On the 5th, the Korean Chess Academy announced the latest phase of grade scores. Shen Zhenchen, who won all 10 games in mid-April (14 consecutive wins since March 24), topped the list with 10,369 points, winning the championship for 29 consecutive months, and the number of times he ranked first increased to 37 times.
Park Tinghuan ranked second for 29 consecutive months. Although Park Tinghuan won 7 and lost 2 times in April, the rating score rose by 1 point, but Shin Jin-hyun's all-win record in mid-April raised the rating score by 31 points, setting a new high while widening the score difference from 340 points last month to 370 points, which is also the largest score difference between the first and second places in the past.
In the top ten, Bian Sang-yi, Kim Ji-seok and Lee Dong-hoon ranked third to fifth respectively, with Won Sung-jin in sixth place and Shin Min-ho in seventh place, and Park Jian-ho, who won 11 wins and 1 loss in April, soared 133 points to rise nine places to 9th, which is also his first time in the top ten.
On the women's side, Cui Jing led for 102 consecutive months. In April, with a record of 6 wins and 2 losses, he rose 35 points and rose four places in the overall rankings to tie for 20th place with Park Min-kyu. They were followed by Wu Youzhen, Jin Caiying, Kim Eun-jeong, and Cao Chengya. Kim Kyung-woo ranked 7th, reaching the top 10 for the first time.
The Korea Rankings were first implemented in August 2005, revised in January 2008, improved in January 2009, and announced at the beginning of each month, becoming the basis for calculating the qualification for the World Series. The number of official matches reached 30 innings for new chess players, and if there is no match for more than 1 year, they will be listed, and the final score will be used as the standard when returning.