South Korean go player Li Shishi officially submitted an application to the South Korean Chess Academy yesterday (19) and announced his retirement, ending his career of 24 years and 7 months.
Li Shishi was born in quanluonando, South Korea in 1983. He became a professional chess player in 1995. He is one of the world's super first-class chess players. In April 2003, Li Shishi won the LG cup. In July of the same year, Li Shishi won the Fujitsu cup and rose to the ninth stage. In his career, Li Shishi won 14 World Championships.
The most brilliant battle of Li Shishi's career was the five game chess battle with alphago in March 2016. Li Shishi played a good game in the fourth game and won the first game of the human chess player's official game against alphago.
On March 5 this year, Ke Jie held a special match with Li Shishi in Seoul to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Trinity movement. Ke Jie took Li Shishi by 156 hands. After that chess game, Li Shishi praised Ke Jie's youth and promising, and then he was tempted to retreat.
"South Korea is unlikely to have a chess player with personality like Li Shishi. I really appreciate Li Shishi's uninhibited feeling." Previously, in an exclusive interview with reporters, Ke Jie said that there was no Li Shishi after Li Shishi, 'let's not talk about character, just achievements, because others may tolerate your character. Now no one in South Korea has such achievements, and I can't see them have such achievements. "
After learning that Li Shishi announced his retirement, Guli said on social media that "at the moment, I just want to give him a big hug. Even if there are thousands of words, who to talk to."
It is reported that the Korean Chess Academy will arrange a farewell game for Li Shishi. The specific competition mode and opponent have not been determined yet.
(source: Beijing News)