On September 6, the Korea Chess Academy announced the latest ranking at the end of August, and Shin Jin-chan topped the list for the 29th time for 21 consecutive months and led the prize list. From September 8, Shin Jin-chan will compete with Park Ting-hwan for the Dragon Star three times, and Tang Wei-sung for chunlan for the third time on the 13th. Cao Chengyarenk Tri jing rose to the second place in the women.
Shin won his fifth title with a 2-1 victory over Bian Xiangyi in the Celebrity Battle in August, winning 5 wins and losing 1 loss, adding 19 more points to 10,247 points. Park, who won two, rose seven points to second place, and the point difference between the top two increased to 237 points from 225 points last month.
In addition, in the 2021 cumulative prize money, Shin Jin-chan, who won the GS Caltex Cup (70 million) and the Celebrity Battle (60 million) championships in August, increased his income by 130 million, totaling more than 594 million won, surpassing Shin Min-chan to rank first. Choi Jing also entered the top 10 with an increase of 35.2 million yuan, totaling more than 91.8 million won.
In the top 100, Park Tinghuan, Bian Sang-yi and Shin Min-woo ranked 2-4, and Lee Dong-hoon (6 wins) ranked 5th. Ahn Sung-joon (5 wins) moved up 2 places to 6th place. Yuan Shengqin (2 wins and 1 loss), who entered the "top 5" again after 8 years and 7 months last month, slipped to 8th place. Lee Chang Seok rose to 9th. The number of 5-10 has been changing every month recently.
Han Shengzhou, who qualified for the Samsung Cup, rose 10 places to rank 15th, and Yoon Chan-hee rose 22 places to rank 23rd.
The ranking of female chess players has changed dramatically. Cui Jing (12 wins and 2 losses on August) has been at the top for 94 consecutive months, and the overall ranking has dropped by 2 places to rank 19th. Cao Chengya successfully reached the Samsung Cup, soared 115 points in 12 wins and 1 loss, and also rose 28 places in the overall ranking, ranking 90th in the top 100 for the first time, and rising to women's second for the first time since entering the stage in 2016.
The 3rd place is Wu Youzhen (8 wins and 1 loss), the 4th place is Jin Caiying (8 wins and 4 losses), and the 5th place is Wu Zheng'e (1 win and 2 losses), compared with the previous month, Jin Caiying dropped from 2nd place to 4th. The women's ranking of No. 2 is closely related to multiple seeded players in the World Series, including the right to participate in the World Series, so it is of great significance. Kim Lun-young and Cho Hye-jin ranked 6-7, while Park Ji-juan, Song Hye-ling and Lee Hyun-jin ranked 8-10 respectively.
(Red = Shin Jin-chan, Blue = Park Young-hwan)
The Korea rankings were first implemented in August 2005 and improved in February 2020, becoming the basis for calculating the qualifications for the World Series. Newcomers officially enter the list in 30 innings, and if there is no match in 1 year, they will be out of the list. At present, the number of first times to the top of the list is: Park Tinghuan (59 consecutive lists 74 times), Lee Se-seok (27 consecutive lists 67 times), Shin Jin-chan (21 consecutive lists 29 times), Lee Chang-ho (12 consecutive lists 22 times), Choi Chul-han (2 times).