2025 Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance's World Baduk Masters, 3 Korean players, will make it to the quarterfinals
Nov 11, 2025
The Korean team has secured three places in the quarterfinals with half of the round of 16 tournaments.
On the 10th, the first day of the 2025 Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance World Baduk Masters finals was held at the Island Ballroom on the second floor of Jeju Phoenix Island in Seogwipo, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province. In the Korean squad, Park Jung-hwan, Kang Dong-yoon, and Kim Ji-seok 9 dan made it to the quarterfinals.
Park Jung-hwan 9 dan announced his first victory with 137 moves and a black Buddhist victory in 2 hours and 50 minutes in the round of 16 when he met Japan's Shibano Toramaru. Kim Ji-seok, 9 dan, then won the 100 Buddhist victory in 242 moves in the round of 16 with China's Lian Xiao 9 dan, while Kang Dong-yoon, 9 dan, and Park Sang-jin, 9 dan, advanced to the quarterfinals with Kang Dong-yoon, 9 dan, winning in 204 moves.
Park Jung-hwan, 9th grader, overcame the pain of being eliminated from the round of 32 at Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance last year and fired a signal of rebound. Kim Ji-seok 9 dan avenged the defeat suffered by Lian Xia 9 dan in the 2018 Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, while Kang Dong-yoon 9 dan reached the quarterfinals of the Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance for the first time in 11 years since 2014.
As a result, the first day of the round of the round of 16 tournaments has ended, and on the 11th, all three Korean players will play Korea-China matches. Shin Jin-seo 9 dan will meet Liao Yuanhe 9 dan, Lee Ji-hyun 9 dan, Dinghao 9 dan, and Mok Jin-seok 9 dan will meet Fujianheng 7 dan to compete for the advance to the quarterfinals.
On the 10th, the first day of the 2025 Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance World Baduk Masters finals was held at the Island Ballroom on the second floor of Jeju Phoenix Island in Seogwipo, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province. In the Korean squad, Park Jung-hwan, Kang Dong-yoon, and Kim Ji-seok 9 dan made it to the quarterfinals.
Park Jung-hwan 9 dan announced his first victory with 137 moves and a black Buddhist victory in 2 hours and 50 minutes in the round of 16 when he met Japan's Shibano Toramaru. Kim Ji-seok, 9 dan, then won the 100 Buddhist victory in 242 moves in the round of 16 with China's Lian Xiao 9 dan, while Kang Dong-yoon, 9 dan, and Park Sang-jin, 9 dan, advanced to the quarterfinals with Kang Dong-yoon, 9 dan, winning in 204 moves.
Park Jung-hwan, 9th grader, overcame the pain of being eliminated from the round of 32 at Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance last year and fired a signal of rebound. Kim Ji-seok 9 dan avenged the defeat suffered by Lian Xia 9 dan in the 2018 Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, while Kang Dong-yoon 9 dan reached the quarterfinals of the Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance for the first time in 11 years since 2014.
As a result, the first day of the round of the round of 16 tournaments has ended, and on the 11th, all three Korean players will play Korea-China matches. Shin Jin-seo 9 dan will meet Liao Yuanhe 9 dan, Lee Ji-hyun 9 dan, Dinghao 9 dan, and Mok Jin-seok 9 dan will meet Fujianheng 7 dan to compete for the advance to the quarterfinals.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
