Posts Tagged ‘lee changho’

Choi Cheolhan – Ing Cup Winner!

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Choi Cheolhan won game four in Ing Cup, thus defeating Lee Changho 3 to 1 and winning the topmost international Go / Baduk competition.
Choi Cheolhan, Ing Cup 2009 winner
Choi Cheolhan qualified in the final of the previous Ing Cup as well, in 2004, but he lost to Chang Hao. This is Choi Cheolhan’s first international win, as far as I know, although he has won several Korean championships and titles in the past, and in particular he has a good record against Lee Changho: he defeated Lee Changho 3:2 in the Guksu title and 3:1 in the Kisung title in 2004, and 3:0 in the Guksu title in 2005. He must have slowed down a bit after that, since his next titles only came this year, when besides this Ing Cup he also won Korean Maxim Cup. Here is a photo from the beginning of the game, with Go Seigen watching.
Choi Cheolhan, Ing Cup 2009 winner

Here is the game record. A huge exchange took place with white’s move 72.

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More photos here, here and here. Very nice English coverage and photos here, here, here and here.

Choi Cheolhan Takes the Lead in Ing Cup Final

Saturday, March 7th, 2009
Choi Cheolhan won the third game of the Ing Cup final against Lee Changho by resignation, thus leading the match 2:1. He needs one more win to capture Ing Cup, which is the best paid international tournament: USD 400,000 for the winner, and USD 100,000 for the loser.
Ing Cup 2009, game 3

Here is the game record.

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More photos here, here , here, here and here.

Choi Cheolhan Evens the Score in Ing Cup Final

Thursday, March 5th, 2009
After losing the first game of the best-of-five, once every four years, top paid international Ing Cup, Choi Cheolhan won the second game by 6.5 points so he evened the score with Lee Changho.
Ing Cup 2009, game 2

Here is the game record.

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Lee Changho Wins Game 1 in Ing Cup Final

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
Lee Changho defeated Choi Cheolhan by 2.5p in the first game of the best-of-five Ing Cup final.
Ing Cup 2009, game 1
Here is the game record.
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The legendary Go Seigen attended the opening ceremony, photos here. More photos from the match here, here and here. Tournament table here.

Gu Li Defeated Lee Changho in Fujitsu Cup Final

Monday, July 7th, 2008
Gu Li is the new Fujitsu Cup winner:
Gu Li Won Fujitsu Cup 2008
He defeated Lee Changho in the final. Gu has an interesting way of concentrating before the game.
Fujitsu Cup 2008
The playing room is pretty crowded with reporters – or maybe they allow the reporters in just for a few minutes?
Fujitsu Cup 2008
Here is the game record. Interestingly, the otherwise rarely seen 2-space low hasami from hoshi, about which Jie Lie commented in the Lee Changho – Liu Xing game from the semifinals, occurred in this final game as well (move 7).
 
Gu Li is back in shape less than 2 weeks after losing the China-Korea tengen playoff match 0-2 against Won Sungjin.

Fujitsu Cup Finalists Decided: Lee Changho and Gu Li

Saturday, July 5th, 2008
The Fujitsu Cup semifinals took place yesterday. One game matched Lee Changho of Korea against Liu Xing of China. Lee (on the left side in the photo) won by resignation.

Fujitsu Cup 2008 - Semifinals

The second game matched the two top Chinese players: Gu Li and Chang Hao. Gu (on the left side in the photo) won by resignation.

Fujitsu Cup 2008 - Semifinals

I love the look on the face of Cho Hunhyun (standing, right) as he watches his ex-student, Lee Changho, after Lee’s win.

Fujitsu Cup 2008 - Semifinals

Cho Hunhyun chatting with Otake Hideo of Japan, presumably about the two undergoing semifinals (games are being replayed on the two boards in front of them). (Cho Hunhyun was insei and became professional in Japan before coming back to Korea).

Fujitsu Cup 2008 - Semifinals

The final between Lee Changho and Gu Li will be played tomorrow in Tokyo, Japan.

Lee Changho Stops Cho Chikun in Ing Cup

Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Round 3 of Ing Cup 2008 was played on May 4th.

After defeating Chang Hao in the previous round, Cho Chikun lost to Lee Changho by 3 points.

Cho Chikun vs. Lee Changho, Ing Cup 2008

Lee Sedol of Korea defeated Kong Jie of China by 11 points.

Lee Sedol vs Kong Jie

Choi Cheolhan of Korea defeated Piao Wenyao of China by resignation. And Liu Xing of China, who seems to be the surprise of the tournament so far, defeated Park Yeonghun by resignation thus becoming the only Chinese player to play in the semifinals.

Liu Xing vs. Park Yeonghun, Ing Cup 2008

The semifinals will take place sometime in September and will consist of best-of-three matches. Lee Changho will play against Lee Sedol, and Choi Cheolhan will play against Liu Xing.

Nongshim Cup 2008

Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Nongshim Cup is a team tournament between China, Korea and Japan: each team member keeps playing until they lose once, at which point they get replaced by the next team member. In the past few days, Chang Hao of China eliminated Takao Shinji of Japan and Lee Changho of Korea, and he’s playing with Park Yeonghun of Korea as I am writing this (I am following the game live on Cyberoro). Photo of the end of the game between Chang Hao and Takao Shinji: Chang Hao won by 2.5 points.

Nongshim Cup 2008

Yet another photo from the same moment, different angle: Takao smiles even in defeat. I like the little kid in the background: maybe a future Go champion?

Nongshim Cup 2008

Chang Hao defeated Lee Changho next, by 0.5 points.

Nongshim Cup 2008

I also liked the following photo. Since Nongshim, the sponsor of this international tournament, is an instant noodles producer, is this one of the prizes? :-)

Nongshim noodles

Lee Changho Returns

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
After a period when we didn’t hear much about him, Lee Changho seems to be coming back in top form: he won the Korean Siptan (10 dan) title against Mok Jinseok 2-0. (Games here and here.)

Siptan 2008

Lee also has a 13-0 score in 2008 so far (February 2nd, 2008), according to Go Topics!

Park Yeonghun is the new Fujitsu Cup winner

Monday, July 9th, 2007
Park Yeonghun won the final game by 1.5 points – so Lee Changho lost a big chance to comeback as a leader on the international scene. The game record is on the Fujitsu page.