{{Short description|South Korean Go player (born 1975)}} {{other people}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=April 2008}} {{Tone|date=January 2016}} }} {{family name hatnote|Lee||lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox go player |name=Lee Chang-ho |image= Lee_ChangHo.JPG |hangul=이창호 |hanja=李昌鎬 |revisedromanization=I Changho |mccunereischauer=I Ch'angho |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1975|7|29}} |birth_place=Jeonju, North Jeolla, South Korea |teacher=Jeon Young-Sun <br> Cho Hun-hyun |turnedpro=1986 |rank=9 dan |affiliation=Hanguk Kiwon }} {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalCountry|{{KOR}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}} {{MedalGold|2010 Guangzhou|Men's Team}} {{MedalBottom}}
'''Lee Chang-ho''' ({{Korean|hangul=이창호}}; born 29 July 1975) is a South Korean professional Go player of 9-dan rank.<ref>{{cite web |author = editor@gobase.org |url = http://gobase.org/information/players/?pp=Lee+ChangHo |title = Lee ChangHo – Biography |publisher = GoBase.org |date = 1975-07-29 |access-date = 2011-07-27 }}</ref> 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.<ref>https://senseis.xmp.net/?LeeChangho</ref>
==Biography== Lee was born in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, South Korea. He turned professional in 1986 at the young age of 11.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yi Ch'ang-ho at Sensei's Library |url=https://senseis.xmp.net/?LeeChangho |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=senseis.xmp.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lee Chang-ho – professional Go player |url=https://gambiter.com/go/players/Lee_chang-ho.html |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=gambiter.com}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lee Chang-ho – professional Go player |url=https://gambiter.com/go/players/Lee_chang-ho.html |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=gambiter.com}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GoBase.org – Lee ChangHo – Biography |url=https://gobase.org/information/players/?pp=Lee%20ChangHo |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=gobase.org}}</ref>
==Go career== Over the years, Lee's style of play has been broken down. Even Cho Chikun said that Lee Sedol would eventually pass Chang-ho because Chang-ho's style is no longer guaranteed due to the new generation of players.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} When asked if Lee's era was over, his teacher Cho Hunhyun simply replied, "No". He continued, saying that Lee Sedol is just someone who has finally fit the description of a rival for Chang-ho. He also said that both will battle many times and in the coming years the "smoke will settle" and one of them will come out on top.
==Personal life== Lee married the former amateur Go player Lee Do-yoon on 28 October 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/06/16/2010061600765.html |title=Leading Go Player to Tie the Knot – The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea |publisher=The Chosun Ilbo |date=2010-06-16 |access-date=2011-07-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.koreaherald.com/lifestyle/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20100616000380 |title=Baduk player Lee Chang-ho to tie knot |language=ko |publisher=The Korea Herald |date=2010-06-16 |access-date=2011-07-27 |archive-date=2011-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717112144/http://www.koreaherald.com/lifestyle/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20100616000380 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/go/2010-10-28/19555275851.shtml|script-title=zh:李昌镐婚礼形式简单 向父母行礼石佛落泪|publisher=Sina.com.cn|date=28 October 2010|access-date=21 January 2018|language=zh}}</ref> Their daughter was born on 8 March 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.qq.com/a/20120309/000540.htm|script-title=zh:李昌镐37岁当上爸爸 妻子阵痛一天多产下女儿|publisher=QQ.com|date=9 March 2012|access-date=21 January 2018|language=zh}}</ref>
==Titles and runners-up== Ranks #2 in total number of titles in Korea and #1 in international titles.
{| class="wikitable" |- !colspan=3|Domestic |- !Title || Wins || Runners-up |- | Guksu | 10 (1990, 1993–1997, 2001–2002, 2005, 2009) || 7 (1989, 1991–1992, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2006) |- | Myungin | 13 (1991–1996, 1998–2003, 2009) || 2 (1990, 1997) |- | Sibdan Cup | 2 (2005, 2007) || 1 (2009) |- | GS Caltex Cup | 6 (1997, 1998, 2001, 2003–2005) || |- | Prices Information Cup | || 3 (2005, 2009, 2010) |- | Chunwon | 3 (1997–1999) || |- | KBS Cup | 11 (1988, 1991, 1994, 1998, 2001–2002, 2004–2005, 2007–2009) || 5 (1995–1997, 1999–2000) |- | Kisung | 11 (1993–2003) || 1 (2004) |- | Electron-Land Cup | 3 (2005, 2006, 2008) || 1 (2007) |- | Wangwi | 14 (1990, 1995–2007) || 2 (1991, 1993) |- | BC Card Cup | 5 (1991–1994, 1996) || 1 (1995) |- | Chaegowi | 8 (1989–1991, 1993–1997) || 2 (1988, 1992) |- | Daewang | 6 (1990–1992, 1995–1997) || 1 (1993) |- | Baccus Cup | 3 (1990–1992) || |- | Taewang | 4 (1991–1993, 1997) || |- | Paewang | 4 (1993–1994, 2001–2002) || 3 (1988, 1995, 2003) |- | Kiwang | 2 (1993–1994) || 1 (1995) |- | Gukgi | 4 (1993–1996) || |- | Paedal Cup | 4 (1993–1995, 1997) || 2 (1996, 1998) |- | Baedalwang | 4 (1993–1995, 1997) || 1 (1998) |- style="text-align:center;" | '''Total''' || '''117''' || '''33''' |- !colspan=3|Continental |- | World Mingren | || 1 (2010) |- | China-Korea Tengen | 4 (1997–2000) || |- | Teda Cup | 1 (2004) || |- style="text-align:center;" | '''Total''' || '''5''' || '''1''' |- !colspan=3|International |- | Ing Cup | 1 (2000) || 1 (2008) |- | LG Cup | 4 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2004) || 3 (2003, 2010, 2012) |- | Samsung Cup | 3 (1997–1999) || 2 (2005, 2006) |- | Chunlan Cup | 2 (2003, 2005) || 2 (1999, 2009) |- | Fujitsu Cup | 2 (1996, 1998) || 3 (2007–2009) |- | Asian TV Cup | 3 (1995, 1996, 2002) || 4 (1990, 1999, 2000, 2006) |- | World Oza | 1 (2002) || |- | Tong Yang Cup | 4 (1992, 1993, 1996, 1998) || |- | Zhonghuan Cup | 1 (2007) || |- style="text-align:center;" | '''Total''' || '''21''' || '''15''' |- !colspan=3|Career total |- style="text-align:center;" | '''Total''' || '''143''' || '''49'''<ref name=gogameworld>{{cite web | url=http://gogameworld.com/gophp/playerinfo.php?name=Lee%20Changho | title=Lee Changho 9p | publisher=gogameworld.com | access-date=31 May 2011 | archive-date=31 December 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121231225956/http://www.gogameworld.com/gophp/playerinfo.php?name=Lee%20Changho | url-status=dead }}</ref> |}
==See also== *Go players
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.leechangho.com Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203162945/http://www.leechangho.com/ |date=2014-12-03 }} {{in lang|ko}} * [http://gogame.info/samples/16/index.html Interview] * [http://senseis.xmp.net/?YiChangHo Sensei's Library page]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Chang-ho}} Category:1975 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Jeonju Category:South Korean Go players Category:Asian Games medalists in go Category:Go players at the 2010 Asian Games Category:Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Category:Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Category:Chung-am High School alumni