Match 3 - Google DeepMind Challenge Match: Lee Sedol vs AlphaGo
Watch DeepMind's program AlphaGo take on the legendary
Lee Sedol (
9-dan pro), the top Go player of the past decade, in a $1M 5-game challenge match in
Seoul. This is the livestream for
Match 3 to be played on:
12th March 13:00
KST (local), 04:00
GMT; note for US viewers this is the day before on:
11th March 20:00 PT, 23:00 ET.
In
October 2015, AlphaGo became the first computer program ever to beat a professional Go player by winning 5-0 against the reigning 3-times
European Champion Fan Hui (2-dan pro). That work was featured in a front cover article in the science journal
Nature in
January 2016.
Match commentary by
Michael Redmond (9-dan pro) and
Chris Garlock.