- Park JungHwan keeps rank 1 for three months
- Kim JiSuk went up to rank 3 for the first time since he became pro

It seems that Park JungHwan's atmosphere won't be away soon. KBA announced Korea rank in August of 2012.  

Park JungHwan 9Dan keeps rank 1 with 9789 points which is same as he had last month. Lee SeDol follows next with 9747 points which is 42 points behind Park JungHwan 9Dan. Park JungHwan 9Dan had 11 wins 2 loses in July. He had very good condition in many tournaments but losing against Kim JiSuk in Korea Price Information Cup was very painful for him.

Lee SeDol 9Dan seems to be ready to be back to rank 1. He had 7 wins 2 loses last month and his real opponent is not Park JungHwan either Kim JiSuk. It is himself. It is heard that Lee SeDol has said that he wanted to go to the hospital which proved his bad condition recently.

Kim JiSuk has recorded rank 3 for the first time since he became pro. He won 6 games in the 14^th NongSim Cup and is in the final of the Korea Price Information Cup after winning against Park JungHwan few days ago.

1985 line players are step back these days. Choi ChelHan and Won SungJin 9Dan stepped back 1 rank and became rank 4 and 5 each. And Park YoungHun 9Dan is rank 8.

Jo HanSeong 9Dan and Back HongSuk 9Dan became rank 6 and 7 each going up while Kang DongYun 9Dan went back 4 rank and became rank 9.

Kim SeongJae has become rank 10 for the first time. He recorded 9wins 3 loses last month. Especially Kim SeongJae has 12 wins 1 loses in the Baduk League which is the top record this year

- Byun Sangil, appeared to be rank 22.

Meanwhile, Lockstar leaguers appeared in the rank system within rank 100 a lot. It seems that the more chances they have, the more of them prove their level in many tournaments.