Xinhua news agency, Seoul, December 18 (Yang Chang) the 9th segment of the Korean Go player Lee Se-dol was in the “BRAINMASSAGE Cup” Go competition that opened on the 19th. When the two players were allowed to start the game, beat the Go AI HANDOL, win the first battle.
This is Lee Se-dol after the “AlphaGo” of the array artificial intelligence in March 2016, the “man-machine war” was staged again with the artificial intelligence, and then the single game against the “winning result” was tasted “.
This battle against Han Dou is also the final battle of the 24-year professional chess player career in Lee Se-dol. On November 19, he submitted his resignation to Korea Baduk Association and officially announced his retirement.
The game started around 12:10 local time. The first game was marked with seven and a half eyes in black, and two were allowed Lee Se-dol. The competition lasted about two hours. The two sides had a smooth start and the fall was just right. However, after the 78th hand fell in the middle Lee Se-dol, “Han Dou” had a low-level misjudgment and was eaten by Lee Se-dol. The winning rate fell sharply instantly, and finally threw in the 92th hand.
At the press conference after the game, Lee Se-dol admitted frankly that although he had specially trained AI opponents before the game, he did not expect to win the first game. For the feeling after winning, Lee Se-dol indicates a little “lost”.
As for the reason of the poor performance of the first game of “Han Dou”, Li Changlu, the head of the artificial intelligence project of NHN company, the R & D party of “Han Dou”, speculated that, before the “Han Dou” competition, there was a lack of learning about the chess games such as the two games and the three games. The overall lack of learning led to its own failure.
Han Dou asked the world in December, 2017. At the beginning of this year, the artificial intelligence won the full victory in the battle with five top Korean Go players, such as Shen Xiaoxiao’s ninth paragraph and Li Dongxun’s ninth paragraph; then he won the third place in the “CITIC Securities Cup” world smart Go Open held in Shandong in August, with a bright record.
There are three games in this go competition. In addition to the battle on that day, Lee Se-dol will also fight “Han Dou” in Seoul and his hometown South Jeolla province Xin’an County on the 19th and 21th respectively “. Since winning the first game Lee Se-dol, the second game will cancel the concession system, and the Lee Se-dol is still in the first place.
According to the introduction, in addition to the prize of 150,000,000 won (about 899000 yuan), an additional 50 million won will be awarded for every win in Lee Se-dol.