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The Long Road to 700 Wins: A Look Inside the World of Professional Baduk

If you add 2 wins, you will have 700 wins. It’s been 23 years since I entered the professional world at the age of fourteen. His professional winning percentage was over 63%. Thirty-seven-year-old Hong Seong-ji placed 7th in Korea in January. In February he dropped to 13th place. Somehow, the road to 700 wins just got longer. In the Baduk neighborhood a room is provided for 5 days a month. Those who are curious can discover the Korean ranking. For four years and two months the name at the top was Shin Jin-seo. An absolute powerhouse with a 9 out of 10 winning percentage is looking to break the record for consecutive first place victories. If you wait until December this year, it will happen automatically. The difference in the ranking score with 2nd place Park Jeong-hwan is 511 points. That’s more than the 502 points difference between 2nd and 4th place.

The oldest player in the top 30 is Won Seong-jin, born in 1985. Next is Hong Seong-ji, born in 1987. In January, Hong Seong-ji was in a higher position, but due to five defeats , was reduced by 80 points and slipped six places to fall behind Won Seong-jin in 10th place. Han Sang-jo, who added 10 points in winning 3 and losing 3 in January, sat in 30th place.

The passages continued without any correct answers. There was no way I could have made it better. Even if they take a different path with white 34 and run with white 1 and stay with black 2, they are both worth it. The reason we didn’t get closer to 1 with 38 behind was our mood. [김영환 9단]

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