Japanese Go genius Nakamura Sumire, 3rd dan, becomes the fastest female Go player to play 100 matches

Nakamura Sumire 3-dan won her 100th official match since moving to Korea. On the 13th, Nakamura announced the results of the "2024 NH Nonghyup Bank
In the fourth game of the 12th round of the Korean Women's Go League, she defeated Cho Seung A, 7th dan, in a mid-game push-through victory as the white player with 214 moves.
This match was Nakamura's 100th official match, 225 days after she moved to Korea. This is the shortest period for a female player to play in an official match.
This shaves off 478 days from the previous record of 703 days held by Kim Eun-ji (9-dan), and also shaves off 376 days from the previous record of 601 days held by Lee Chang-ho (9-dan), which was the shortest period to play 100 matches in the unified men's and women's tournaments.
In April 2019, Nakamura 3-dan, who attracted attention by becoming the youngest player in Japanese history to join the league at the age of 10 years and 30 days, is set to win the Women's Kisei title in February 2023, setting a new record as the youngest player in Japan to win the title.
In October last year, he revealed his intention to move to Korea, where he studied as a child, saying, "I want to play in Korea, where there are many strong Go players," and
After receiving approval from the Korean Go Association and the Korean Go Association, Nakamura began his professional career as a guest player in Korea in March of this year. Nakamura, who started studying in Korea at the age of seven, said, "I like bulgogi and admire Park Jung-hwan.
"I respect her," said the 15-year-old girl, born in 2009. After playing her first match in Korea on March 3, Nakamura 3-dan recorded a winning percentage of 66% with 66 wins and 34 losses over the course of about seven months (225 days).
In matches against male players, she won 27 games and lost 24, a victory rate of over 50%, and in matches against female players, she won 39 games and lost 10, a victory rate of over 79%, showing her overwhelming strength.
Currently, she has advanced to the semi-finals of the 29th Harim Cup Professional Women's National Championship, and is currently in the ongoing 2024 NH Nonghyup Bank
In the Korean Women's Go League, she recorded 10 wins and 2 losses, and was named the No. 1 player for her team, Pyeongtaek Brain City.
(Brain City)" was ranked first. In addition, she made it to the losers' final of the 2024 Dr.G Women's Best Go Player Championship and the best four in the 3rd Hyolim Cup Future Empress Championship.
Her ranking has also risen. In her first ranking in April, she was ranked 16th in the female player rankings and 217th overall, but in the October rankings announced on the 5th of this month, she was ranked 5th in the female player rankings and 6th overall.
She has risen to 131st in the overall rankings. Although it is not included in the official records, in June of this year, she won the professional finals of the 7th International Go Shunka Selection Tournament, an unofficial tournament, and won by 4th-ranked female player at the time.
He defeated Oh Yujin 9-dan and achieved a surprise victory just three months after transferring.