Category Archives: World

April

Posted on 2018-04-05 by John

Looking forward… April Irish Championship Overhaul The format for this is under review, with four options presented so far – https://docs.google.com/document/d/13Icw60TGUxF2FlI1AmxdOXu9mGgJ780atea3ZGdjUJA/edit PGETC Round 8 Opponents for round 8 will be Morocco on April 17th – http://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps/rounds/448 Go Server Rank Survey … Continue reading →

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Feel obsolete yet?

Posted on 2017-12-10 by John

DeepMind’s AlphaZero Crushes Chess a generic version of their [Deepmind’s] algorithm, with no specific knowledge other than the rules of the game, could train itself for four hours at chess … and then beat the reigning computer champions – i.e. … Continue reading →

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September

Posted on 2017-09-02 by John

Looking forward… September PGETC With team entries for the upcoming PGETC closing on the 12th, players may still have a few days to get their names in – https://www.corkgo.org/?p=1005 KPMC Kevin of Galway will represent Ireland in the 2017 Korea … Continue reading →

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June

Posted on 2017-05-31 by John

Future of Go Summit Edition Defeating Ke Jie 3-0, and taking down an entire team of cooperating pros, AlphaGo lost only to itself (plus human partner) in Pair Go – https://deepmind.com/research/alphago/alphago-china/ AlphaGo’s next move – https://deepmind.com/blog/alphagos-next-move/ Deepmind say this is … Continue reading →

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May

Posted on 2017-05-04 by John

In the nearest thing you’re going to get to breaking news here, the American Go Foundation (not to be mistaken for the American Go Association) has assumed stewardship of the ailing KGS – http://www.gokgs.com/ownership_announcement.html Looking forward… May Galway 2017 The … Continue reading →

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What does your brain do while you play go?

Posted on 2016-12-23 by admin

The EGF has posted an interesting summary of research carried out by a team from China and Minnesota. [activated] areas included the parts of the brain associated with concentration and attention, spatial perception, image manipulation, problem solving and memory processes … Continue reading →

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Ireland at WAGC 37

Posted on 2016-06-08 by John

John Gibson, representing Ireland, finished in 49th position at the 37th World Amateur Go Championship.

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