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Shin Jinseo

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Shin Jinseo is a South Korean professional Go player born in 2000 in Busan who holds the 9 dan rank, achieved in 2018. He has won nine major international titles including the LG Cup in 2020, 2022 and 2024, the Chunlan Cup in 2021, the Samsung Cup in 2022, the Ing Cup in 2023, the Quzhou-Lanke Cup in 2024, the Nanyang Cup in 2025 and the Sawpalkosanol World Top Player Championship in 2025. He has been the number one ranked Korean player in the Korea Baduk Association official rankings since January 2020, and won gold in the team event and bronze individually at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.

Facts
Birth Year
2000 1
Birth Date
2000-03-17 1
Nationality
South Korean 1
Career Highlight
Has won nine major international Go championships, and has held the number one Korea Baduk Association ranking continuously since January 2020. 1
Classification
Competition Category
Individual 1
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  • Also in Geography Atlas: South Korea, nationality there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia, Shin Jinseo
Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph, Wikipedia article on Shin Jin-seo, birth date
    He is the number one ranked Korean player in the Korea Baduk Association's official rankings, a spot which he first reached in November 2018 and has held continuously since January 2020.
  • Lead paragraph, Wikipedia article on Shin Jin-seo, birth year
    He is the number one ranked Korean player in the Korea Baduk Association's official rankings, a spot which he first reached in November 2018 and has held continuously since January 2020.
  • Lead paragraph, Wikipedia article on Shin Jin-seo, nationality
    He is the number one ranked Korean player in the Korea Baduk Association's official rankings, a spot which he first reached in November 2018 and has held continuously since January 2020.
  • Lead paragraph, Wikipedia article on Shin Jin-seo, career summary
    He is the number one ranked Korean player in the Korea Baduk Association's official rankings, a spot which he first reached in November 2018 and has held continuously since January 2020.
  • Wikipedia, article summary lead
    Shin Jin-seo (Korean: 신진서; born 17 March 2000) is a South Korean professional Go player.
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