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Jan 28, 8 years ago

AlphaGo software beats Champion

In a stunning development, the AI program AlphaGo has swept the European Go champion and Chinese professional player Fan Hui 5-0 in a formal match. “This signifies a major step forward in one of the great challenges in the development of artificial i…

Oct 22, 10 years ago

Park Wins 2013 Korea Prime Minister Cup

In brief, the 8th Korea Prime Minister Cup International Amateur Baduk Championship went the same way as the 35th World Amateur Championship in Sendai last month and the 7th KPMC last year. The Chinese and Korean players were unscathed in the first f…

Sep 6, 10 years ago

Words from the new world champion Hyunjae Choi

Words from the new world champion Hyunjae Choi: Hyunjae ChoiHyunjae Choi “Naturally I am delighted to have won the World Amateur Go Championship this year in Sendai. My game with the Chinese representative Hu Yuqing was the tightest battle and this t…

Aug 25, 10 years ago

34th World Amateur Go Championship

The 34th World Amateur Go Championship will open on August 31 and be held on September 1-4 at the Sendai City Information & Industry Plaza in the AER building in Sendai, Japan. Located next to Sendai Station, AER is a popular commercial complex …

Jun 12, 10 years ago

Dai Zhitian Stops He Yuhan in Yellow River Cup

This year the Yellow River Cup was held at the Armed Police Sanatorium in the Beidaihe seaside resort district in Qinhuangdao, 300 km due east of Beijing. A total of 288 players ranked 5 dan and up competed for assorted prizes, including 20,000 yuan …

Apr 10, 10 years ago

Paris GO tournament

Located in the Latin Quarter of Paris, the Lycée Louis-le-Grand is a secondary school with a long list of famous alumni (Degas, Poincare, Lafayette, Voltaire,…). From March 30 to April 1 it hosted a long list of European go talent: a total of 2…