"New Record Maker" Shin Shin Shin won a new record 14 consecutive wins, occupying the first place in the world for 29 consecutive months, winning all 10 games in April, up 31 points. Park Kang-ho moved up nine places to jump to 9th place.
In April 2022, the prize list is shin jin-chan, Park Ting-huan, Bian Sang-yi, Lee Dong-hoon, Shin Min-hyun, Won Sung-jin, Choi Jing, Kim Ji-seok, Kang Dong-yun, and Lee Chang-ho.
Shin Jin-hyun won all 10 games on April (from March 24 to now in a 14-game winning streak), and also firmly ranked first in the May ranking published by the Korea Chess Academy on May 5, and the time of the first consecutive place was 29 months, and the total number of times the first place increased to 37 times, and the ranking score was 10369 points, setting a new high score. For reference, Shin Shin-chan was 10,238 points 1 year ago and 10,122 points 2 years ago.
Park Ting-hwan ranked second for 29 consecutive months with a ranking score of 9999 points. Although April rose by 1 point with 7 wins and 2 losses, the point difference between the 1-2 places increased to 370 points due to the overwhelming advantage of Shin Jin-chan's nine-dan positions from 340 points last month. This is the biggest score gap between the top two in history.
Red = Shin Jin-chan, Blue = Park Young-hwan
In addition, Kim Ji-seok ranked fourth in the ninth dan (7 wins and 3 losses) and Lee Dong-hoon ranked fifth in the ninth dan (2 losses). The rankings of Yuan Shengqin's ninth dan (11 wins and 4 losses) and 7th place Shen Min's nine dan (4 wins and 4 losses) have also changed. Park, who won 11 and lost 11 in April, rose nine spots and rose 133 points to rank 9th in the top 10 for the first time.
In the ranking of female chess players, Cui Jingjiudan has maintained the first position for 102 consecutive months. In April, with a record of 6 wins and 2 losses, it rose by 35 points, and the overall ranking rose by 4 places to 20th place. It was followed by Wu Youzhen's ninth dan (4 wins and 1 loss), Kim Cai Ying's seventh dan (6 wins and 3 losses), Kim Eun-jeong's second dan (13 wins and 3 losses), and Cao Chengya's 5 duan (3 wins and 3 losses). Wu Zheng'e ranked 6th. Kim Kyung-yō Sandan (5 wins, 5 losses) finished in the top 10 for the first time and ranked 7th. Then there are Lee Hyun-jin, Cho Hye-jin, and Kim Hye-min.
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 first number of toppings is: Park Tinghuan (74 times in 59 consecutive lists), Shin Jin-hyun (37 times in 29 consecutive lists), Lee Sedol (67 times in 27 consecutive lists), Lee Chang-ho (22 times in 12 consecutive lists), and Choi Chul-han (2 times).
(Compiled by Li Xinzhou)