Lee Chang-ho is a South Korean professional Go player holding the 9 dan rank, the highest professional level, and is considered one of the greatest Go players of all time. He was ranked number one in the world in Go Elo rankings from 1991 to 2006, won his first international title at the 3rd Tong Yang Cup in 1992, and has won 143 career titles across domestic, continental and international competition, including 21 international titles, the most of any player in the game's history.
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Career HighlightRanked world number one in Go Elo rankings for fifteen years, from 1991 to 2006. 1 Classification
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Did Lee Chang-ho ever beat his own teacher?
Yes. He won the Kuksu at fifteen and the Myeongin at sixteen from his teacher Cho Hunhyun.
Yes. Lee Chang-ho's teacher was Cho Hunhyun, himself one of the greatest Go players, and Lee took titles from him while still a teenager. At fifteen he first won the Kuksu title from his teacher after finishing runner-up to him the year before, and he went on to win that title ten times. At sixteen he took the 22nd Myeongin title from Cho, who had completed a seven-game winning streak, the seventh time against Lee himself.
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Lee Chang-ho (Korean: 이창호; born 29 July 1975) is a South Korean professional Go player of 9-dan rank.
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Considered to be one of the greatest Go players of all time, Lee was ranked #1 in the world in Go ELO rankings from 1991 to 2006.
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Lee Chang-ho (Korean: 이창호; born 29 July 1975) is a South Korean professional Go player of 9-dan rank.
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is a South Korean professional Go player of 9-dan rank.
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