SINAN, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean Go icon Lee Se-dol closed out his illustrious career on Saturday with a second consecutive loss to home-developed artificial intelligence (AI) program HanDol. HanDol, developed by South Korea’s NHN Entertainment Corp., took down the 36-year-old master after 181 stones in Lee’s final match, held in his hometown [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean Go master Lee Se-dol dropped a match against home-developed artificial intelligence (AI) program HanDol on Thursday, as his retirement match series became knotted at one game apiece. Lee had defeated HanDol, developed by South Korea’s NHN Entertainment Corp., in Wednesday’s match after opening with a two-stone advantage. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — In the first match of his retirement series, South Korean Go master Lee Se-dol defeated home-developed artificial intelligence (AI) program HanDol on Wednesday. Lee secured the victory after 92 stones thanks to an early blunder by HanDol, a program developed by South Korea’s NHN Entertainment Corp. Lee announced his [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — When South Korean Go master Lee Se-dol plays his retirement match later Wednesday against an artificial intelligence (AI) program, an amateur player will be behind the computer to place stones. Lee, who famously defeated AlphaGo of Google’s DeepMind in 2016, will be up against HanDol, a program developed by [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — NHN Entertainment Corp.’s artificial intelligence (AI) Go program beat the reigning global champion in a match on Wednesday, scoring a complete victory in a series of games against South Korea’s top five players. NHN’s AI player HanDol defeated Shin Jin-seo in the fifth and final match held at the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Baduk, the Korean term for the Chinese board game “go”, is experiencing heightened popularity in Turkey, especially among female players. This was evidenced by the 77-strong female turnout for a baduk tournament hosted at the Middle East Technical University from December 23 to 24. The competition was hosted with [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – It’s better late than never. Korea has finally taken its first step towards developing its own version of AlphaGo, a Google DeepMind AI program that shocked the global Go community last year by beating Lee Sedol, a South Korean professional Go player. The Korea Baduk Association hosted its first [...]
MUAN, South Korea, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – South Jeolla Province in southwestern South Korea will push ahead with a project to build the country’s first museum about the ancient two-person board game Go amid heightened interest in the game, officials of the provincial government said Monday. The local government, which has designated the town [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) – A total of 240 young prodigies of the strategic board game, Baduk, gathered at the 63 Building’s Grand Ballroom for the 16th World Youth Baduk Championship in Seoul. Players from nine different countries, including South Korea, China, and Japan, participated in the one-day tournament after competing in their respective regional [...]
SEOUL, Sept 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Baduk boards and rows of tables and chairs took over the sidewalk of Sejongro, next to Gwanghwamun, setting the stage for an epic 110 versus 1,300 Baduk (game of Go) match. As part of a vehicle-free event in the Gwanghwamun and City Hall area, 1,300 citizens competed against 110 [...]