Category Archives: Online

Looking for players!

Posted on 2017-08-24 by John

We’re putting together the Irish panel for the PGETC this year: http://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps It starts in late September. We’ll be in league D along with Slovenia, Iceland, Cyprus, Greece, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Portugal, and newcomer Morocco. It will involve 8 fixtures at … Continue reading →

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August

Posted on 2017-08-07 by John

Looking forward… August Weekly Meetings Galway – Tuesday at 20:00, usually at Westwood House Hotel. Anyone interested should email info [at] alexander [dot] ie or call Richard on 091 555800 to confirm Dublin – Wednesday 20:30 in Toners – http://www.irish-go.org/clubs-tournaments/dublin/ … 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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The Great Joseki Debate

Posted on 2017-05-29 by John

Viktor Lin muses on how AlphaGo is opening our eyes to blind spots in long-accepted Go theory: A new perspective on the star point and the implications thereof I hope no one was too heavily invested in those now outdated … Continue reading →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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March/April

Posted on 2017-03-14 by John

Confucius Cup Edition No doubt you are all aware that the Confucius Cup took place the first weekend of this month. For those who want to read up on the tengen of the Irish goban, here are a collection of … Continue reading →

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February

Posted on 2017-02-03 by John

A slight overlap this time, as we are already a few days into the news for this month. Looking forward… February PGETC Ireland’s 4th round (vs Cyprus) is undecided, with the remaining board to be played this tuesday, the 7th, … Continue reading →

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