“My goal is not to get nagged by Jinseo as much as possible.” (Kim Jinhwi 7th level)
“I hope I get a grade that I can say at least a word to Shin Jin-seo.” (Choi Jae-young 8th dan)
Kim Jin-hwi (7th dan) and Choi Jae-young (8th dan), who had humorous winner interviews after the game, are four and three years older than Shin Jin-seo (9th dan), respectively.
When asked about the most trusted and most worried players on the opening media day, Shin Jin-seo 9 dan sent a video message, saying, “I believe that I am strong in shorthand, but I am worried because the coach is watching me.”
GS Caltex has the absolute role of Shin Jin-seo, a 9-dan player. There was no ace, Shin Jin-seo, a 9-dan player, but the rest of the players got together. GS Caltex beat Jeonju Hanok Village 3-1 in four rounds of the second round of the 2024-2025 KB Kookmin Bank Go League on Tuesday evening.
The two teams that lost the opening round tried again to win their first game of the season. The Jeonju Hanok Village team, which is also eying its first win, secured the first run again with its first-place title, Won Seong-jin, 9 dan rank, but the mood was subdued as Na Hyeon, 9 dan rank in the second round, lost all games.
On the other hand, GS Caltex, which was encouraged by Kim Jin-hwi’s 7-dan victory, beat Han Seung-ju 9-dan, who was nominated by 4th place name Ban Ki-woo, and Choi Jae-young 8-dan, who was nominated by 3rd place, beat Park Jong-hoon 8-dan, who was nominated by 4th place name Choi Jae-young, to create a come-from-behind score. 스포츠토토
Kim Jin-hwi’s seventh-degree black belt has escaped from seven consecutive defeats, which he had been mired in since the ninth round of last season. Choi Jae-young’s eighth-degree black belt has made a winning start, saying that he always had bad memories in the beginning of the league. Kim Jin-hwi and Ban Ki-woo also beat opponents who had never won.
GS Caltex had a valuable victory at a time when its first-designate Shin Jin-seo, 9 dan, was absent due to the playoff game in China’s Group A league. It was regrettable for many fans who wanted to see Shin Jin-seo more than the team’s victory.
The regular season, in which eight teams will play a double league and decide the four teams that will play in the post season, will continue into the third round starting Thursday. The matches will be played by Jeong Kwan-jang and Hanok Village Jeonju (26th), beautiful Hapcheon-Ulsan Korea Zinc (27th), Wonik and GS Caltex (28th), and Younglim Prime Chang-ho and Hanma’s Heart Yeongam (29th).
The prize money for the team is 250 million won, the runner-up 100 million won, the third-place winner 60 million won, and the fourth-place winner 30 million won. The team will be paid 14 million won to the winning team and 7 million won to the losing team depending on the winner or loser of each game during the regular season.
