Lee Chang-ho

This article describes the South Korean Go player Lee Chang-ho; for the film director often romanized in the same way, see Lee Jang-ho .

Korean spelling
Hangeul	이창호
Hanja	李昌鎬
Revised Romanization	I Chang-ho
McCune- Reischauer	Yi Ch'angho
See also : Korean name

Lee Chang-ho (born July 29, 1975 ) is a Korean Go professional.

At the age of 8 he became a student of Cho Hun-hyeon , one of the most successful Go players of all time. At the age of 11 he was the second youngest go professional after his teacher, and at 14 he received his first professional title.

In 1990 he won the Kuksu title, one of the most prestigious tournaments in Korea. 1992 followed the first victory in an international tournament against Kaihō Rin . In the years 1990 to 1992 he prevailed in numerous fights against his teacher Cho Hun-hyeon and thus became the strongest player in Korea.

He was recognized as the world's best player when he won decisive victories against the leading Chinese go pro Ma Xiaochun in 1996-98 . In 1997 he received his 9th Dan, the highest Dan degree in Go.

To this day (as of 2012) he has a position as one of the strongest players in Korea, even if he was overtaken by young players like Lee Sedol and Park Junghwan.

successes

Lee Chang-ho (left) and Alexandre Dinerchtein

Around 115 tournament victories, including 17 international tournaments (world record, there are only three other people who have won more than two international titles).

Web links

• [1]
• Interview (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Korean Professional Rankings" website with a translated Korean ranking list. Retrieved July 2, 2014.

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Lee is the family name here, Chang-ho is the first name.