Shin Minjun is a South Korean professional Go player born on January 11, 1999, in Seoul. He turned professional in 2012 and reached 9 dan, and as a teenager he studied under Lee Sedol, living at Sedol's home from March to July 2013. He won the Globis Cup under-20 tournament in 2019, the KBS Cup the same year, the Myeongin domestic title in 2022 and the Crown Haitai Cup in 2023, and took the LG Cup world championship in 2021 by defeating eight-time world champion Ke Jie two games to one before winning the title again in 2026, also earning a gold medal with South Korea's men's team at the 2022 Asian Games.
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Career HighlightWon the 25th LG Cup in 2021, defeating eight-time world champion Ke Jie for his first international championship. 1 Classification
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Shin Min-jun (Korean: 신민준; born 11 January 1999) is a South Korean professional Go player.
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In 2021, he won his first international championship at the 25th LG Cup, with a 2-1 victory in the final over eight-time world champion Ke Jie.
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Shin Min-jun (Korean: 신민준; born 11 January 1999) is a South Korean professional Go player.
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is a South Korean professional Go player.
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