American Go E-Journal

AI goodwill match featuring top players and DeepZenGo to stream live Thursday night

Tuesday October 3, 2017

Two world-class pair-go events will be streamed live on Youtube starting Wednesday, October 4 at 9p EDT.  The first is a human pair/DeepZenGo event, pitting 2017 World Pair Go Champion pair Hsieh Yimin/Iyama Yuta teaming up with 2017.10.03_PANDANET2017.10.03_deepzengoDeepZenGo against 2016 World Pair Go Champion Yu Zhiying/Ke Jie, also paired up with DeepZenGo.  The rules are new: on each side, the human pair and the AI alternate moves, with consultation between the two humans allowed.  This competition will start at 9p EDT on Wednesday, October 4 here.  See this page for details.  In the second event, the Hsieh/Iyama pair will compete with Yu/Ke for a special “Masters’ PairGo Match” here.  See this page for details.  For both events, Michael Redmond 9P will provide live commentary for both.
– Thomas Hsiang

NOTE: the starting time for this event has been updated; it’s 9p EDT, not 11p as originally reported.

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