Xinhua news agency, Seoul, March 5 (reporter Lu Rui) South Korea’s famous chess player said on the 5th Lee Se-dol that he was considering retirement or taking a long time off. This year may be the last year of his career as a professional chess player.
On the same day, in South Korea’s special chess game to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the “Trinity movement”, the Lee Se-dol 9th segment of the competition lost to the Chinese chess player Ke Jie 9th segment. Both of them were interviewed by the media before and after the competition. Lee Se-Dol Said That Ke Jie is a difficult player to deal with, and recently he has been slack in chess. Compared with winning or losing, he wants to play a game of his own style.
“It has been too long since I learned chess and became a professional chess player. I am considering retirement or taking off for a long time. This year may be the last year of my career as a professional chess player.” Lee Se-dol said.
Ke Jie said that he was very happy to play against Lee Se-dol again. Both he and Lee Se-dol were the leading role in the man-machine war against artificial intelligence, and Lee Se-dol was also his idol when he was a child, I really enjoy every match with Lee Se-dol.