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{{Infobox go player
|name=Lee Chang-ho
|image= Lee_ChangHo.JPG
|hangul=이창호
|hanja=李昌鎬
|revisedromanization=I Chang-ho
|mccunereischauer=Yi Ch'ang-ho
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1975|7|29}}
|birth_place=[[Jeonju]], [[Jeollabuk-do|North Jeolla]], [[South Korea]]
|residence={{flagicon|South Korea}} [[South Korea]]
|teacher=[[Cho Hun-hyun]]
|turnedpro=1986
|rank=9 dan
|affiliation=[[Hanguk Kiwon]]
}}
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{{MedalCountry|{{KOR}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2010 Asian Games|2010 Guangzhou]]|[[Weiqi at the 2010 Asian Games|Men's Team]]}}
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'''Lee Chang-ho''' ({{Korean|hangul=이창호}}; born 29 July 1975) is a South Korean professional [[Go (game)|Go player]] of [[Go ranks and ratings|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 Hun-hyun|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 [[Marriage in South Korea|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 [[List of top title holders in Go#South Korea|total number of titles in Korea]] and #1 in [[List of top title holders in Go#International Majors|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 (Korea's national championship)|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 (Go)|LG Cup]]
| 4 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2004) || 3 (2003, 2010, 2012)
|-
| [[Samsung Fire Cup|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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