Lee Sedol

Lee Sedol
Full name Lee Sedol
Hangul 이세돌
Hanja 李世乭
Revised Romanization I Sedol
McCune- Reischauer I Sedol
Born 2 March 1983 (1983-03-02) (age 28)[1]
Sinan County, Jeollanam-do, South Korea
Residence South Korea
Teacher Kweon Kab-yong[1]
Turned pro 1996
Rank 9 dan[1]
Affiliation Hanguk Kiwon[1]

Lee Sedol (born 2 March 1983) is a South Korean professional Go player of 9-dan rank.[1]

Contents

Biography

Many regard Lee Sedol as one of the strongest players of all time. Lee was born in Korea in 1983 and studied at the Hanguk Kiwon. He ranks third in career titles with 37, behind Cho Hunhyun (150) and Lee Chang-ho (140). He ranks second in international titles(11), behind only Yi-Changho(18). Despite this, he describes his opening play as "very weak".[2]

Sedol is married and has one daughter.[2]

As of July 2011 he is rumored to play on Tygem as "idontca1", but it has not yet been confirmed[3]

Much more information is listed on Sensei's Library: [2], including a discussion of his playing style and particular strengths and weaknesses.

Promotion record

Rank
Year
Notes
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.

Career record

  • 1997–98: 0 wins, 1 loss, 0 jigos
  • 1998–00: 0 wins, 6 losses, 0 jigos
  • 2000–02: 55 wins, 29 losses, 0 jigos
  • 2002–04: 67 wins, 32 losses, 0 jigos
  • 2004–06: 64 wins, 23 losses, 0 jigos
  • 2006–08: 122 wins, 52 losses, 0 jigos
  • 2008–09: 72 wins, 23 losses, 0 jigos
  • 2009–10: 74 wins, 14 losses, 0 jigos
  • 2010–11: 18 wins, 5 losses, 0 jigos

Titles and runners-up

Ranks #3 in total amount of titles in Korea and #2 in international titles.

Domestic
Title Wins Runners-up
Guksu 2 (2007, 2009)
Myungin 2 (2007, 2008)
Siptan 1 (2011)
GS Caltex Cup 2 (2002, 2006) 1 (2007)
Prices Information Cup 3 (2006, 2007, 2010) 1 (2008)
Chunwon 1 (2000) 2 (2006, 2008)
KBS Cup 1 (2006) 3 (2001, 2004, 2009)
Maxim Cup 3 (2005–07)
Wangwi 2 (2002, 2004)
Baedalwang 1 (2000)
BC Card Cup 1 (2002)
KTF Cup 1 (2002)
KT Cup 1 (2003)
SK Gas Cup 1 (2002) 1 (2000)
New Pro King 1 (2002)
Paedal Cup 1 (2000)
Olleh KT Cup 2 (2010, 2011)
Total 23 11
Continental
Asian TV Cup 2 (2007, 2008) 1 (2009)
China-Korea New Pro Wang 1 (2002)
China-Korea Tengen 1 (2001)
Total 3 2
International
LG Cup 2 (2003, 2008) 2 (2001, 2009)
BC Card Cup 2 (2010, 2011)
Samsung Cup 3 (2004, 2007, 2008)
Chunlan Cup 1 (2011)
Fujitsu Cup 3 (2002, 2003, 2005) 1 (2010)
World Oza 2 (2004, 2006)
Zhonghuan Cup 1 (2005)
Total 13 4
Career total
Total 38 17[4]

Korean Baduk League

Season Team Place Record
2007 Team No.1 Fire Insurance (Captain) 4th place 9–5[5]
2008 Team No. 1 Fire Insurance (Captain) 4th place 13–3[6]
2010 Team Shinan Chunil Salt (Captain) Champions 16–2[7]
2011 Team Shinan Chunil Salt (Captain) TBD 1–2[8]

Chinese A League

Season Team Place Record
2007 Team Guizhou (Captain) 2nd place 9–3[9]
2008 Team Guizhou (Captain) 2nd place 8–0[10]
2009 Team Guizhou (Captain) 8th place 6–4[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Lee SeDol gobase.org, accessed 22 June 2010
  2. ^ a b Lee Sedol Interview justplaygo.com, accessed 22 June 2010
  3. ^ [1] gosensations.com, accessed 7 July 2011
  4. ^ Lee Sedol 9p gogameworld.com, accessed 22 June 2010
  5. ^ "2007 Korean Baduk League". igokisen.web.fc2.com. http://igokisen.web.fc2.com/2007kl.html. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  6. ^ "2008 Korean Baduk League". igokisen.web.fc2.com. http://igokisen.web.fc2.com/2008kl.html. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  7. ^ "2010 Korean Baduk League". igokisen.web.fc2.com. http://igokisen.web.fc2.com/2010kl.html. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  8. ^ "2011 Korean Baduk League". igokisen.web.fc2.com. http://igokisen.web.fc2.com/2011kl.html. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  9. ^ "2007 Chinese A League". igokisen.web.fc2.com. http://igokisen.web.fc2.com/2007al.html. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  10. ^ "2008 Chinese A League". igokisen.web.fc2.com. http://igokisen.web.fc2.com/2008al.html. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  11. ^ "2009 Chinese A League". igokisen.web.fc2.com. http://igokisen.web.fc2.com/2009al.html. Retrieved 13 June 2011.