In the ranking of the number of Go world champions, Lee Chang-ho occupied the first place with 17 championships, Lee Sedol did not hesitate to let go, only with a difference of 3 amounts, and the other leaders did not exceed 10 world championship titles.
That is to say, the only big chess player who threatens Lee Chang-ho's first person is Lee Sedol. Born in 1983, Lee Sedol is 8 years younger than Shi Fo. He is famous for his two stunts, one is the super strength of the mid-game attack, and in his eyes, Lee Chang-ho's only weakness is that his attack ability is inferior to his. One is the first in the world of spoiler kung fu, many chess players have suffered from him in this regard, and the most profound feeling is the World Series Triple Crown Champion Kong Jie, who has been overturned by Lee Sedol many times in the situation of victory.
So, the question is, compared to Lee Chang-ho, what is the difference between Lee Sedol and the fact that he has not surpassed the world's first person? I'll talk about it from three aspects: performance, self-management, and skill.
Lee Sedol and his daughter attend the Man-Dog War
First, in the world championship record, Lee Chang-ho is 17 champions and 11 runners-up, ahead of Lee Sedol's 14 champions and 6 runners-up. Although Lee Sedol has only three fewer world championships than Lee Chang-ho, the difference between the two in the Three Kingdoms Ring is almost 18,000 miles. Lee Chang-ho's super record is 36-29 wins, with a winning percentage of 81%, and the cross-border winning streak is 14 sets, ending a total of 9 matches in the main position. Lee Sedol has been shortlisted for the Nongshim Cup 5 times, with a total record of 7 wins and 4 losses, only 3 consecutive wins at most, and only 1 time to end the game.
The 10th Nongshim Cup in 2008-2009 was Lee Sedol's first three-country tournament, and as the vice general of the Korean team, he won the championship for the Korean team after winning consecutive victories over the Chinese team's vice general Chang Hao and the main player Gu Li. This was the only time in Lee Sedol's Go career that he ended the ring.
In order to break the record of the 1997 Three Kingdoms Go Tournament South Korean team deputy pioneer Xu Bongsu Nine Dan nine consecutive wins and one clearance, Lee Sedol took the initiative to be the pioneer of the Korean team, and after successive victories over Wang Tan Jiu Dan and Jing Shan Yu Tai Jiu Dan, he lost to Sheikh Jiu Dan and was out.
In the 17th Nongshim Cup from 2015 to 2016, Lee Sedol played the main player for the first time, and after successive victories over Daisuke Murakawa, 9 dan, and Yukita Iyama, he lost to Ke Jie jiudan in the final Sino-Korean main general.
In the 18th Nongshim Cup in 2016-2017, Lee Sedol once again played as a pioneer, but unexpectedly lost the first battle to the Japanese pioneer Yili LiaoQidan (at that time).
Lee Sedol Nine Duan
In the 20th Nongshim Cup in 2018-2019, Li Sedol competed as a vice general, but as soon as he appeared, he was defeated by China's ring hero Fan Tingyu, and he did not make any achievements.
Li Shishi, who was majestic in the world individual competition, had a miserable record in the Nongshim Cup, not to mention Lee Chang-ho, that is, Cao Xuanxuan, Xu Bongsu, Sheikh, Fan Tingyu, Yang Dingxin, Ke Jie, Yi Tian Jiji, Chang Hao and others, who were also better than him. It should be said that the Three Kingdoms Ring Tournament is a prominent weakness of Lee Sedol.
Second, in terms of Go skills, in addition to the attack power and stirring kung fu stronger than Li Changhao, the gap between Li Shishi and Shi Fo is mainly reflected in the layout, global balance ability and official zi.
Lee Sedol's layout level is not flattering, which is the main reason why he had to mess around in the second half of the game. His blind killing style of chess brings a lack of overall view, which leads to his overall balance ability being weaker than Lee Chang-ho. Compared with Li Changhao, who is known as the first official kung fu in the world, Li Shishi's shortcomings in this regard are also obvious.
However, this is only compared with Lee Chang-ho, if compared with other masters, Lee Sedol does not have so many weaknesses, otherwise, how can he reach the second place in the World Championship rankings.
Lee Sedol and his older brother Lee Sang-hoon
Third, in terms of self-management, Li Shishi is also significantly behind the Stone Buddha. This is related to Lee Sedol's maverick and untamed personality. And Lee Chang-ho, who seems to be indisputable from the world, has always been a typical example of gentleness and humility, and has been praised by the Go community.
Lee Sedol has abstained from important Go tournaments on several occasions, including the Nongshim Cup qualifiers, and even the final of the 13th LG Cup and Coulee in 2006, a heavyweight duel dubbed the "Battle of four thousand years" by the South Korean media. Due to dissatisfaction with the schedule and the venue, Before the big war, Lee Sedol was hesitant to start. Later, under the "coercion" of his brother, he took a taxi to the stadium overnight, and when he arrived, it was already two o'clock in the morning, and this episode also became the best excuse for Lee Sedol's poor state of the race and the final tragic clean sheet by Coulee.
What is more serious is that because of the so-called four major crimes of not participating in the Korean Go League, not handing over 15% of the prize money won in the Chinese Weijia League to the Chess Players' Association, not agreeing to the Management of Chess Sheet Copyright by the Korean Chess Academy, and not participating in the award ceremony of the Korean Go League, Lee Sedol and the Korean Chess Academy have completely frozen. To this end, Lee Sedol announced on June 1, 2009 that he would be "suspended" for one and a half years, and the suspension date was from June 30, 2009 to December 31, 2010, for a period of 18 months, starting from January 2011. For the world's first person at the time, the Korean Chess Academy could only seek perfection and make many efforts for it, and finally Lee Sedol was reinstated in January 2010.
The game abstention is already quite a surprising thing, and the suspension of the game for six months is definitely earth-shattering news in the Go world. What is the impact of these factors on Lee Sedol's performance may only be known to him.
In any case, although there is a slight gap between Lee Sedol and Lee Chang-ho, he is in a high position above ten thousand people under one person, and he is a go master who is looked up to by a high mountain.