랭킹 17위까지 도약한 최정 9단은 최근 4연승이 끊기면서 5승 4패, 올 시즌 지지부진한 모습을 보였던 랭킹 6위 김지석 9단도 연패를 벗어나며 5승 4패가 됐다.
Choi Jeong, the 9th-dan player, who leaped to the 17th place in the rankings, had five wins and four losses due to the recent cut-off of her four consecutive wins, and Kim Ji-seok, the 9th-dan player, who had been sluggish this season, also had five wins and four losses after he escaped from consecutive losses.