Lee Sedol
Lee Sedol ( Yi Se-tol or Lee Saedol, born on February 3, 1983) is a South Korea professional Go player of 9-duan rank.
Biography
There are many good players in the new generation of go players, but one name that stands out is Lee Sedol. He takes risks and can read the game easily. A very strong player, he reached the highest rank of order, 9 dan, when he was only 21 years old. He was a prodigy, which could be seen when he turned professional at the tender age of 12. He would have a rocky start to his career, as it took him 3 years to reach 2 dan. He started accelerating his career when he was promoted to 3 dan in 1999. Into 2000, and he strings an exuberant 32 game winning streak. After his impressive run, he won his first title, the 5th Chunweon (Which is equivalent to the Tengen title in Japanese Nihon Ki-In) . He was becoming famous in Korea, given the nickname "Boy, the Unbeatable". He had done all this at only 17 years of age. The Korean Baduk Association changed it's promotion rules in 2003. It would allow giving more credit to the players who were doing good at the time. Lee Sedol saw this and took it as a chance to move up the later, which he did. In that same year, he moved from 6 dan to 9 dan. This happened after he won the 7th International LG Cup over fellow Korean baduk player Lee Chang-ho, and coming 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.
Career Record
| Year | Record |
|---|---|
| 1995 | 6-6 |
| 1996 | 33-21 |
| 1997 | 55-20 |
| 1998 | 40-16 |
| 1999 | 47-20 |
| 2000 | 74-20 |
| 2001 | 53-25 |
| 2002 | 53-28 |
| 2004 | 43-23 |
| 2005 | 41-15 |
Titles and Promotions
| Year | Tournament |
|---|---|
| 1995 | Becomes 1 dan |
| 1995 | 5th BC Card Cup |
| 1998 | Promotion to 2 dan |
| 1999 | Promotion to 3 dan |
| 2000 | 8th Baedalwang Champion |
| 2000 | 5th Chunwon Cup |
| 2000 | Best Player Of The Yeard Award |
| 2002 | 15th Fujitsu Cup |
| 2002 | 12th BC Cup New Pro Wang Cup |
| 2002 | 6th South Korea New Pro Stars Best Ten Cup |
| 2002 | KTF Cup |
| 2002 | 7th LG Cup |
| 2003 | 16th Fujitsu Cup |
| 2004 | 9th Samsung Cup |
| 2004 | 2nd Toyota Cup World Oza |
| 2005 | 6th Maxim Cup |
| 2005 | 18th Fujitsu Cup |