[Asian Games] 9-dan Shin Jinseo suffers shocking defeat to Taiwan's Xu Haohong... Final berth lost

4 PM Japan Ichiriki Ryo and Bronze Medal Match

Shin Jin-seo 9-dan, who aimed to win two titles at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, suffered a shocking defeat, ending his chance to advance to the final.

On the 28th, Shin Jin-seo lost by resignation after 278 moves as Black to Taiwan's Hsu Hao-hung 9-dan in the men's individual semifinals held at the China Go Institute branch in Hangzhou, China.

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Shin Jin-seo, who had a perfect 3-0 record against his opponent, suffered an unexpected shocking defeat on the way to the final. On the 25th, he had also secured a win by resignation as White after 124 moves against Lai Junfu in the third round of Group A preliminaries.

As a result, Shin Jin-seo will play the bronze medal match against Japan's Ichiriki Ryo 9-dan at 4 PM Korean time on the same day. Shin Jin-seo holds a favorable head-to-head record of 5 wins out of 5 matches.

With this setback in the men's individual event, South Korea's plan to sweep all three gold medals in Go at this tournament has been dashed.