15 Facts About Lee Chang-ho

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Lee Chang-ho is a South Korean professional Go player of 9-dan rank.

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Lee Chang-ho is regarded by many as the best Go player of the late 1990s and early 2000s.

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Lee Chang-ho is the second youngest to become a professional Go player in South Korean history behind Cho Hun-hyun.

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Lee Chang-ho is the only player to have won all eight international competitions at least once.

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Lee Chang-ho turned professional in 1986 at the young age of 11.

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Lee Chang-ho has won all of the international Go tournaments at least twice, excluding the World Oza and Ing Cup, which are held every two and four years respectively.

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Lee Chang-ho is only the second player to record a "Grand Slam".

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8.

In 2006, Lee Chang-ho won the Wangwi title for the eleventh straight year.

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Lee Chang-ho's reading ability is among the best in the world.

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Lee Chang-ho rarely kills large groups or makes a single move that decides the match.

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Lee Chang-ho has had to resort to abandoning his old style and improvising play against these new players.

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Lee Chang-ho continued, saying that Lee Sedol is just someone who has finally fit the description of a rival for Chang-ho.

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Lee Chang-ho said that both will battle many times and in the coming years the "smoke will settle" and one of them will come out on top.

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Lee Chang-ho won the 49th edition of Korea's oldest title, the Guksu.

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Lee Chang-ho married the former amateur Go player Lee Chang-ho Do-yoon on 28 October 2010.