- Shin Jin-seo (신진서), on a winning streak, earns about 500 million won in prize money in October alone - Shin Min-jun (신민준) edges out Park Jung-hwan (박정환) by 4 points to reach the highest ranking of his career since turning pro - Kim Eun-ji (김은지) holds the No. 1 spot in the women's rankings for a third straight month, 96 points ahead of Choi Jeong (최정) Shin Jin-seo (신진서) 9-dan, who is on a 19-game winning streak, has kept the No. 1 spot in the rankings for 83 consecutive months. Shin Jin-seo (신진서) went a perfect 9-0 in October, adding 48 points to reach 10,474 ranking points and hold on to the top spot. During the month he also won the 4th Lanke Cup (란커배) and the 12th Guksu Mountains (국수산맥) title, earning roughly 500 million won in prize money and surpassing 1 billion won in annual prize money for the seventh straight year. With the Myeongin (명인전) final and the Samsung Fire Cup (삼성화재배) among the events still to come, his annual prize total is expected to grow further. Shin Min-jun (신민준) 9-dan overtook Park Jung-hwan (박정환) 9-dan to take second place for the first time since turning pro. Shin lost 20 points over the month of October, but Park lost 31 points, and the two swapped places. Shin has 9,931 points to Park's 9,927, a gap of just 4 points, so the fierce battle for second place is expected to continue next month. With Park Jeonghwan (박정환) dropping to third place for the first time in two years and seven months, since April 2024, 9-dan Byun Sangil (변상일) and 9-dan Kang Dongyun (강동윤) held on to fourth and fifth place without change. 9-dan An Sungjoon (안성준) rose three spots to sixth, while 9-dan Lee Jihyun (이지현) and 9-dan Kim Jiseok (김지석) took seventh and eighth place, the same as last month. 9-dan Kim Myounghun (김명훈) fell three spots to ninth, and 9-dan Hong Seongji (홍성지) climbed one spot to take tenth place. In the women's rankings, Kim Eun-ji (김은지) 9-dan took first place for the third consecutive month. Kim won 12 games in October, the most of any player overall, and defended the top spot in the women's rankings with 9,532 points. Choi Jeong (최정) 9-dan held on to second place, while Sumire 4-dan, Oh Yu-jin (오유진) 9-dan, and Kim Chae-young (김채영) 9-dan all kept their places at third through fifth, unchanged. Meanwhile, four players earned promotions based on their October game results. Kim Jin-hwi (김진휘) 7-dan was promoted to 8-dan, Eom Dong-gun (엄동건) 3-dan to 4-dan, Lee Seung-min (이승민) 2-dan to 3-dan, and Noh Woo-jin (노우진) 1-dan to 2-dan, each moving up one rank.
