After Go entered the World Series period, the leaders of various eras emerged, the most representative of which were Nie Weiping, Ma Xiaochun, Chang Hao, Gu Li, and Ke Jie in China; And Cho Hyun-hyun, Liu Chang-hyuk, Lee Chang-ho, Lee Sedol, Park Tinghuan, and Shin Jin-hyun in South Korea.
Whoever has the highest level between them and the best results in the World Series has always been a matter of great talk among the majority of Go lovers. If you look at the number of world crowns alone, South Korea's Lee Chang-ho has 17 crowns, Lee Sedol has 14 crowns, and Cho Hyun-hyun has 9 crowns in the top three. China's Guli and Ke Jie each ranked fourth with 8 crowns. Nie Weiping did not win a crown and ranked last.
This is relatively simple and direct, but there are also places that are not completely objective, for example, as early as when Shen Zhenchen only had a crown, Go lovers who liked Shen Zhenchen thought that Shen Zhenchen's hard power was the first in the world, and the 8-crowned Ke Jie ranked second at most. Similarly, the controversy between Park Tinghuan and Shin Jin-chan is not small, some chess fans believe that Park Tinghuan and Shin Jin-chan participate in the World Series basically unlimited exemptions, and many young Chinese chess players have too few opportunities to participate in the World Series, such as Chen Yaoye, Tang Weixing, Ding Hao, etc. If they have the same number of opportunities to participate as Park Tinghuan Shen Zhenchen, the number of champions may not be less than them.
A friend of the Go Bar, "Thunderbolt", made a chart of the achievements of Nie Weiping, Ma Xiaochun, Chang Hao, Gu Li, Tang Weixing, Ke Jie, Cao Xuanxuan, Liu Changhe, Lee Chang-ho, Lee Se-seok, Park Tinghuan, Shin Jin-chan and other chess players participating in the World Series. Such a comprehensive comparison is relatively more objective and reasonable.
illustrate: 1. Double defeat and chess are counted as one game. 2. The pan-one tour includes the first round of loss and the second round of the first round of bye. 3. Total winning score = Final win * 100 + Quarterfinals win * 32 + Quarterfinals win * 16 + 16 strong wins * 8 + 32 strong wins * 4 + 64 strong wins * 2, no points will be scored bye. 4. Total score = Champion * 100 + Runner-up * 32 + Semifinals * 16 + Quarterfinals * 8 + 16 + 4 + 32 strong * 2 + 64 strong * 1, the same score is scored bye.
Ranked by overall score: Lee Chang-ho 2472, Lee Se-seok 1915, Cao Xuan-hyun 1306, Gu Li 1159, Liu Chang-hyuk 1100, Ke Jie 1020, Park Ting-huan 893, Chang Hao 833, Ma Xiaochun 632, Tang Weixing 512, Shin Jin-hyun 482, Nie Wei-ping 217.
Ranked by grade average: Ke Jie 35.2; Lee Chang-ho 27.2; Lee Se-seok 25.2; Shin Jin-chan 21.9; Cao Xuan-hyun 21.1; Gu Li 19.3; Tang Wei-sung 18.3; Park Ting-huan 17.9; Liu Chang-hyuk 17.7; Ma Xiaochun 14.7; Chang Hao 12.4; Nie Weiping 9.4.
This ranking is also only of reference significance, because the age groups of chess players when they participate in the World Series are different, which means that chess players have different states at different ages.
However, this ranking still reflects the overall performance of each player quite impressively.
If you refer to this ranking, under the premise that the world competition does not decrease, Ke Jie is the most powerful and most promising to surpass Lee Chang-ho. Although many people are optimistic about Shin Jin-chan, the possibility of Shin-jin surpassing Lee Chang-ho and Lee Sedol is basically zero, and surpassing Ke Jie's 8 crowns is actually very difficult.
Because the world series are getting fewer and fewer, the epidemic has also affected the game, and the ai has narrowed the technical gap between chess players to a half-eye difference, Ke Jie is in a period of unprecedented fierce competition and inner volume, and it is a little painful for Ke Jie.
Even so, Ke Jie's achievements are also proud, and it can be said that Ke Jie is a well-deserved king of kings.