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Lee Sedol (Yi Se-tol or Lee Sedol, born on February 3, 1983) is a South Korea professional Go player of 9-dan rank.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Promotions & Career Record
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Rank
|
Year
|
Notes
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| 1 dan |
1995 |
Promoted to professional dan rank after passing qualifying test. |
| 2 dan |
1998 |
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| 3 dan |
1999 |
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| 4 dan |
2003 |
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| 5 dan |
2003 |
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| 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. |
| Year |
Record |
% |
| 1995 |
6-6 |
|
| 1996 |
33-21 |
|
| 1997 |
55-20 |
|
| 1998 |
40-16 |
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| 1999 |
47-20 |
|
| 2000 |
74-20 |
|
| 2001 |
53-25 |
|
| 2002 |
53-28 |
|
| 2004 |
43-23 |
|
| 2005 |
61-21 |
74% |
| 2006 |
74-28 |
73% |
[edit] Titles and runners-up
Ranks #6-t in total amount of titles in Korea.
[edit] Trivia
- Another one of Lee's nicknames is Sendol which means powerful stone. He was given this name due to his style of play.
[edit] Notable Games
Here is a triumph over the up and coming teenager Yun JunSang:-
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[edit] See also
[edit] External links
, South Korea
Asian TV Cup
LG Cup
Fujitsu Cup
World Oza
