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Lee Chang-ho

South Korean Go player (born 1975) Lee Chang-hoPersonal informationNative name이창호 (Korean)李昌鎬 (Korean)I Changho (Revised Romanization)I Ch'angho (McCune–Reischauer)Born (1975-07-29) July 29, 1975 (age 51)Jeonju, North Jeolla, South KoreaSportTurned pro1986TeacherJeon Young-Sun Cho Hun-hyunRank9 danAffiliationHanguk Kiwon Lee Chang-ho Medal record Representing South Korea Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Men's Team Lee Chang-ho (Korean: 이창호; born 29 July 1975) is a South Korean professional Go player of 9-dan rank. 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. Biography Lee was born in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, South Korea. He turned professional in 1986 at the young age of 11. By the early 1990s, he started winning titles that his teacher, Cho Hun-hyun, had previously won. In 1992, Lee won his first international title, the 3rd Tong Yang Cup. Lee 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. In 2006, Lee won the Wangwi title for the eleventh consecutive year. Go career Over