cover news reporter Chen Ganlu Pictures According to public reports
Lee Young-ho
html On the evening of January 28, bad news came from the Go circle. Lee Young-ho, the younger brother of the famous Korean chess player Lee Chang-ho, 9th Dan, passed away in Beijing due to myocardial infarction at the age of 48. Lee Young-ho has been serving as the agent of his brother "Stone Buddha" Lee Chang-ho and contributed a lot to Lee Chang-ho's achievements during his peak period. He then lived in Beijing for more than 20 years and became a Chinese citizen. Lee Young-ho founded the Lee Sedol Go Academy, which made great contributions to the exchange of Go between China and South Korea and the promotion of Go culture. It is known as the bridge between China and South Korea.is the person behind Lee Chang-ho’s domination of the world chess world
The obituary of the Lee Sedok Go Academy in Beijing at 15:33 on the 28th shocked the Chinese and Korean Go circles: "Mr. Lee Young-ho, chairman of the Lee Sedok Go Academy, died of a sudden myocardial infarction in 2024. He died in Beijing on January 28 after treatment failed."
Lee Chang-ho and Lee Sedol, two Korean Go "national treasures"
Lee Young-ho is the younger brother of "Stone Buddha" Lee Chang-ho. Lee Chang-ho has three brothers. He is the second eldest and Lee Young-ho is the third. Lee Chang-ho is South Korea's national treasure chess player. He won his first world championship at the age of 16 and dominated the world chess world for more than ten years. From 1992 to 2005, Lee Chang-ho won a total of 17 world championships and is still the player with the most world championships to this day. Lee Chang-ho is also known as the "Stone Buddha" because of his concentration when playing chess. In the popular Korean drama "Reply 1988", the prototype of the genius chess player "Choi Taek" is Lee Chang Ho.
Lee Chang Ho and Lee Sedol gathered in Beijing in 2023.
Since Lee Chang Ho focuses on playing chess, Lee Chang Ho’s affairs other than competitions are completely handled by his younger brother Lee Young Ho, who is Lee Chang Ho’s manager. Lee Young-ho is taller and burlier than his brother, and is often mistaken for his older brother. He often serves as Lee Chang-ho's "bodyguard" and is also Lee Chang-ho's translator when participating in competitions in China. It can be said that Lee Young-ho is the person who silently waits for his brother to dominate the world chess world and receive military medals.
is a bridge linking the Go cultural exchanges between China and South Korea.
Lee Young-ho learned Chinese in his early years, and later went to China many times to improve his Chinese. He is a veritable China expert. He served as an interpreter during the China-South Korea Tianyuan match between Lee Chang Ho and Chang Hao, which contributed to Lee Chang Ho and Chang Hao's private friendship for many years. To other Chinese chess players and even Chinese journalists, Lee Chang-ho is taciturn and difficult to approach. Lee Young-ho, on the other hand, is responsive to requests, modest and polite, and is deeply loved by everyone. He also wrote the Chinese version of "My Brother Lee Chang-ho", which has helped the Chinese chess community understand Lee Chang-ho more completely.
Childhood photos of Lee Chang-ho, Lee Young-ho and their brother
In terms of personal career, Lee Young-ho has been supporting his family in Korean restaurants in Beijing for a long time. In 2013, Lee Young-ho obtained carte blanche from another Korean national treasure-level chess player, Lee Sedol, in Beijing. The Asian Games Village opened the "Lee Sedol Go School" mainly for children. In order to run this Go school well, Li Yinghao closed all his restaurants and devoted himself to training, but he also became ill from overwork. In the summer vacation of 2023, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the founding of the school, he invited Lee Chang-ho and Lee Sedol, two of the most important Korean Go players, to the school to communicate and teach, which infected and encouraged many young people studying chess. In addition, he also attended the important Sino-Korean Go competition and made important contributions to the Sino-Korean Go exchange culture.
Marrying a Chinese wife is truly Chinese
On January 14, 2007, Lee Young-ho married Liu Xinyu, a Northeastern girl who had been in love for six years, at the Asian Games Village in Beijing. Through an accidental contact, Li Yinghao met Liu Xinyu. Lee Chang-ho's family, Chang Hao's 9th-dan family, Wang Yi, the then section chief of the Foreign Affairs Department of the China Chess Academy, and other members of the Chinese and Korean chess circles spent huge sums of money to attend Lee Young-ho's wedding. After getting married, Lee Young-ho became a Chinese national.
After getting married, Lee Young-ho and Liu Xinyu had two sons. In addition to Go, Lee Young-ho's circle of friends is all about "eating, drinking and having fun" all year round, showing China's great rivers and mountains, delicious food and the happy life of his family, which is in line with his cheerful, kind-hearted and life-loving personality. character. The last circle of friends in 2023 is also a small gathering with friends, wishing everyone a happy New Year in both Chinese and Korean.
Lee Young-ho’s family of four
passed away suddenly today, which shocked the Chinese and Korean Go circles and the majority of chess fans. Many chess fans have left messages to miss this "bridge" between China and South Korea. Many people who have seen him in the game also miss Lee Young-ho's approachability and friendliness. According to Lee Young Ho’s family, a memorial service for Lee Young Ho will be held in Beijing on January 31 and February 1.
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