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Also known as Lee Sedol, Ri Sedol, I Sedol

South Korean Go player

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Country
JP
Active from
2020-10-16

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Native name
이세돌 ( Korean ) 李 世 乭 ( Korean ) I Sedol ( Revised Romanization ) I Sedol ( McCune–Reischauer )
Born
( 1983-03-02 ) 2 March 1983 (age 43) , Sinan County, South Jeolla , South Korea
Teacher
Kweon Kab-yong
Rank
9 dan
Affiliation
Hanguk Kiwon

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Lee Se-Dol - 2016 (cropped).jpg
Number of children
1
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date of birth
1983-00-00
name in native language
이세돌
McCune–Reischauer romanization
Yi Sedol
Revised Romanization
I Sedol
Commons category
Lee Sedol
start of work period
1995-00-00
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Lee Sedol (Korean: 이세돌; born 2 March 1983), or Lee Se-dol, is a South Korean former professional Go player of 9 dan rank. As of February 2016, he ranked second in international titles (18), behind only Lee Chang-ho (21). His nickname is "The Strong Stone" ("Ssen-dol"). In March 2016, he played a series of matches against the program AlphaGo that ended in Lee losing 1–4.

Lee announced his retirement from professional play in November 2019, saying he could never be the top overall player of Go due to the increasing dominance of artificial intelligence (AI), which he called "an entity that cannot be defeated". In a 2024 interview, he said "losing to AI, in a sense, meant my entire world was collapsing. ... I could no longer enjoy the game. So I retired."

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