the middle of the day.

Shin Jin-seo jumped into the left upper-back Baek Jin-seo as the winning streak did not waver, but Yang Ding-sin also defended the iron wall.

Even artificial intelligence (AI) could not predict the superiority of one side.

Shin Jin-seo, who caught Yang Ding-sin’s mistake (188 counts of one hundred) at the top, took the lead by finishing like a Jeon Kwang-Suk.

After that, Yang Dingxin played dozens more, but threw a stone when there was no possibility of overturning the game.

Shinjinseo 9
Shinjinseo 9

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Shin Jin-seo, who has won 16 consecutive victories in world championships since last year, also recorded 5 wins and 5 losses against Yang Ding-shin, which was always difficult.

With Shin Jin-seo winning, Korea confirmed the championship at Samsung Fire Crew for the first time in 7 years since Kim Ji-seok 9th Dan in 2014.

In the semifinals held the day before, Park Jeong-hwan 9 dan defeated China’s Zhao Qianyu 8 dan to advance to the final.

For the past six years, Samsung Fire Cultivation has been won by Chinese drivers.

It is the first time in 14 years that Korean knights have faced each other in the Samsung Fire Cultivation Final since 2007, when Lee Se-dol ninth-dan and Park Young-hoon ninth-dan met.

After the match, Shin Jin-seo said, “It feels good to have reached the final for two years in a row, and above all, I am proud that the Korean championship has been confirmed.” same,” he said.

He continued, “I think the final will be a 5-5 match. It is a game between Korean players, but last year, I gave up without strength, and I will show a good image by preparing well as it is a tournament I am personally greedy for.”

Park Jeong-hwan 9 dan
Park Jeong-hwan 9 dan

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Shin Jinseo 9 dan and Park Jeong-hwan 9 dan finals No. 3 will be held from November 1st to 3rd.

In his career record, Jinseo Shin leads with 25 wins and 20 losses.

In addition, Shin Jin-seo currently holds 6 gold medals in both domestic and international titles, while Park Jung-hwan is unaffiliated.

The prize money for the championship is 300 million won and the runner-up prize is 100 million won.

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