The Korean Chess Academy recently announced the latest ranking at the end of January 2022, and Shin Jin-chan once again set a new record for the highest score he set. From January 2020, the number one place in a row increased to 26 months, and the 34th time it topped the list. Lee Chang-seok finished sixth, and Choi Hyun-joon entered the top ten for the first time.
In January 2022, the prize list will be Shin Jin-hyun, Lee Dong-hoon, Choi Kyung-yeung, Bian Sang-yi, Park Young-hwan, Kim Ji-seok, Lee Chang-ho, Cho Hyun-hyun, Shin Min-hoon, and Kang Dong-yun.
On February 5, in the February professional chess player ranking released by the Korean Chess Academy, Shin Jin-hyun took the lead with 10,318 points. That's an eight-point increase from the previous month and a new record for the highest score of 10,313 points in the November 2021 ranking. In January this year, Shen Zhenchen's record was 8 wins and 1 loss, helping Suber Hangzhou to win the first division again. Shin's first place is leading for 26 consecutive months starting in January 2020. The number of times the overall ranking of 1st place increased to 34. The point difference with Park Tinghuan, who has been in second place for 26 consecutive months, increased from 289 points last month to 297 points. From the 7th, Shen Zhenchen will compete with Yang Dingxin for the LG Cup.
Red = Shin Jin-chan, Blue = Park Young-hwan
Park Ting-hwan, Bian Sang-il, Lee Dong-hoon and Kim Ji-seok continued to remain in 2-5 place. Lee Chang-seok (4 wins and 1 loss) is in 6th place, and Han Seung-joo (6 wins and 4 losses) is 8th, setting a personal high. Shin Min-woo (5 wins and 4 losses) is in 7th place, and Hyun Hyun-joon, who is active in the Korean League (4 wins and 2 losses), rises 1 place to 10th place, reaching the top 10 for the first time. Yuan Shengqin (2 wins and 3 losses) is in 11th place.
In the top 100, The sluggish Luo Xuanjiu accumulated 29 points, rising 12 places to 40th. Kang Youhe, who won four and lost 1 in January, rose 14 places to 89th. Guo Yuangen accumulated 97 points and rose 22 places to 100th place, which is his first time in the top 100.
In the ranking of female chess players, Cui Jing won the strongest women's championship on the lakeside, ranking first for 99 consecutive months. In January, with a record of 10 wins and 5 losses, it rose by 16 points, and the overall ranking dropped by one place to 29th. It was followed by Oh Youzhen (3 wins and 4 losses), Kim Cai-young (4 wins and 1 loss), Cao Chengya (3 losses), followed by Kim Lun-young, Cho Hye-lian, Oh Jeong-e, Park Ji-juan, Kim Eun-jeong, and Lee Hyun-jin. In the overall ranking, Wu Youzhen rose 3 places to 80th, while Jin Caiying dropped 1 place to rank 91st.
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 Sedol (27 consecutive lists 67 times), Shin Jin-chan (26 consecutive lists 34 times), Lee Chang-ho (12 consecutive lists 22 times), Choi Chul-han (2 times).
(Compiled by Li Xinzhou)