Shin Jin-seo Defeats Byun Sang-il and Wins the LG Cup

Shin Jin-seo Defeats Byun Sang-il and Wins the LG Cup… 6th Win in Total at the World Championships

“I did my best to avoid falling.

I will challenge myself to win other world competitions as well.”

Shin Jin-seo, 9th dan, won the world championship for the sixth time in his career.

Jin-seo Shin was defeated by Sang-il Byeon, 9th Dan, in 229 moves in the second round of the 28th LG Cup Chosun Ilbo Finals of the 28th LG Cup Chosun Ilbo Championship held at the Korea Kiwon in Majang-ro, Seongdong-gu on the 31st.

With this, Shin Jin-seo, who won with an overall record of 2-0, won the LG Cup for the third time in his career following the 24th and 26th tournaments. 파워볼게임

In the past LG Cup, he ranked second with the most wins, following 9-dan Lee Chang-ho, who won four times (1st, 3rd, 5th, and 8th).

In addition, Shin Jin-seo won his 6th championship in a major world championship, and is tied for 6th place with Yoo Chang-hyuk in the all-time rankings, following Lee Chang-ho (17 times), Lee Se-dol (14 times), Cho Hoon-hyun (9 times), and Guri and Ke Jie (8 times). done.

On this day, Shin Jin-seo and Byeon Sang-il engaged in a fierce battle of baduk from the beginning.

At the beginning of the match, the battle started in Uhagui and continued to Sangbyeon and Usangui, and a close battle of pushing and pushing unfolded.

Byeon Sang-il, who judged that he had suffered a slight loss in the battle of Usangui, started attacking again by blocking the black stone in the center.

However, Shin Jin-seo succeeded in breaking through exquisite procedures and showed a clear advantage.

In the end, when the game could not be overturned, Byeon Sang-il threw a stone.

With his victory on this day, Shin Jin-seo took a significant lead over Byun Sang-il with a total of 37 wins and 7 losses, including his 15th consecutive win.

Shin Jin-seo said after the match, "I'm happy to let go of my regrets about my poor performance at last year's world championships. If it weren't for the LG Cup, I wouldn't be here either."

He continued, "This final was really intense.

I did my best to the point where I thought I might collapse after the match," and added, "I'm feeling a lot of physical strain these days, so I'll pay more attention and do my best to show a good performance in other world competitions as well." added.

With Shin Jin-seo's win, Korea has won the LG Cup 13 times, beating China (12 times) and becoming the country with the most wins.

Japan won the LG Cup twice and Taiwan won the LG Cup once.

The LG Cup winner's prize is 300 million won, and the runner-up prize is 100 million won.

The time limit is 5 40-second countdowns for 3 hours each.