American Go E-Journal
November 1, 2020
Michael Redmond 9P returns with more live commentary, this time on AlphaGo vs AlphaGo Game 49, tonight at 7p EDT on the AGA's Twitch channel . His review of the relatively peaceful Game 48 was released Friday night and the latest in the…
August 15, 2020
Michael Redmond 9P's live commentary series resumes this Sunday, August 16 at 8p EDT on Twitch when he and E-Journal Managing Editor Chris Garlock will review Game 45 in the AlphaGo vs. AlphaGo series . In the latest episode in the…
July 4, 2020
Tune in to the AGA’s Twitch channel at 8p Sunday night for Part 2 of Michael Redmond 9Ps live commentary on the 1939 game between Go Seigen and his friend and rival Kitani Minoru. If you need your Redmond fix sooner, not to worry, check…
June 8, 2020
In the first days of 2017, rumors started to ricochet around the online go community. A mysterious online player had been making huge waves by defeating dozens of top professionals on go sites in Asia in recent days. “Master” first…
June 6, 2020
Visualization of ownership predictions by KataGo "There’s something magical about the game of go," writes Branton DeMoss in a recent blog post. "For thousands of years, it has captured the imagination of those who want to learn what it…
May 29, 2020
Michael Redmond 9p, hosted by the AGA E-Journal’s Chris Garlock, reviews the 41st game of the amazing AlphaGo vs. AlphaGo selfplay games. The 50-game series was published by Deepmind after AlphaGo's victory over world champion Ke Jie 9p…
May 24, 2020
Tune in to the AGA’s Twitch channel tonight at 7p EDT to catch the live commentary by Michael Redmond 9P and Chris Garlock on AlphaGo vs AlphaGo Game 42. Viewers will be able to ask Redmond and Garlock questions during the live…
May 23, 2020
The KGS Go Server just got easier to join and use. The Java client for KGS has been an ongoing problem for some computers and blocked by many schools. The KGS Home Page features a new link to sign up for a free account . Using ShinKGS ,…
May 22, 2020
BadukPop has added several improvements in its latest update, including the ability to play against artificial intelligence. The popular go problem app, developed by Hajin Lee 4P and Dan Maas, works on both Android and iOS. The…
May 17, 2020
Tune in to the AGA’s Twitch channel tonight at 7p EDT to catch the live commentary by Michael Redmond 9P and Chris Garlock on AlphaGo vs Lee Sedol Game 2. As they write in their book AlphaGo to Zero: The Complete Games , "AlphaGo’s move…
May 15, 2020
Michael Redmond 9p, hosted by the AGA E-Journal’s Chris Garlock, reviews the 40th game of the amazing AlphaGo vs. AlphaGo selfplay games. The 50-game series was published by Deepmind after AlphaGo's victory over world champion Ke Jie 9p…
May 1, 2020
Michael Redmond 9p, hosted by the AGA E-Journal’s Chris Garlock, reviews the 39th game of the AlphaGo vs. AlphaGo selfplay games. The 50-game series was published by Deepmind after AlphaGo's victory over world champion Ke Jie 9p in May…
April 30, 2020
Honinbo Shuwa-Genan Inseki or Honinbo Dosaku-Yasui Santetsu? That’s the choice for this Sunday’s live video commentary by Michael Redmond 9P on the AGA’s Twitch channel with E-Journal Managing Editor Chris Garlock. Click here to vote!…
April 25, 2020
Tune in to the AGA’s Twitch channel Sunday night at 8p EDT (note later time!) to catch Michael Redmond 9P and Chris Garlock with their latest live game commentary on the AlphaGo vs AlphaGo series. SpaceTime Machine calls it "my favorite…
April 24, 2020
Michael Redmond 9p, hosted by the AGA E-Journal’s Chris Garlock, reviews the 38th game of the amazing AlphaGo vs. AlphaGo selfplay games. The 50-game series was published by Deepmind after AlphaGo's victory over world champion Ke Jie 9p…
March 25, 2020
by Benjamin Teuber 6d (Germany) For many years, I was considered the “eternal second” of the German championship. I finished as runner-up nine times - while never winning the title. No matter how well I did, I always managed to lose the…
March 22, 2020
In this game, "the attacking side suddenly abandons the attack and sacrifices some stones," says Michael Redmond 9P in his latest AlphaGo game commentary with Chris Garlock. "The attack sort of disappears into thin air." At the same…
March 20, 2020
Tune in to the AGA’s Twitch channel Saturday night at 8p EDT to catch Michael Redmond 9P and Chris Garlock with their latest live game commentary on the AlphaGo vs AlphaGo series. "I see you guys are having new teaching tools!," said…
March 13, 2020
More than 13,000 viewers -- a new record for the AGA's Twitch channel -- tuned in for Thursday night's Twitch broadcast featuring Michael Redmond 9P and Chris Garlock discussing their new book "Alphago to Zero" and reviewing a game from…
March 11, 2020
Michael Redmond 9P and Chris Garlock, who teamed up four years ago to comment the historic AlphaGo-Lee Sedol match in Seoul, will appear on the AGA's Twitch channel Thursday night at 7p EDT to discuss the match and their brand-new…
March 8, 2020
Four years ago today, the whole world watched as a computer program took on one of the top go players in the world. And won. From the historic AlphaGo-Lee Sedol showdown in Seoul in March 2016 to the release of AlphaGo Zero in November…
February 14, 2020
Chocolates and flowers are popular Valentine's Day gifts but what go players really want is another AlphaGo game commentary and Michael Redmond 9P and Chris Garlock deliver with their latest AlphaGo vs. AlphaGo game commentary, Game 36…
January 30, 2020
Michael Redmond 9P and Chris Garlock return to the AGA’s Twitch channel tonight at 7p EDT with their latest live game commentary on the AlphaGo vs AlphaGo series. " Entertaining and enlightening review," commented SpaceTimeMachine on…
January 11, 2020
South Korean Go icon Lee Sedol closed out his illustrious career last month in a three-game match with home-developed artificial intelligence (AI) program HanDol, according to a report by the Yonhap News Agency. Lee, who turned pro at…
December 8, 2019
Michael Redmond 9P and Chris Garlock will livestream game commentaries on the AGA’s Twitch channel on Monday, December 9 and Wednesday, December 11, both at 7P EDT. “The live streaming brings these commentaries to a broader audience…
November 27, 2019
Lee Sedol plays the first move in the first game of the AlphaGo series Korean Go champion Lee Sedol has officially retired. "The 36-year-old, who scored 18 victories in international competitions and 32 victories in domestic events,…
August 21, 2019
The AGA will broadcast the 2019 China Securities Cup World AI Go Open live from the Chinese Weiqi Congress in Shandong, China this week. "This is a brand-new challenge for us as we take our production to Asia for the first time, and we…
April 2, 2019
Members of the National Go Center will provide a go demonstration at this Thursday's screening of "AlphaGo" at the AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, MD. The demo starts at 6:15p, and the screening begins at 7:15p. If you're…
April 1, 2019
The Seattle Go Center is pivoting to teaching the science of playing Go, instead of the art of Go playing, according to Program Manager Mike Malveaux. "Our latest class, held on Wednesdays, is on programming computers in Python with…
March 17, 2019
This game features AlphaGo’s version of the double karari against a starpoint. "That’s one I like and have been using in my own games, so it’s sort of personal for me," says Michael Redmond 9p in the latest vi deo with the AGA…