March 17, 2022, is the 22nd birthday of South Korea's first person, Shin Jin-chan Jiudan.
3 years ago, in 2019, on the birthday of China's first person Ke Jie Jiudan, the author wrote in "Comparison of Achievements in the 22-Year-Old Chess World Ke Jie is the "First Person in History"? In the article, by taking stock of the achievements of the three generations of Chinese and Korean Go leaders (Lee Chang-ho, Chang Hao, Lee Se-seok, Gu Li, Park Tinghuan, and Ke Jie) at the age of 22, the majority of chess fans and friends introduced Ke Jie's position in history at the age of 22.
Now, South Korea's new generation of leaders Shin Jin-chan has also reached the age of 22, so how does his achievements in the World Series compare with the above-mentioned chess predecessors when they were 22 years old? (Subject to the World Championship Standards of the Chinese Chess Academy)
Judging from the number of times he reached the final of the World Series at the age of 22, Shin Jin-chan and Ke Jie tied for the first place in history (8 times). This figure is slightly ahead of Lee Chang-ho (7 times) and Lee Sedol (7 times), and significantly ahead of Park Ting-hwan (3 times), Chang Hao (1 time), and Gu Li (0 times). It can be said that from the perspective of debut time and relative hard power, Shin Jin-chan is comparable to Ke Jie and South Korea's er Li, all of which are "debut is the peak" existence.
However, judging from the number of 22-year-old world champions, Shin Jin-chan (3 championships and 4 asians, The Ying Cup final has not been played) is still inferior to Ke Jie (7 championships and 1 asian), Lee Chang-ho (7 crowns), and Lee Sedol (6 championships and 1 asian). From the perspective of the temperament of the winner in the final, Shin Jin-chan is inferior to Ke Jie and South Korea's er Lee 3 predecessors.
In the final of the 4th Lark Cup in January 2019, Shen Zhen was crunchy defeated by Ke Jie
Since becoming famous, Shen Zhenchen has not experienced setbacks - as early as the end of 2018, Shen Zhenchen has successively reached the finals of the Tianfu Cup and the Lark Cup, but has successively folded over Chen Yaoye and Ke Jie, paying "tuition" for growth.
But since then, Shin has ushered in a "blowout" breakthrough, and his growth rate is breathtaking:
In 2019, Shin Shin won 25 consecutive wins in official matches...
In 2020, Shin Jin-chan won the world championship for the first time, and parked a 7:0 clean sheet in the South China Sea Seven Pieces of Chess, breaking Lee Chang-ho's historical record of 88.37% of the annual winning rate...
From 2021 to 2022, Shin Jin-chan won the 2nd and 3rd world championships, and won 23 consecutive wins against Chinese players in the official competition (not yet over), 28 consecutive wins against non-Korean chess players, and 9 consecutive wins in the two Nongshim Cups...
A series of unprecedented data prove that Shen Zhenchen is terrible today, and the nickname of "Shen Huang" has long been circulated among chess fans.
As an old rival, Ke Jie's feelings of Shen Zhenchen's strength are more intuitive, and in recent years, Ke Jie has made many "witty remarks" evaluations of Shen Zhenchen:
After defeating Shen Zhenchen in the final of the 4th Lark Cup in January 2019, Ke Jie commented that "it is easy to win, Shen Zhenchen still needs a lot of effort, I think he is still very rough in many places in chess, and there are many deficiencies", "I have won three world championships when I was 18 years old, and he has not won a crown now, I am quite sympathetic to him as a chess player." I've won three world championships at his age and now I've got seven, so I sympathize with him. ”
After eliminating Shen Zhenchen in the round of 16 of the 25th LG Cup in June 2020, Ke Jie said on Weibo: "After the birth of the boy, after the birth of the boy."
After defeating Shin Jin-chan in the final of the 25th Samsung Cup in November 2020, Ke Jie said, "Thank you Xiao Shen for sending me a lot of victories. I feel that if there is no Xiao Shen, I may take a few less championships", "Next time I win, this is no way, Xiao Shen, you still have to work harder".
In February 2022, after the Korean main battle lost to Shin Jin-chan in the 23rd Nongshim Cup, Ke Jie said, "Is this still human?" There is not a single problem hand in the whole game. Today's control feels stronger than the Alpha Dog at that time", "If no one is Xiao Shen's opponent at this level, after the epidemic, according to the winning rate of 23 consecutive Chinese chess players, it will be no problem for the people of the world to be at first".
From "the next time you win, Xiao Shen you still need to work harder" to "stronger than the Alpha Dog, this level makes the world a first", the 360-degree change in Ke Jie's evaluation makes us further feel the amazing progress of Shen Zhenchen and the transformation of rebirth.
From "Houshengzai" to "Shen Huang", Shen Zhenchen wrote us an inspirational growth and counterattack story.
He is only 22 years old now, and there is still a long legendary road to go in the future.
Let's wish Shen Zhenchen a happy 22nd birthday!
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(Saury)