Shin Jin-seo, 9 dan, who has been ranked first for 53 consecutive months, is one step closer to Park Jung-hwan's record of ranking No. 1 for the longest time with 59 months in October 2018.
Park Jung-hwan, who advanced to the quarterfinals of the Lancashire along with Shin Jin-seo, has regained his No. 2 spot in just one month. Having won all six games in April, Park added 53 points in the ranking, beating third-ranked Bae Sang-il by 67 points.
Kang Dong-yoon and Shin Min-jun, 9 dan, exchanged seats to rank 4th and 5th, while Kim Myung-hoon and Seol Hyun-jun, 9 dan, remained in 6th and 7th place as they did last month. Ahn Sung-jun, 9 dan, took 8th place, Kim Ji-seok, 9 dan, 1 step down, and Won Sung-jin, 9 dan, ranked 10th without change.
Within the top 100, Kim Jin-hwi, 7 dan, who reached the round of 16 in the 10th, scored 127 points in all 10 games, taking the most points, and breaking his highest ranking. Kim Da-bin, 2 dan, showed the biggest rise, ranking 80th, up 29 notches.
Among women's knights, Choi Jung 9 dan fell three places to 22nd, while Kim Eun-ji 9 dan ranked 53rd, Kim Chae-young 9 dan ranked 88th, and Oh Yoo-jin 9 dan ranked 96, ranking 4th in the top 100. Sumiré 3 dan ranked 203rd and 12th in the women's ranking, adding 57 points, including defeating 11th (then) Park Min-gyu 9 dan and winning 38 points in the final round of the 5th Sopal Cosanol's top knight match held on April 30.
The ranking of Korean articles, which had been announced up to 100th using the rating system since January 2009, introduced the revised ranking system in February 2020, and expanded the scope from August 2022 to announce the ranking of all professional articles.
BY: 스포츠토토
