Lee Chang-ho

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lee Chang-ho
Occupation	Go Professional
Date Of Birth	Jul 29, 1975(1975-07-29)
Age	49
Birthplace	Jeonju
Country	South Korea
Birth City	North Jeolla
Horoscope	Cancer

Lee Chang-ho Biography

Lee Chang-ho is one of the most popular and richest Go Professional who was born on July 29, 1975 in Jeonju, North Jeolla, South Korea. Lee Chang-ho (Korean: icangho ; born 29 July 1975 in Jeonju, North Jeolla) is a South Korean professional Go player with a rank of 9-dan. He is considered by many as the most successful Go player in the late 1990s and the early 2000s. He was a pupil of Cho Hun-hyun’s 9-dan. He is the 2nd youngest (11 years and one month) to be pro Go athlete within South Korean history behind Cho Hun-hyun (9 years and 7 months). He is the only person who has won every single international event at least once.

In March 2007, the 19-year old Yun Junsang beat title holder Lee Chang-ho by 3-1 to claim their 50th Guksu title. However, Lee was able to take revenge in July winning 3-2 over Yun by a score of 3-2 to keep the Wangwi title.

In the aftermath of losing the 10-th Samsung Cup to Luo Xihe, Lee came back and took the newly-designed Sibdan Cup against Park Young-Hoon. It was revenge for Park who beat Lee in the first Prices Information Cup. Lee also took home Korean’s longest-running title known as the Guksu. In a rare event for him, Lee suffered three losses in 2006 while representing Korea in international competitions. The first was in the Nongshim Cup, then in the recently created Kangwon-Land Cup, and finally in the Asian TV Cup. This is a new beginning for Lee as he has won 17 international championships in the last 14 years. In the final game in the eleventh Samsung Cup, Lee lost by a score of 0-2. Chang Hao of China. It was the second time in consecutive years that Lee was eliminated from in the Samsung Cup.

Lee Chang-ho Net Worth

Lee Chang-ho is one of the richest Go Professional from South Korea. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lee Chang- ho 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He became a professional in 1986 at the age of 11 years old. In the 1990s, Lee began to win prizes that his mentor, Cho, had won. In 1992, Lee already had won the first title in international competition. It took place in the 3rd Tong Yang Cup. Lee has been a winner of all his world Go events at least two times, except for those like the World Oza and Ing Cup that take place every two or four years, respectively. Lee is the only player to have the distinction of a “Grand Slam”. It was the first time for Cho Hunhyun. The year 2006 was the one when Lee took home his Wangwi trophy for his 11th consecutive year. Lee’s teacher Cho Hunhyun, holds the record for most consecutive domestic titles, with 16 consecutive titles from Paewang. Ma Xiaochun is the second most consecutive titles in the country with thirteen Mingren titles.

Even though he did not have an outstanding year in the international arena however, he was the top producer of South Korea for 2006.

Lee married the former amateur Go player Lee Do-yoon on 28 October 2010. Their daughter was born on 8 March 2012.

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Facts & Trivia

Lee Ranked on the list of most popular Go Professional. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Korea. Lee Chang-ho celebrates birthday on July 29 of every year.