Life In 19x19

Would make a nice coffee table at home, and an excellent tool for study and analysis, but there's just something nice about a decent board and real stones which won't be replaced...

Isn't 44 bad, and blacks response worse?

daal wrote:Lee Sedol was the last human left standing in the battle against computer supremacy.

That would be a better way of saying it

Hehehe, such confusion !

Lee being the last to be beaten means everyone else was already beaten (ok, an untested hypothesis, but lee being the best one can assume he'd beat everyone).

If john is the last kid to be fed, the others are not hungry. If lee is the last to lose, everyone else ...

tj86430 wrote:

NiallMcC wrote:Lee Sedol was the last human to be beaten by a computer.

Should there be a "not" somewhere in this sentence?

No. Computers beat the pants off me years ago. And beat most amateurs. Professnonals have fallen lately, and finally the last and best of us.

End of an era, not a beginning.

Instead of thinking of AlphaGo's victory as an historic first, I prefer to think that Lee Sedol was the last human to be beaten by a computer.

Hi Nial,

Which version of Hikaru did you enjoy:
original Japanese dialogue with subtitles (which language?),
or dubbed dialogue (which language) ?
Since your child is only 5, perhaps it was a dubbed version ?

We are watching the original version. I read the english subtitles and translate them ...

I've recently started playing Go, and of course my 5 year old son got very curious and is learning too (25 episodes of Hikaru No Go and counting probably contributes). We have just started playing some games on OGS and he is wondering if there are any children on there?
Any of you play Go with your ...

Hey,
I'm new to this site so apologies if I'm missing something obvious, but when browsing around recently I saw some game files with commentaries and branches and discussions. I thought these would make for some excellent study material, but I can't seem to find them again. Is there an archive or ...

Hey all,
I've known the rules of Go for years but never played more than a few casual games, and never studied anythng. Watching the commentaries on the recent AlphaGo vs Lee Sedol games reminded me just how cool this game is. Currently re-watching Hikaru No Go too, so very enthusiastic to improve ...