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…
July 25, 2020
Tune in to the AGA’s Twitch channel at 8p Sunday night for Michael Redmond 9Ps live commentary on AlphaGo vs AlphaGo game 44. “It's going to be wild,” says Redmond, “with two big groups that could have died in a trade and it's not clear…
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 28, 2020
If you missed the live commentary -- originally aired on May 17 on Twitch -- by Michael Redmond 9P and Chris Garlock on the second game of the historic 2016 AlphaGo vs. Lee Sedol match, it’s now been released on the AGA’s YouTube…
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…
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 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…
April 4, 2020
Tune in to the AGA’s Twitch channel Sunday night at 7p EDT to catch Michael Redmond 9P and Chris Garlock with their latest live game commentary on the AlphaGo vs AlphaGo series. "With so many of us sheltering in place during 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 25, 2020
Michael Redmond 9P and Chris Garlock return with their latest AlphaGo vs. AlphaGo game commentary, Game 35 of the series, posted on the AGA's YouTube Channel. The game features "A lot of intense fighting in the center of the board that…
January 10, 2020
After a brief break for the holidays, Michael Redmond 9P and Chris Garlock return with their latest AlphaGo vs. AlphaGo game commentary . The game features a ponnuki* near the center of the board," and Redmond says that "nowadays with…
December 21, 2019
In this episode , Michael Redmond reviews his game with the legendary Ishida Yoshio 9P. This game started Redmond’s winning streak earlier this year; up to this game Redmond had never won against Ishida. A student at the legendary…
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…
December 6, 2019
Michael Redmond 9P and Chris Garlock return with their latest AlphaGo vs. AlphaGo game commentary, Game 32 of the popular series. Redmond talks about the new era in Japan, as, after 30 years on the Chrysanthemum Throne, Emperor Akihito …
June 11, 2019
After a two-month hiatus for travel and other projects, Michael Redmond 9P and Chris Garlock have returned with their latest AlphaGo vs. AlphaGo game commentary, Game 31 of the series. “Black plays the Chinese Opening, which was very…
April 11, 2019
After a nearly 1-month hiatus, Michael Redmond 9p and the AGA E-Journal's Chris Garlock returned last Friday with the latest in their series of video commentaries on the AlphaGo vs. AlphaGo selfplay games. "This is the one game in this…
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…
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…