Lee Sedol

Lee Sedol

Infobox Go player
playername=Lee Sedol
fullname=Lee Sedol
hangul=이세돌
hanja=李世乭
revisedromanization=I Sedol
mccunereischauer=I Sedol
dateofbirth=birth date and age|1983|2|3
cityofbirth=
countryofbirth=South Korea
residence=flagicon|South Korea South Korea
teacher=Kwan Kab Ryong
turnedpro=1996
rank=9 dan
affiliation=Hanguk Kiwon

Lee Sedol (Yi Se-tol or Lee Sedol, born on February 3, 1983) is a South Korea professional Go player of 9-dan rank.

Biography

Lee is known to be a risk-taker who reads very carefully. A very strong player, he reached the highest rank of order, 9 dan, when he was only 21 years old. A prodigy, Lee turned professional at the tender age of 12, but had a rocky start to his career and took 3 years to reach 2 dan. His career started to accelerate, however, when he was promoted to 3 dan in 1999. In 2000, he had an exorbitant 32 game winning streak. After his impressive run, he won his first title, the 5th Chunwon (equivalent to the Tengen title in Japanese Nihon-Kiin). Lee Sedol, only 17, was becoming famous in Korea, and was given the nickname "Boy, the Unbeatable". The Hanguk Kiwon changed its promotion rules in 2003. It would allow giving more credit to the players who were doing well at the time. Lee Sedol saw this and took it as a chance to move up the ranks, which he did. In that same year, he moved from 6 dan to 9 dan. This happened after he won the 7th LG Cup over fellow Korean baduk player Lee Chang-ho, and came in second place in the 2nd KT Cup. Add another title, the Fujitsu Cup, and now Lee Sedol is among the top players, not just in his age group, but in the world.

Promotions & Career Record

Promotion record
1 dan
1995
Promoted to professional dan rank after passing qualifying test.
2 dan
1998|
3 dan
1999|
4 dan
2003|
5 dan
2003|
6 dan
2003
Won the LG Cup against Lee Chang-ho.
7 dan
2003
Runner up in the KT Cup against Yoo Changhyuk.
8 dan
2003
Skipped over because of the Hanguk Kiwon promotion rules.
9 dan
2003
Won Fujitsu Cup against Song Tae Kon.

Trivia

*Another one of Lee's nicknames is Sendol which means powerful stone. He was given this name due to his style of play.

ee also

*Go players
*List of Korea-related topics

External links

* [http://www.gogame.info/samples/1/index.html Interview]

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