On the 27th at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, the "2026 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League" game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos was held.
The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by Go legend Lee Sedol, 9-dan. Lee Sedol, 9-dan, joined the professional ranks in 1995 at age 12 and competed as a professional player through 2019, amassing a cumulative 50 titles in domestic and international tournaments and setting a record 32-match winning streak. At the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games team event he hung a gold medal around his neck, and in 2016, by winning an official match against AI AlphaGo, he also earned the honorable title of "the only Go player to beat AlphaGo."
Lee Sedol, 9-dan, walks off the field after taking the mound as the ceremonial first pitcher and throwing the ball. Aug. 27, 2026
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