Note: This review includes spoilers.
At first I didn’t pay much attention to Netflix’s original show, The Queen’s Gambit. After all, it’s a story about chess, not Go. I am a retired professional Go player, now working as a software engineer. …
photo credit: Dan Maas
I originally prepared this note for the AI Roundtable, a program produced for the opening ceremony of the 2020 US e-Go Congress. (AI Roundtable video link: https://youtu.be/-cEL7I6BWTc?t=3307)
Professional Go players are often referred to as one of two types, tournament players or teaching players. Tournament players…
The documentary “AlphaGo” had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York a few days ago. About a year had passed since the epic Lee Sedol — AlphaGo challenge match — a whole year in which I awaited the film so eagerly. When I received an invitation…
