Lee Sedol, or Lee Se-dol, is a former South Korean professional Go player of 9 dan rank.
11 Facts About Lee Sedol
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On 19 November 2019, Lee Sedol announced his retirement from professional play, stating that he could never be the top overall player of Go due to the increasing dominance of AI.
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Lee Sedol referred to them as being "an entity that cannot be defeated".
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Lee Sedol is known as 'Bigeumdo Boy' because he was born and grew up on Bigeumdo Island.
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Lee Sedol is the fifth-youngest to become a professional Go player in South Korean history behind Cho Hun-hyun, Lee Chang-ho, Cho Hye-yeon and Choi Cheol-han.
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In February 2013, Lee Sedol announced that he planned to retire within three years and move to the US to promote Go.
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Lee Sedol is married to Kim Hyun-jin, and he has a daughter, Lee Hye-rim.
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Lee Sedol, playing black, defied the conventional wisdom, using the broken ladder to capture a large group of Hong's stones in the lower-right side of the board.
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Lee Sedol stated "Of course, there would have been many updates in the last four or five months, but that isn't enough time to challenge me".
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Lee Sedol commented after the victory that he considered AlphaGo was strongest when playing white.
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Lee Sedol turned pro in 1995 as 1 dan, and reached 9 dan in 2003.