In the Go competition between China, Japan and South Korea, South Korea has the strongest dominance and the longest time. It was not until the emergence of Luo Xihe 9th Dan in China, and he defeated Lee Changho 9th Dan in three chess battles that Shi Buddha's progress slowed down. Next, I will give you a detailed explanation of the shortcomings, and I hope you will criticize and correct me!
To evaluate the dominance of a leader, we need to look at how many world championships he won in his heyday, as well as his winning rate against the top players of his generation, such as the winning rate between the same 9-dan players. Negative relationship, etc!
Ke Jie was born in Lishui City, Zhejiang Province on August 2, 1997. He officially started learning Go in 2003, participated in the Go competition for the first time in 2004, and became a professional Go player in 2008. The 2nd and 4th Bailing Cup World Go Open Champions. The 20th, 21st, 23rd and 25th Samsung Cup World Go Open Champions. At the same time, Ke Jie maintains a 22-game winning streak in domestic peripheral chess matches and a 14-game winning streak in the World Go Competition.
On November 3, 2020, the third round of the 25th Samsung Cup World Go Masters finals In the second set, Ke Jie came back to defeat Shen Zhenzhen and won his fourth Samsung Cup championship with a total score of 2:0. This is Ke Jie's eighth world championship, and he has also become the youngest eight-time champion in the history of Chinese Go. In terms of Ke Jie's achievements, he is the undisputed number one player in the domestic Go community
Next, let's compare the winning rates between Ke Jie and Chang Hao, Lee Sedol and Lee Chang-ho.
Ke Jie vs. Chang Hao has 2 wins and 0 losses. Ke Jie vs. Lee Sedol has 10 wins and 3 losses. Since they are not from the same era, the record of Ke Jie vs. Lee Chang Ho is currently unknown. It is worth mentioning that Ke Jie has a terrifying 8-game winning streak against Guli, and Ke Jie also has opponents, namely Pu Tinghuan: tied 4:4, and Tang Weixing: 7:7. The latter is said to be the master of draws. It can be seen that no one can shake Ke Jie's dominance in the country for a long time. However, he and Lee Chang Ho have won 17 world championships. As time goes by, if Ke Jie maintains such a competitive state, I personally believe that he can approach or tie Lee Chang Ho's number of championships.
Next, let’s talk about Lee Sedol, a famous Korean Go player and the world’s top Go player. The earlier ranking systems in China and South Korea followed the practices of the Japanese chess community, and players must participate in promotions. Dedicated ranking competition. But Lee Sedol, who only had three dans at the time, felt that the ranking competition was meaningless, so the Korean Chess Academy formulated a new rule that the runner-up in domestic competitions could be promoted to one dan, the champion could be promoted to two dans, and the world champion could be promoted to three dans. Not long after the new regulations came out, Lee Sedol won two world championships, rising from third-level to ninth-level in three months.
The 8th Chunlan Cup champion, the 15th, 16th, and 18th Fujitsu Cup Champion. Champion of the 9th, 12th, 13th, and 17th Samsung Cup, Champion of the 7th and 12th LG Cup, Champion of the 2nd and 3rd Toyota Cup
Lee Sedol I *** has won 14 world championships, but his dominance is definitely not as good as Lee Chang-ho's, because starting from 2004, the organizers of the Nongshim Cup began to give Lee Chang-ho the right to avoid selection, but Lee Sedol participated through selection. One is exempted and the other is selected. In comparison, you can see Lee Chang-ho's dominance in South Korea!
Chang Hao is a famous Chinese Go player. There are 3 world championships won, namely the 5th Yingshi Cup in 2005 (3-1 Cui Zhehan), the 11th Samsung Cup in 2007 (2-0 Lee Changho) and the 7th Chunlan Cup in 2009 (2-0 Lee Chang-ho). He has won as many as 8 runner-ups and lost to Lee Chang-ho, Lee Sedol and Cho Hun-hyun many times. These three people can be said to be stumbling blocks on Chang Hao's road to the championship.
Lee Chang-ho, born in South Korea in 1975, is a professional Go player with 9th Dan. He has set many historical records in Go and created the "Lee Chang-ho Era". From winning his first world championship in 1992 to 2007, he won 18 individual championships and 13 team championships (8 as the leader).
He is the only person to have won any of the world professional Go competitions (including Ying's Cup, Fujitsu Cup, Toyo Securities Cup, LG Cup, Samsung Cup, Toyota Cup, Chunlan Cup, Zhonghuan Cup and other individual competitions, as well as Jinro Cup, Nongshim Cup and other team competitions), truly achieving the "Grand Slam" of the world professional Go competition.
When Lee Chang-ho was 9 years old, he became a student of Cho Hoon-hyun. In 1990, at the age of 14, Lee Chang-ho won 41 consecutive games in major chess tournaments in South Korea, which aroused the attention of the Korean chess community. Notice. In early 1992, Lee Chang-ho defeated super superstar Lin Haifeng 9th Dan 3-2 in the 3rd Toyo Securities Cup World Go Championship, winning the first world-class crown and setting a record for the youngest person to win a world championship.
In the Go world, Lee Chang-ho is known as the "Stone Buddha", "Alien Go Player" and "Young Jiang Taigong". He looks weak, often expressionless, and cannot express his emotions or anger. His chess style is solid and balanced, his basic skills are solid, his calculations are accurate, and his official skills are known as "the best in the world".
Lee Chang-ho has comprehensive skills and sophisticated chess skills. In his heyday, with his excellent overall control ability and the world's best official skills, he swept the top players from China, Japan and South Korea, and defeated the leader of Chinese Go. Characters Ma Xiaochun and Chang Hao both have impressive records of ten consecutive victories. It wasn't until the emergence of Luo Xihe in China that Lee Chang-ho's winning streak ended!
Wu Qingyuan, a generation Go master, said when commenting on the master and apprentice Cao Li: "Cao Xunxuan is the most talented chess player. He and I were born in the same teacher. And Li Changhao's success is due to his extraordinary ability." He has nothing to do but play chess.
It can be seen that Lee Chang-ho's dominance in the world of chess is evident. Lee Chang-ho has a famous saying: "The game of chess is like life. When playing chess, the more gorgeous the layout." The easier it is to be attacked by opponents. In life, people who make fewer mistakes are more likely to succeed than people who are flashy. It can be seen that Lee Chang-ho's dominance in the world of chess is evident.
Therefore, I I think Li Changhao was the most powerful at his peak, followed by Li Sedol. Of course, Ke Jie is younger than these seniors and has an immeasurable future!