Shin Jin-seo, 9th dan, has maintained the top spot in Korean Baduk for 49 consecutive months.Shin Jin-seo recorded 10,392 points in the January ranking announced by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology on the 5th, beating second place Byeon Sang-il (9,910 points), 9th dan, and maintaining first place.Shin Jin-seo, who recorded 6 wins and 2 losses in December last year, won a ticket to the LG Cup finals during this period and won the Myeongin Tournament.Park Jeong-hwan, 9th dan, lost second place to Byun Sang-il and fell one place.Shin Min-jun, Kim Myung-hoon, and Kang Dong-yoon 9th Dan maintained 4th to 6th place
Hong Seong-ji, 9th dan, rose three places to 7th place, and Kim Ji-seok and Won Seong-jin, 9th dan, traded places and ranked 8th and 9th.In 10th place is Seongjun Ahn, 9th dan.Choi Jeong, 9th dan, ranked first in the women’s rankings, fell one notch to 21st, Kim Eunji, 9th dan, rose two places to 69th, and Kim Chaeyoung, 8th dan, rose six places to 73rd.Meanwhile, Shin Jin-seo set the total prize money for 2023 at 1.4796 billion won and broke the record for the most annual prize money he set in 2022 by 34.65 million won.Shin Jin-seo, who has exceeded 1 billion won in prize money every year since 2020, has been crowned the prize money king 스포츠토토존 for four consecutive years.