Shin Shin-seo, 9-dan, has held the top spot in the Korean Go rankings for 58 consecutive months.
Shin Shin-seo scored 10,378 points in the October rankings released by the Korea Go Association on Friday, comfortably overtaking second-ranked Park Jung-hwan (9,944 points).
Shin Shin-seo dropped 15 points in the rankings last month with two wins, one draw, and one loss, but the gap between him and second place was large enough to secure the top spot.
If Shin Shin-seo, who has been at the top of the rankings since January 2022, retains the top spot in the November rankings, he will tie Park Jung-hwan's record for the longest period of time at the top.
After Shin Shin-seo and Park Jung-hwan, Byun Sang-il, Shin Min-joon, Kim Myung-hoon, Kang Dong-yoon, Kim Ji-seok, Lee Chang-seok, Seol Hyun-joon, and Won Sung-jin are ranked third through 10th.
Among female knights, Choi Jung 9th ranked first for the second consecutive month and finished 24th overall.
Choi, who posted two wins and two losses last month, 카지노사이트 gained seven points in the rankings, while the second-ranked female player, Kim Eun-ji, lost 37 points and dropped seven spots to No. 35 overall.
Oh Yoo-jin (80th overall) and Kim Chae-young (92nd) 9-dan maintained their 3-4 positions in the women's rankings, while Nakamura Sumire 3-dan overtook Cho Seung-ah 6-dan to move into fifth place in the women's rankings.
With a 14-4 record last month, Sumire earned 61 ranking points and jumped 14 spots to No. 131 in the overall rankings.
Sumire, who moved to Korea in March, was ranked No. 16 in April when she first entered the rankings, but has jumped to No. 5 in just six months.