Lee Sedol Go Academy released an obituary on the 28th, saying that Lee Sedol Go Academy's chairman Lee Young-ho died in Beijing on January 28, 2024 due to a sudden heart attack.
Lee Young-ho also has another identity, he is the younger brother of South Korean Go star Lee Chang-ho.
When it comes to Lee Chang-ho, people who are not familiar with Go may be unfamiliar with the name. But in South Korea, Lee Chang-ho is undoubtedly a national treasure. He won his first world championship at the age of 16 and dominated the world chess scene for more than a decade. From 1992 to 2005, Lee Chang-ho won a total of 17 world championships, and is still the world's most titled super chess player.
Because of his concentration when playing chess, Lee Chang-ho is also known as the "Stone Buddha". In the previous hit Korean drama "Please Answer 1988", the prototype of the genius chess player "Choi Taek" is Lee Chang-ho. is different from the play, Lee Chang-ho in reality has three brothers, he is the second, and Lee Young-ho is the third.
Lee Young-ho was born in 1976, and although his chess skills are not as good as Lee's, he also loves the game of Go and has a deep connection with China.
According to public information, in the 90s of the last century, Lee Young-ho, who was in his second year of college, came to Beijing for the first time, and he was deeply impressed by the city's long history and culture. After that, he would come to Beijing to study Chinese during the winter and summer vacations. After graduating from university, Lee Young-ho found a job at an Internet company in Beijing and started his career as a "North Drifter".
In the more than 20 years in Beijing, Lee Young-ho has opened Korean restaurants, ** companies, study abroad agencies, ......While running his own business, he has not forgotten his love of Go. When his brother Lee Chang-ho goes to Beijing to compete, Lee Young-ho will play a similar role as an agent to help Lee Chang-ho take care of related matters.
It is precisely because of Lee Chang-ho that the kind Lee Young-ho has met many celebrities in the Go circle, including South Korean star Lee Sedol and Chinese star Chang Hao. In 2013, Lee Young-ho opened the Lee Sedol Go School for children in Beijing.
For Lee, China is his second home. He is here to pursue his passion, and at the same time to form a happy family with a Chinese girl.
In a previous interview with **, Lee Young-ho said that he hopes to open the Go school better, make more Chinese friends, and visit and enjoy more beautiful Chinese scenery.
However, it is a pity that Lee Young-ho's young life has now come to an abrupt end, which is suffocating.
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