Choi Jeong becomes the first female driver to achieve 800 wins… Shin Jin-seo defeats ‘enemy’ Wang Xinghao
Jeong Choi, 9th Dan, became the first female knight to reach 800 career wins. World No. 1 Shin Jin-seo, 9th dan, also defeated his opponent Wang Xinghao, 9th dan. At the same time, it was also confirmed that Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance would advance to the round of 16.
Choi Jeong-eun defeated China’s 9th Dan Gu Zihao in the round of 32 of the 2024 Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance World Baduk Masters held at the Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Global Campus in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do on the 12th with a black and white victory in 258 moves. Choi Jeong-eun became the first female knight to achieve 800 career wins (360 losses, 68.97% win rate). This is a record 14 years and 6 months since joining the team in May 2010.
On this day, Choi Jeong met China’s strongman Gu Zihao and had a close battle at the last minute, but had the last laugh. After the game, Choi Jeong-eun said, “I am happy that I was able to achieve my 800th win at Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance. “I want to work harder and get my 1,000th win in the future,” he said.
Shin Jin-seo also won the match against China’s Wang Xinghao in the round of 32 on this day in 221 moves. The two, who are in the finals of the Nanyang Cup to be held early next year, attracted the attention of fans as they faced each other during the round of 32 the day before.
Shin Jin-seo lost to Wang
9th dan Kim Eun-ji also competed fiercely with China’s 9th dan She Erhao from beginning to end, finishing with a 100-point victory in 256 moves and advancing to the round of 16. This is the first time that two female drivers, Choi Jeong and Kim Eun-ji, have advanced to the round of 16 of a world competition.
In addition, Ahn Jeong-gi, 8th dan, defeated China’s Chen Zhengxun, 8th dan, in 338 moves to advance to the round of 16 of a world tournament for the first time.
9-dan Yoo Chang-hyuk and 9-dan Choi Myung-hoon ended their journey by losing to China’s 9-dan She Ke and 9-dan Li Xuanhao, respectively.
On the 13th, Park Jung-hwan, Byeon Sang-il, Shin Min-jun, Kim Myung-hoon, Kang Dong-yoon, and Seol Hyeon-jun, 9th dan, enter the round of 32.
The prize money for the winner of the Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance World Baduk Masters is 300 million won, and the prize money for the runner-up is 100 million won. The time limit is 5 1-minute countdowns for each 2 hours.
Senior Reporter Kim Chang-geum kimck@hani.co.kr
